Month-long fundraising initiative features OV’s Hoops Hoopla bracket tournament (discounted through February 28!), basketball-inspired awareness campaign and more For those looking to experience a bit of the March hoops magic and support a good cause while you’re at it, Opportunity Village (OV) is stepping in with the assist. Following a successful 2021 March to … [Read more...] about It’s Tip-Off Time: Opportunity Village Gears up for Development Disabilities Awareness Month (March), Unveiling ‘March to $100K Game Plan’
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America First Credit Union and Vegas Golden Knights Celebrate Teachers With “Game-Changer” Award
For the fourth year in a row, America First Credit Union and the Vegas Golden Knights honored teachers in the Clark County School District with a special award. The Game-Changer program awarded four outstanding teachers who made a positive impact in the classroom and in the lives of students each with a $1,000 grant that will help to improve their classrooms. Winners … [Read more...] about America First Credit Union and Vegas Golden Knights Celebrate Teachers With “Game-Changer” Award
Raiders Honor Las Vegas Educator Named National Teacher of the Year
The Las Vegas Raiders today honored Juliana Urtubey (pronounced: HOO-lee-on-a ER-two-bay) from Kermit R. Booker Sr. Elementary School, who was recently named the 2021 National Teacher of the Year. Members of the Silver & Black including the Raiderettes visited Booker Elementary School, where they presented Ms. Urtubey with a Silver & Black-themed gift basket on … [Read more...] about Raiders Honor Las Vegas Educator Named National Teacher of the Year
Rail Explorers Welcomes The Nevada Blind Children’s Foundation To The Rails In Boulder City, Nevada, March 31
On Wednesday, March 31 at 10:30 a.m., approximately 20 blind and low-vision campers from Nevada Blind Children’s Foundation (NBCF), ages pre-kindergarten through grade 12, will ride the rail bikes at Rail Explorers in Boulder City Nevada. Following their rail-bike ride, the campers will take part in special, adapted tour of the historic trains of the Nevada State Railroad … [Read more...] about Rail Explorers Welcomes The Nevada Blind Children’s Foundation To The Rails In Boulder City, Nevada, March 31
The Garden Foundation Proudly Founds World Inclusion Day, October 10
The Garden Foundation, a nonprofit organization here in Las Vegas, serving adults with disabilities or *different abilities* as they prefer, has founded World Inclusion Day on October 10, for an initiative for a kinder, more inclusive world. The Garden Foundation wanted to find a way to unite the community by celebrating a national/world holiday of Inclusion, which is … [Read more...] about The Garden Foundation Proudly Founds World Inclusion Day, October 10