Taylor’s Gift Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting families of organ, eye and tissue donors, announced a partnership with Nevada Donor Network to offer its grief support program, Kindred Hearts, designed specifically for donor families. Donor families from across the country who participate in the program receive personal access to support groups and caring guides, who are trained to help them navigate through their grief journey. The groups are offered both virtually and in-person.
Three Nevada schools have been awarded classroom funding through Navarro Research and Engineering Inc.’s new Community Commitment Grants Program. The program supports educational activities that promote learning related to science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) in communities near the Nevada National Security Site. The three schools receiving funding are: Carlin Combined School in Carlin; Lied STEM Academy in Las Vegas; and Manse Elementary School in Pahrump. The next application period is now open for the 2023 Community Commitment Grants Program cycle.
Communities In Schools of Nevada has partnered with Shania Kids Can Foundation to meet the needs of underserved students at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School, a new addition to CIS’ school roster for the 2022-23 school year.
Junior Achievement of Southern Nevada received a monetary gift from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. It is part of a $38.8 million donation to Junior Achievement USA, the largest gift from a single donor in the organization’s 103-year history. In addition, JASN announced the addition of Ron Kullman to its board of directors. He is chief risk officer at Toyota Savings Bank and has more than 25 years of experience as a financial services executive. Kullman has a long history with JA, starting as a classroom volunteer in the mid-1990s. He also taught JA financial literacy programming in classrooms in Chicago; Wilmington, Delaware; Bloomington, Illinois; and now in Las Vegas.
On September 24, 300 local girls toured Allegiant airplanes and met the women who fly them at an event celebrating Girls in Aviation Day. The program, hosted by the nonprofit Women in Aviation International, is designed to introduce girls to all things aviation. This is the sixth year Allegiant served as premier sponsor. Women currently make up 6% of the total pilot workforce in the United States, and studies show that the key to increasing those numbers is to increase the visibility of aviation careers and role models in those fields.
Merging Vets and Players, a nonprofit dedicated to providing peer-to-peer support for combat veterans and former pro athletes in Las Vegas, has received $46,000 as part of the Community Recovery Grant distribution. Approved by Nevada lawmakers to direct relief dollars to organizations that can make immediate impact for constituents to alleviate challenges caused by the pandemic, MVP will use the funds to increase engagement for programming and positive perception of mental health services.
The Sanctuary will unveil a limited-edition Sacred brand cannabis strain, Pink Ribbon, available exclusively in October in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. As part of its “Doobies for Boobies” fundraising effort, a portion of Pink Ribbon’s sales will be donated to Angels of Las Vegas, a local nonprofit which supports those battling cancer by providing a variety of resources, including financial support, food donations, clothing donations, wig donations, nutritional programs, counseling and more.
The ALS Association Nevada Chapter raised over $275,000 at its annual Food Is Art Fundraiser on the 108th floor of the Strat. The money goes directly to continuing services focused on sustaining quality of life for over 100 Nevadans and their families affected by ALS.
Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation of Nevada hosted its most popular annual public event of the year in September, welcoming a record sold-out crowd of more than 1,750 participants and raising $325,000 for local families of children and teens diagnosed with cancer. In the past decade, Candlelighters has provided nearly $13 million in financial assistance, emotional support and quality of life programs and services to families to help with the costs of childhood cancer.
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