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Giving We want to hear from you. Send your business-philanthropy information to news@vegasinc.com City National Bank was recognized by the Justice League of Nevada and Supreme Court Justice Michael Douglas for providing legal aid to low-income communities. The Penta Building Group raised $100,000 for the Nevada Childhood Cancer Foundation and Women's Development Center during the ninth annual Charity Golf Classic at the Revere Golf Club. Each nonprofit received $50,000. YMCA of Southern Nevada received a $1 million grant from the Engelstad Family Foundation to support its Strong Kids Campaign, which helps low-income children and families participate in summer camp, after-school and fitness programs. Last year, more than 33,000 people received financial assistance worth $384,310 through the Strong Kids Campaign. Station Casinos and Beasley Broadcasting awarded tickets for Toto at Red Rock Resort to people who donated to the victims of the Carpenter 1 Fire on Mt. Charleston. Las Vegas Ski & Snowboard Resort for six weeks donated 20 percent of its chairlift ride ticket sales to the Mt. Charleston Volunteer Fire Department. Poker players participating in the World Series of Poker raised more than $1.3 million for One Drop, which promotes sustainable water-access projects around the world. Village of Hope Las Vegas, which runs an after-school program at Whitney Elementary School, received 501(c)(3) nonprofit status. The group aims to give students healthy alternatives to gangs, drugs, violence and destructive behavior. SuperPawn donated to Spread the Word Nevada and C.T. Sewell School to support literacy programs. Brighton Collectibles sponsored a handbag trade-in program to benefit Dress for Success Southern Nevada, which provides professional outfits to disadvantaged women. In addition, Macy's partnered with Dress for Success Southern Nevada for the 8th annual "Shop For A Cause" event. Three Firefly locations donated 5 percent of their August proceeds to the Children's Free Clinic of Southern Nevada. Over the past three years, the United Way of Southern Nevada has helped provide more than 250,000 immunizations to children, run family engagement workshops for more than 18,000 pre-K students and their families, provided more than 1,000 children preschool scholarships and provided free tax preparation to more than 18,100 people, according to a recent organization survey. Citi donated $60,000 to the United Way of Southern Nevada for the Healthy Communities Coalition and to help families become financially stable. Windsong Trust, a private foundation for children's education, awarded a $1 million grant to the United Way of Southern Nevada to fund preschool programs for children. The grant will pay for 130 full-time scholarships. Participants of Vegas GiveCamp, a weekend getaway for technology and marketing professionals, built and enhanced websites, apps and software for 17 local nonprofit groups. One Queensridge Place hosted a "Gatsby Gamble" to benefit Three Square Food Bank. About 250 guests attended and close to $15,000 was raised through ticket sales and poker buy-ins. In addition, more than 60 locally owned UPS Stores teamed with AARP Nevada and Three Square to organize a food drive for seniors. courtesy Caesars Entertainment hosted a celebration inside the Windows Theatre at Bally's as a part of its partnership with Olive Crest, a national charity dedicated to treating and educating at-risk children. More than 700 pieces of clothing were collected to help foster youth find jobs or enroll in post-secondary education. Almost 100 young people participated. ciation day. Customers who donated to the MDA received savings books with Jiffy Lube coupons. In addition, 13 local Vons stores hosted a cash-register fundraiser for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. A fourth annual "cut-a-thon" for Locks of Love was held at the Rio Spa & Salon. Twenty-two people donated at least 10 inches of hair, and more than 50 ponytails were collected for disadvantaged children who need hair pieces. Henderson firefighters and police officers distributed more than 1,000 ribbons to call attention to the danger of leaving children and pets in hot vehicles. Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth received a $20,000 donation from online travel company Expedia. The partnership helps homeless teenagers in Southern Nevada. Local Expedia employees also assembled hundreds of survival packs and sack lunches for youth living on the streets. The board of directors of the Epicurean Charitable Foundation and Avero named Claudia Soler and Vildan Buric the winners of the 2013 Avero New York City Restaurant Education Experience. The program sends two people to New York City for a four-day educational immersion program in the food and beverage industry. Yes! Air Conditioning & Plumbing selected Sara Bartley as the winner of its "Help A Home" program, which provides a person or family with a new air conditioning and heating system. Bartley is a special needs teaching assistant at Peterson Elementary School. Las Vegas Henderson Engineers Inc. held Run for the Rebuild, a charity race to support the victims of tornados in Oklahoma. The group raise more than $8,000 for the American Red Cross. Town Square restaurants partnered with the Cure 4 the Kids Foundation to donate proceeds from menu items during September. The foundation provides funding to the Children's Specialty Center of Nevada, the state's only nonprofit pediatric cancer outpatient treatment center. In addition, Town Square sponsored One Run Las Vegas to benefit St. Jude's Women's Auxiliary, Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation, Salvation Army of Southern Nevada, Safe Nest, Melanoma Research Foundation, Olive Crest and Baby's Bounty. Heartland Jiffy Lube in North Las Vegas teamed with the Muscular Dystrophy Association to host a customer appre- Krispy Kreme Doughnuts and the Salvation Army partnered to provide students with school supplies during the "Stuff the 4 20131014_VI04_F.indd 4 Bus" campaign. Supporters received free doughnuts, while new school supplies were given to the Salvation Army. MGM Resorts International employees donated $65,000 to the Foundation for an Independent Tomorrow to support its Self-Sufficiency Empowerment Program. Money will be used to help Southern Nevadans find jobs. HealthCare Partners of Nevada gave away 6,000 tickets to the Beach Boys concert and Fun After 55 Good Vibrations Expo at the South Point Arena to support Helping Hands of Vegas Valley. Free tickets were given to people who donated canned food. Beau Monde Bakery donated more than 30 pastries to the Nathan Adelson Hospice to raise patients' and families' spirits. The bakery is owned by Dr. Michael Zimmerman, a gastroenterologist. Dr. Ty Hanks, his wife Jacki and the medical team at Urgent Care Extra collected more than $1,000 worth of school supplies for the Clark County School District. Project 150, which helps homeless, displaced and disadvantaged students at 16 local high schools, received a $100,000 grant from the Engelstad Family Foundation to buy a delivery van and upgrade the organization's warehouse and delivery system. Raising Cane's donated Labor Day profits from six locations to HELP of Southern Nevada. In addition, the Home Depot Foundation and Good360 teamed with HELP of Southern Nevada to open the Framing Hope Warehouse, which provides building supplies to groups that help veterans and people in need. The warehouse will gather donations from 12 local Home Depot stores and redistribute them to nonprofits and schools. Aid for AIDS of Nevada hosted the 27th annual Black & White Party at the Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel in August. About 3,500 guests raised $130,000 for AFAN, the largest and longest running AIDS service organization in Nevada. The Associated General Contractors of Las Vegas selected Kallyse Duddlesten as the 2013 recipient of the Michael T. Martin Scholarship Award for leadership, integrity, creativity and dedication. She received $12,000 to pursue an engineering management degree at Lehigh (Pa.) University. | 14 October 2013 | 10/10/13 2:27:34 PM