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Resource Fair Offers Help for Families in Need

Resource Fair Offers Help for Families in Need

Homeless and low-income families in southern Nevada are invited to an event designed to help them find resources they need.

The Family Connect Summer Resource Fair will be hosted by Clark County at the East Las Vegas Senior Community Center, 250 North Eastern Avenue.

From 1 to 6 p.m., Wednesday, May 15, families can come to the center and talk with local agencies and organizations that provide help with childcare, housing, health care, jobs and more.

Event organizers are also looking for donations that will be handed out at the fair. Items like toys, first-aid kids, canned food, diapers, formula and personal hygiene items are needed. To donate, contact organizers at fortheleastofthese@cox.net.

Organizers are also looking for volunteers to help at the event. To register as a volunteer, go to volunteercentersn.org.

Charity Wants Help if You Were Dumped by a Chump

Charity Wants Help if You Were Dumped by a Chump

If it’s time to forget about that lost love once and for all, Goodwill wants to help.

Donation Brings Books to Rundle Elementary

Donation Brings Books to Rundle Elementary

 

A gift from a mining company will help improve students at an at-risk elementary school in Las Vegas.

Barrick Gold Corporation donated $50,000 to Spread the Word Nevada, a group working to improve literacy in southern Nevada.

The money will be used to fund Rundle Elementary School's participation in a program that provides free books each month to every student for the next two years. For some children, these books are the only ones they own.

Besides the books, the program also includes family literacy events to improve the reading skills of every member of the family. It also provides tutoring programs for struggling readers.

At a celebration of the donation set for January 25, each student will get five free books to take home with them. 

Adopt a Military Family for the Holidays

Adopt a Military Family for the Holidays

 

There are a lot of ways to show the spirit of the holidays and give to those in need. Now, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10047 is offering another with military members in mind.

The post has set up at an Adopt-a-Military-Family tree. The tree features the names of military families, veterans, and Fallen Gold Star families that could use some help to have a happy holiday this year.

The public is encouraged to drop by the post at 4337 Las Vegas Boulevard, which is near Craig Road and Las Vegas Boulevard, to take a name from the tree. Those waiting to donate can also email adoptamilitaryfamily@hotmail.com and the family's information will be sent.

Gates Scholarship Opens Doors for 7 Clark County Graduates

Gates Scholarship Opens Doors for 7 Clark County Graduates

Students from throughout the valley will receive assistance through the scholarship program.

Kendrick Kirk, graduating Arbor View High School senior, made it into Yale University but then came the hard part paying for it.

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Breakfast will be Served to Thousands of Southern Nevada Kids

Breakfast will be Served to Thousands of Southern Nevada Kids

Hundreds of breakfast meals have been donated by grocery stores around the Las Vegas valley to serve hungry kids.

Three Square Food Bank has teamed up with Smith's Food & Drug Stores and Food 4 Less to collect milk and Kellogg cereals to serve to kids in need. Two semi-trucks carried 89,856 boxes of cereal to the food bank’s warehouse on Pecos Road Thursday morning. That cereal, and the 864 gallons of 2 percent milk that came with it, will provide 13,824 8-ounce servings for kids.

The president and CEO of Three Square Food Bank, Brian Burton, says half the kids in the Clark County School District use the free or reduced-lunch program, which means many go hungry during the summer.

Donate a Suit, Swim for Free Friday Night

Donate a Suit, Swim for Free Friday Night

 

You can swim for free Friday night at local pools in exchange for a small clothing donation.

Hollywood and Desert Breeze outdoor pools are hosting the “Make a Splash” swimsuit drive from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday. A family of four can swim for free at either facility in exchange for donating a new children’s swimsuit at the door. Youth swimsuits for boys and girls in all sizes are needed, and will be distributed to children in need whose families can’t afford swimsuits. Any admission collected during the event in lieu of a donated suit also will be used to purchase new swimsuits.