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Southern Nevada Children’s First benefit held at The Ridges in Summerlin
Southern Nevada Children First hosted their 3rd Annual Artfully Sweet event at an exclusive estate at the Ridges in Summerlin. The event will include desserts and pastries from some of Las Vegas’ premium pastry chefs, artwork from international and local artists, live performances from Cirque du Soleil’s syncronized swimmers, hand balancing act Christopher Jones and the hoop artistry of Elena Lev.
Live auction items included art work from master landscape photographer Peter Lik and Richard MacDonald among others.
Proceeds from this event will benefit Southern Nevada Children First provide long-term transitional living and life skills training to homeless pregnant and parenting teens and young adults. Read the rest of this entry »
Crystals at City Center, Las Vegas
The Lied Discovery Children’s Museum hosted the Inaugural Queen of Hearts Court Event to honor a choice few of Las Vegas’s very extraordinary women.
This year there are 10 remarkable honorees that include the National Queen Julie Murray and 15 year old Ellie Smith wearing the title “Queen in the Making”.
Other women of the Queens court being honored include Michele
Benefit Gala at the Palms Casino Resort
Founded in 1961, the Boys & Girls Club of Las Vegas celebrated 50 years of service to youth with a Vintage Vegas themed gala. The gala featured a live and silent auction and live entertainment by Vegas performers, “The Rat Pack” and was held in the ballroom of the Palms Casino Resort.
The evening will raise money for all eight Las Vegas Clubhouse locations throughout the area, allowing the Boys & Girls Club to continue to reach and impact the 14,000 young people that are served annually.
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Spread The Word Nevada hosts Storybook Gala
The gala’s theme was childhood literacy and books with a good dose of fun tossed in which is of course the mission of Spread The Word Nevada. Emcee Kendall Tenney of 10e Public Relations hosted the event which was held at the Venetian Hotel and Casino. The evening featured a silent auction, dinner & live auction with celebrity auctioneer, Christian Kolberg, plus a surprise flash mob performance.
Spread The Word Nevada’s is dedicated to advancing childhood literacy by placing books into the hands and homes of young children. Kids to Kids is one of Spread the Word Nevada’s flagship programs and they also sponsor Breakfast with Books and Books & Buddies.
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“Rock The Runway For A Cause”
Project We Group held their 2nd Annual Blue Ribbon Affair at the World Market Center in downtown Vegas. “Rock The Runway For a Cause” was the culmination of another We program called Operation Head 2 Toe where teens create an entire fashion production starting with the initial concept and ending in what promises to be one of the hottest New York Style fashion show in Las Vegas.
The fashion show featured seasoned professional models mixed with many of the young people participating in Operation Head 2 Toe and other projects sponsored by Project We Group. For more information about the programs offered visit ProjectWE group at www.projectwegroup.com/blog or call 702-485-2315.
The Public Education Foundation’s Fundraiser
Held at Spanish Trails Country Club, Las Vegas
Tyler Olson, Jeff Mirecle, Wade Bond and Scott Gragson at the PEF golf tournament
Tournament players were on the green bright and early for the 11th Annual Public Education Foundation “Tee Up for Kids” charity fundraiser. Held at the Spanish Trail Country Club Sig Rogich and Olga Lyles were this years’ honorary chairmen.
Since 1991 The Public Education Foundation has been raising money to fund Southern Nevada public school programs like We R Community, Artists 4 Kidsz, Project SMILE, scholarships for local students and the Teacher EXCHANGE program.
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Las Vegas Charity TV talks with jewelry designer David Yurman at an evening reception to benefit the Junior League of Las Vegas. Special guest former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir attended the event.
The month of May is Blind Children’s Awareness month and what better time to host the Lady Bug Ball. Kim and Dana Wagner from My Channel 3 news hosted the Nevada Blind Children Foundations fourth annual fundraiser held at Bellagio Resort and Casino on the Las Vegas strip.
Nevada Chapter of Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Fundraiser
Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas
This year’s gala honored Chef Wolfgang Puck and his managing partners partners Tom Kaplan, David Robins and Joe Essa.
JDRF’s mission is to find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research. JDRF is also committed to developing new and better treatments that improve the lives of people with type 1 diabetes in the near term and keep them healthy while we advance toward a cure.
A few of the premier silent auction items featured
