The Penta Building Group’s charitable arm, the Penta Cares Foundation, raised $220,000 for four Southern Nevada nonprofits— $55,000 each for Nevada Childhood Cancer Foundation, Women’s Development Center, Nevada Military Support Alliance and Opportunity Village—during its 19th annual Charity Golf Classic at Revere Golf Club. The event welcomed 296 golfers representing 75 companies, vendors and clients.
Silver State Schools Credit Union’s Board of Directors announces 10 recipients from the 2023 People Over Profit Foundation Scholarship program. The winners—Southern Nevada high school seniors Adelaide Hubble, Emma Kwok, Samuel Lin, Hannah Miller, Madison Murray, Garrett Ordonez, William Pirosch, Alex Rieger, Callie Torgesen and Dorian Vila-Barrios—will each receive a $2,000 scholarship for the upcoming fall session. Their scholarships are renewable for up to four years.
East Career & Technical Academy construction program students have completed the construction of 15 doghouses as part of their school project this year, sponsored by local companies GC Garcia, Inc. and Grand Canyon Development Partners. The doghouses are being donated and delivered to local animal organizations this week for them to either keep, give away to people who adopt dogs or auction off to raise funds for their organizations. The Nevada SPCA, Heaven Can Wait, Las Vegas Humane Society, Pawtastic Friends, Street Dogz, Amor Peludo, and Michael’s Angel Paws will all receive doghouses.
Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation of Nevada announced the addition of two new members to its team. Christine Santos serves as director of development and marketing; she previously held various roles in marketing, including VP of marketing. Daniela Azul Landis serves as family services program coordinator (bilingual); most recently, she served as legal assistant for a criminal defense law firm, managing more than 100 clients.
Three Square Food Bank announced Beth Martino as its president and chief executive officer. Martino brings 20 years of leadership experience in the food bank, public affairs and health care sectors.
The Board of Directors for local nonprofit R.E.A.C.H. (Research, Education and Access for Community Health) has promoted Luis Aceves to director of marketing and business development and Oscar Aceves to director of outreach and community engagement. Luis Aceves joined R.E.A.C.H. in 2018 and has been responsible for overseeing the development and execution of a comprehensive marketing and engagement strategy. Oscar Aceves joined R.E.A.C.H. in 2018 and has been responsible for managing all community outreach projects and activities during the past five years, including the Mobile Clinic.
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