Girl Scouts of Southern Nevada to fill meal bags, Junior League of Las Vegas and Girlfriend Time to make deliveries.
On Monday, March 8, in celebration of International Women’s Day, Delivering with Dignity will partner with three local female-led organizations. The Girl Scouts of Southern Nevada will fill meal bags with boxes of Girl Scout Cookies donated last month by the community. Members of the Junior League of Las Vegas and the meetup.com group, Girlfriend Time, will then deliver the meals to the doorsteps of the valley’s most vulnerable individuals and families who cannot safely leave their homes for food due to the COVID-19 crisis.
The female volunteers will be at Honey Salt, which is owned by Delivering with Dignity co-founder and renowned restauranteur, Elizabeth Blau. Representatives from the Girl Scouts, Junior League, and Girlfriend Time as well as Blau will be available for photos and media interviews.
WHAT: Delivering with Dignity’s International Women’s Day volunteer event
WHO: Elizabeth Blau, co-founder of Delivering with Dignity and owner of Honey Salt
Kimberly Trueba, CEO of Girl Scouts of Southern Nevada and several local Girl Scouts
Representatives of the Junior League of Las Vegas and Girlfriend Time
WHERE: Honey Salt, 1031 South Rampart Blvd, Las Vegas, Nev., 89145
WHEN: Monday, March 8 from 10 a.m. until 11:15 a.m. (meals will be packed starting at 10 a.m. and then loaded into cars for delivery at 11 a.m.)
Created as an emergency response to the healthcare and economic crisis of COVID-19, Delivering with Dignity has delivered more than 300,000 individual meals to the doorsteps of the valley’s most vulnerable individuals and families while keeping dozens of restaurant staff employedsince launching nearly a year ago.
People can become a volunteer or make a financial donation – even just $6 can make a difference, by visiting: https://www.deliveringwithdignitylv.org.
About Delivering with Dignity Las Vegas
Delivering with Dignity was co-founded in Las Vegas by Punam Mathur, executive director of the Elaine P. Wynn & Family Foundation; Julie Murray, chair of the Moonridge Foundation; and renowned restauranteur Elizabeth Blau, in partnership with Clark County Commission Chair Marilyn Kirkpatrick and United Way of Southern Nevada. It is a one-of-its-kind program that leverages advanced logistic technology from Copia, a San Francisco-based technology & logistics company whose infrastructure redistributes edible excess food to shelters and food pantries in 270 North American cities to reduce hunger and food waste. Currently, Delivering with Dignity provides meals from multiple Las Vegas restaurant partners including Honey Salt, Graffiti Bao, Valencian Gold, and The Jolt Coffee Co. Due to its success in Southern Nevada, the program model has expanded to Reno/Sparks, Nev. and Orange County, Calif. Delivering with Dignity Las Vegas plans to continue to expand its capabilities to help those in need in Southern Nevada as long as the COVID-19 pandemic exists. To learn more visit: www.DeliveringwithDignityLV.org.
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