De Castroverde Law Group announced the winners of its Fall 2021 Teacher Appreciation Awards, celebrating outstanding local educators who champion their students and the teaching profession, including the grand prize winner, Ramiro Martinez of Del Sol Academy, who received $750 for classroom supplies and a $250 Amazon gift card. The runner-up was Cameron Zachary with Doral Academy Red Rock Elementary School and honorable mention was Kari Tangeman of Ruby Thomas Elementary School.
The Shade Tree received a $55,000 grant from the Columbus, Ohio-based Installed Building Products Foundation, which provides major grants for organizations involved in building or renovating homes or providing shelter for those in need. The funds will be used toward functional and cosmetic upgrades for the shelter, which provides a safe, temporary home for hundreds of women and children who are victims of human trafficking, domestic violence and homelessness.
UMC Children’s Hospital received a $203,000 donation from Spirit Halloween’s Spirit of Children Program. This is the largest annual donation the hospital has ever received from Spirit of Children. The funds make hospital stays easier for young patients and their families through non-medical treatment and healing play. Proceeds were collected at local Spirit Halloween stores, SpiritHalloween.com and from business partners. One hundred percent of local donations stay in the community. The Spirit of Children program has raised more than $845,000 for the hospital since 2010, supporting child life services to improve the hospital experience for young patients and their families.
Eamon Springall, president of Stitched, presented a check for $45,000 to Dr. Gerry Sanders, dean of UNLV’s Lee Business School. The donation will establish a new scholarship endowment—the Lee Business School Alumni Chapter Scholarship Endowed by Stitched.
The Dunkin’ Joy in Childhood Foundation granted $10,000 to Cure 4 The Kids Foundation. This grant supports the foundation’s mission to provide the joys of childhood to kids when they need it most, like when they are battling hunger or illness.
America First Credit Union, in collaboration with the Las Vegas Raiders and the Raiders Foundation, presented a $18,900 check to support SafeNest, which is dedicated to ending domestic violence. The donation was the result of its second annual First Downs for the Hometown, in which America First donated $100 to the Raiders Foundation for each Raiders first down at Allegiant Stadium. During the 2021 season, the Raiders secured 189 first downs in home games, resulting in $18,900 donated.
At the Downtown Summerlin #LightTheWorld Giving Machine location, more than 41,000 donors contributed a total of nearly $740,000, of which more than $500,000 supported five local nonprofits, including Communities In Schools of Nevada, Opportunity Village, Three Square, Future Smiles and Eye Care 4 Kids. Nearly $240,000 was donated to two global nonprofits—United Nations High Commission for Refugees and CWS Global.
Baby’s Bounty, a Southern Nevada organization providing lifesaving supplies and diapers for newborns, received a donation from Health Plan of Nevada. Baby’s Bounty received a $25,000 platinum diaper bank sponsorship to support its ongoing diaper bank program and $100,000 for the Baby Bundle program.
Colliers Las Vegas announced that the company donated more than $60,000 through its charitable organization, Links for Life, in the 2021 fiscal year to strengthen its commitment to give back to the Las Vegas community. In 2021, the company made donations to the following community organizations: The Las Vegas Rescue Mission, St. Jude’s Ranch for Children, Nevada Childhood Cancer Foundation, Make-A-Wish Foundation, American Cancer Society, Catholic Charities of Nevada, Paralyzed Veterans of America, Wounded Warrior Project, Alzheimer’s Association, Hope for Prisoners, Project 150, Project Homeless Connect, Just One Project, Boy Scouts of America, William McCool and St. Baldrick’s Foundation.
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health awarded a grant expected to total $11.3 million to fund phase 2 of Southern Nevada’s first Center of Biomedical Research Excellence: the Center for Neurodegeneration and Translational Neuroscience—a collaboration between Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health and UNLV to enhance neuroscience research infrastructure in Southern Nevada.
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