Wednesday, Sept. 2, 1998 | 2:10 a.m.
Getting results
* TEMPLE DONATION -- A donation to build a new youth lounge at Temple Beth Sholom has been made in memory of Lou Weiner, a longtime member of Temple Beth Sholom and a significant contributor to the Las Vegas community. The Lou Weiner Youth Lounge will be built in the future facility in Summerlin South. Jim Rogers, CEO of Sunbelt Communications, arranged for the donation that was recommended by former Temple president and vice president and director of sales at Sunbelt Communications, Gene Greenburg. Rogers and Greenburg said the dedication of the new youth lounge is appropriate considering Weiner's history of financial support for youth organizations and groups. Weiner supported numerous children's charities and was actively supporting nine of them at the time of his death. He also assisted in the formation of the Boy's Club.
* BOYS HOPE/GIRLS HOPE GRANT -- Citibank has provided a $7,500 education and operating grant to the Boys Hope/Girls Hope Nevada organization for extremely disadvantaged youth. The youth home residents accepted into the program come from some of the most acutely deprived circumstances in Nevada in which their parents are not willing, or able to care for them. In a family setting group home, the youth receive academic counseling, professional emotional support and responsibility for their surroundings. All residents attend parochial high school on a scholarship plan, and all are college bound. Headquartered in St. Louis, Boys Hope/Girls Hope began in Las Vegas in 1997.
* HABITAT FOR HUMANITY DONATION -- Habitat for Humanity, a nonprofit organization that provides housing for low-income families, has received $25,000 from the trust of Robert C. Hodgeman. The gift will be used as seed money toward a permanent office for the organization along with warehouse needs. Sharon Rollo, Hodgeman's daughter, was the Las Vegas affiliate's first president. The late Hodgeman made the generous donation as a result of his daughter's dedication to the Habitat cause. Houses are built and sold by the organization with no profit or interest and with the help of people and companies donating their time, materials and money.
* KOO KOO ROO FUND-RAISER -- Koo Koo Roo restaurant's West Lake Mead Blvd. location provided the perfect afternoon outing for a special benefit picnic in July at Hills Park. Koo Koo Roo donated 50 percent of the proceeds from ticket sales to Shade Tree, a support group for battered women and children.
* 360 HELPS FOOD SHORTAGE -- The inventory department at 360 Communications responded to the recent Salvation Army plea with food and clothes -- mostly for school children -- and two large bags of toys.
* ARCO GRANT TO YMCA -- A YMCA afterschool tutorial program that benefits disadvantaged youth and families in the Northwest area of Las Vegas received a $5,000 donation from the ARCO Foundation. The program provides tutoring, homework assistance, character development activities, arts and crafts, recreation and educational activities for at-risk children in grades one through five who are referred to the program by teachers at Culley Elementary. The ARCO Foundation grant will help to fund the program through the 1998-99 school year.
* A HELPING HAND -- PCL Construction Services Inc. of Las Vegas came to the rescue of a local family in need of help. Three school-aged children being raised by their grandparents were in need of clothes and school supplies to start the new school year. Due to the grandfather's recent surgery, the extra expenses could not be met. When United Way told PCL about the local family, some employees bought the clothes and supplies the children needed. So far PCL has raised more than $7,000 this year for United Way of Southern Nevada.
* THEIR LOSS -- ANOTHER'S GAIN -- Members in four local Weight Watcher classes recently assisted the Salvation Army with their request for food supplies by donating nonperishable food goods equal to the amount of weight they lost. One member, with a weight loss of 137 pounds, was assisted in the collection by her office staff. When the drive was completed, more than 2,000 pounds of food had been collected. The drive will be repeated in November with the challenge this time being the weight lost between Aug. 1 and Nov. 1.
Honors
* NAWIC SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS -- Four Las Vegas teens are the recipients of scholarships for the 1998-1999 fall semester, from the Las Vegas Chapter of the National Association of Women in Construction. Primary criteria is that each student must be the dependent of someone employed in the construction industry in Clark County. The new recipients are: Kristin Stangeland, graduate of Green Valley High School and University of Arizona, currently attending law school; Janel Campbell, graduate of Bishop Gorman High School, currently attending University of Nevada-Reno; Ofelia Avila, graduate of Eldorado High School and will be attending University of Nevada-Las Vegas in fall 1998; William Alexander, graduate of Western High School and currently attending University of Nevada-Reno. For more information about the organization and its scholarships, call 384-0124.
Special needs
* FOOD PROGRAM EXPANDS -- The Boys & Girls Clubs of Las Vegas have extended the Food Service Program to the Lied Memorial Unit. Kids can now have a healthy breakfast and lunch at the Lied Memorial Unit, Andre Agassi Unit and the North Las Vegas Unit. The program begins Sept. 14 and runs through the school year.
* NEW CITY OF HOPE CHAPTER -- A new chapter of the City of Hope is being formed in the Green Valley/Henderson area. The City of Hope is a medical center supported by a nonsectarian philanthropic volunteer movement. It is dedicated to the prevention, treatment and cure of cancer and other life-threatening diseases through research and patient care. Its next meeting is 7 p.m. Tuesday in the AutoNations Community Room on Warm Springs Road. If you are interested in becoming a member of this new chapter, call 454-3000 for more information.
Volunteers
* RESERVE DONATION -- The employees of the Reserve hotel-casino recently donated $50,000 to St. Jude's Ranch in Boulder City. St. Jude's is home to abused, abandoned and neglected children. The donation will be used to construct two recreation areas, one of which will be framed in sculpted elephant tusks reminiscent of the Reserve's decor.
* 'TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA' -- Nevada Shakespeare in the Park and the Excalibur Theatre Company of Los Angeles will bring "Two Gentlemen of Verona" to Foxridge Park in Green Valley Sept. 25-27. Nevada Shakespeare in the Park is free to the public, however VIP tickets can be reserved for $150. Individuals donating $150 or more can set up blankets for themselves and three guests in front of the stage. The Arts Council of Henderson/Green Valley is currently seeking donations and/or volunteers to help make the event as successful as it has been the past 11 years. Volunteers are needed to pass out programs, collect audience donations, clean up after each performance and various other duties. For information regarding donations, volunteer work or to audition, call 898-1639.
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