Las Vegas has so much to offer us. Here are some wonderful ways to give back!
Whether you are a transplant or a Native, here are some great ways to contribute to our community!
S.A.F.E House
S.A.F.E. House was established in 1994 by a group of community leaders concerned about the needs of battered women and their children. Today, through safe shelter, support, advocacy, counseling and community education, the organization provides a comprehensive approach to working with families to Stop Abuse in the Family Environment.
S.A.F.E. House is committed to stop violence and abuse in the family environment by providing safe shelter, support, advocacy, counseling and education
The goal of S.A.F.E. House is to provide quality crisis intervention, shelter and counseling services to domestic violence victims and their children and accredited treatment services for those who choose to abuse.
In addition S.A.F.E. House provides comprehensive advocacy services to victims of domestic violence and abuse and follow up and transitional resources and support.
S.A.F.E. House aims to be a leader in domestic violence education and prevention; raising the awareness of the seriousness and devastating effects of family abuse and violence; promote women’s strengths, competencies and abilities; holding batterers accountable for their violent and abusive behavior; and advocating for community involvement and social change.
For more information or to volunteer visit their website: http://www.safehousenv.org/ or call (702) 451-4203
Variety
Variety – The Children’s Charity is an enthusiastic group of business leaders who donate their time, resources and energy to positively impact the lives of children in their own communities and around the world.
Variety strives to meet the needs that empower Southern Nevada children who are sick, disadvantaged or have special needs to live, laugh and learn.
Here is a list of Variety’s Programs
Compassion Care Fund: The Compassion Care Fund pays for unmet medical and life necessities for families who have no other way to pay for the needs of their special child.
Kids at Play: Provides adaptive equipment and playgrounds for children with special needs, including ADA accessible playgrounds with wheelchair-accessible swings to help children with disabilities interact with their peers.
Sunshine Coaches: Provides specially equipped passenger vans to local nonprofit organizations for transport of children with physical limitations to and from medical facilities, schools and community enrichment programs.
Learning for Kids: Provides experiential learning tools for children with special needs. This may include adaptive computers or convert-a-tables which encourage sensory gross and fine motor skills development.
Kids in Need: Funding permitted; this program is available to children’s agencies dealing with families in crisis. It has been able to underwrite hot lunch programs to schools located in economically challenged communities.
For more information or to volunteer visit their website:http://www.varietysn.org/ or call (702) 702-8486
Opportunity Village
Opportunity Village is a not-for-profit organization that serves people in the Southern Nevada community with intellectual disabilities, to enhance their lives and the lives of the families who love them. Opportunity Village is dedicated to helping people with severe intellectual and related disabilities become the very best they can be. Through vocational training, community employment, day services, advocacy, arts and social recreation, citizens with severe disabilities are able to find new friends, realize future career paths, seek independence and community integration and unleash creative passions.
Opportunity Village was founded in 1954 by a small group of local families seeking to improve the lives of their children with intellectual disabilities. Since then, Opportunity Village has grown to become Nevada’s largest private, not-for-profit community rehabilitation program, serving more than 3,000 people annually through vocational training, community job placement, art & life skill enrichment, advocacy, and social recreation programs.
More than just a charity, Opportunity Village operates three employment training center campuses and a Thrift Store in Southern Nevada. It also operates a vehicle donation program, trains and places hundreds of adults in jobs throughout the community, and hosts some of the most popular special events in all of Las Vegas, including the annual Magical Forest and the Las Vegas Great Santa Run. The entire community is affected by the organization as businesses not only contract with Opportunity Village to fulfill assembly and packaging, mass mailings and other business to business services but numerous companies and organizations hire our clients as regular employees.
Through hard work, sweat, and a little luck, Opportunity Village has helped Southern Nevada’s most vulnerable citizens integrate into society while earning a paycheck, a feeling of achievement, and a renewed sense of independence. It’s no wonder why Opportunity Village has earned the distinction of “Las Vegas’ Best Community Organization.”
Almost entirely self-funded, Opportunity Village is possible because Southern Nevadans realize the value in supporting their neighbors with intellectual disabilities. In our society, people with intellectual disabilities live their lives constantly being told what they can’t do. Opportunity Village strives to break that stigma, encouraging its clients to follow their dreams, whether they include community or sheltered employment, social recreation, music, art or just the chance to be independent.
All of the information in this post has been taken directly from the organizations.
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