The Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation Nevada chapter will host the 2021 Dana Marshall Bernstein Courage Ball on October 2 at the Four Seasons. Funds raised during the event will support the foundation’s mission to cure Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, and improve the quality of life of children and adults affected by these chronic diseases. Learn more and get tickets at courageball.com.
Karma and Luck, a Las Vegas-based lifestyle brand that offers modern spirituality through artisan jewelry and decor, recently donated $25,000 to Make-a-Wish Southern Nevada. Karma and Luck’s partnership with Make-a-Wish began in 2018 with its Tree of Life home décor. For every Feng Shui tree sold, the brand donates a portion of its proceeds.
Las Vegas Fashion Council and the Southern Nevada Burn Foundation hosted a flip-flop drive and doubled their goal by collecting 1,800 pairs of flip-flops to protect homeless people’s feet from the heat. Other participants included Best Agency, Wicked Donuts, Sambalatte, Mora Ice Cream and fire stations.
Local Ford Motor Companies collected more than 23,000 water bottles in the “Fill the Ford 150 Truck” water campaign. All donors received a discounted coupon to Cowabunga Bay. Water, including donations by Ur-Water and the Las Vegas Bowl Huddle, was donated to the Salvation Army.
The Silver State Schools Credit Union People Over Profit Foundation, fulfilling its mission to support Southern Nevada charitable education-based organizations, made a $2,500 donation to the Garden Foundation.
Volunteers in Medicine of Southern Nevada will host its 12th annual Hands Together event October 23 at the Venetian. Volunteers in Medicine provides integrated health care and support for people without access to health care in Southern Nevada. Learn more at vmsn.org.
David Schnitzer donated more than $2,500—the proceeds from his self-published book, The Adventures of Big Head Bob: Transform Your Weakness into Strength—to the Clark County School District through his company, David Bradley LLC. The donation will be used for the Focus School Project to purchase needed school supplies and funding for schools to participate in field trips.
America First Credit Union and its partner, Las Vegas Raiders, announced that Any Occasion Baskets was selected as the grand-prize winner of their inaugural Small Business Showcase following the recent live finals event in the Shift4 Club at Allegiant Stadium. AOB received single-season sponsorship assets valued at $100,000. The sponsorship includes signage inside Allegiant Stadium, Raiders home game tickets, radio spots and digital promotions from the Raiders’ website and mobile app.
Richard Harris Law Firm announced its inaugural Project Backpack, a mission that will get more than 12,000 backpacks full of supplies in the hands of some of the neediest students in the Clark County School District. For the first year of the project, the firm will supply backpacks and supplies to students at 18 schools.
The Henderson Chamber of Commerce presented a check for $7,500 to Nevada State College, the beneficiary of the chamber’s 30th annual Swing for Success fundraiser. Swing for Success is a golf tournament that supports the HCC and the Nevada State College Scholarship Fund. During the past 13 years, the HCC has raised more than $100,000 in scholarship money for first-generation college students through the tournament.
Bank of America announced $545,000 in grants to 20 Las Vegas nonprofits that will help drive economic opportunity and upward mobility for individuals and families, and put them on a path toward stability and success. Recipients include College of Southern Nevada; Three Square Food Bank; Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Nevada; Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada; Clark County Public Education Foundation Inc.; Communities In Schools of Nevada; Discovery Children’s Museum; Fulfillment Fund Las Vegas; HELP of Southern Nevada; Hope for Prisoners; Jobs for Nevada’s Graduates Inc.; Just One Project; Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada Inc.; Olive Crest; Opportunity Village; Safe Nest; Southern Nevada Culinary and Bartenders Training Fund A Trust; Tech Impact; The Shade Tree Inc.; and Volunteers in Medicine of Southern Nevada.
Treasure Island employees gave back to the community by collecting thousands of school supplies. Items collected included binders, erasers, pencils, paint sets, scissors and spiral notebooks, which were packed into 300 backpacks and donated to low-income elementary, middle- and high school-aged children served by Volunteers in Medicine of Southern Nevada, Ruffin Family Clinic.
This story appeared in Las Vegas Weekly.