Community briefs for June 24, 2004

Thursday, June 24, 2004 | 9:01 a.m.

Opportunity Village celebrates 50 years

Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., and U.S. District Judge Lloyd George will join nearly 1,000 other Opportunity Village supporters in a toast to the organization's half-century of service 7 p.m Friday at Paris Las Vegas.

The festivities will include a silent auction, live music by the Las Vegas All Star Band and various local entertainers.

Honorary co-chairs, Bill Boyd, Kitty Rodman and Mike Morrissey, will host the celebration.

For more information, call 259-3741.

Benefit golf event planned at TPC

Wal-Mart will present its first charity golf tournament, co-sponsored by Toyota, to benefit the First Tee of Southern Nevada beginning with a shotgun start at 9 a.m. Wednesday at TPC at the Canyons, 9851 Canyon Run Drive.

The tournament brings together the funding support of community oriented corporations such as Wal-Mart, Toyota, the Greenspun Corporation, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, DeLuca Liquor, Nevada Beverage and many more.

For more information, contact Trina Moody at 656-0199, ext. 199 or Lori Barger at 433-0626, ext. 204.

Basketball camp planned for kids

Hoops for Hope Basketball Camp is set July 29-31, with college basketball players teaching fundamentals to children ages 8 to 13.

The three-day camp will run from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day at the Doolittle Community Center, 1901 North J St.

The young athletes will be coached by players from the universities of Southern Utah, Tennessee, Oregon, Utah and San Diego State, as well as by former University of Nevada, Las Vegas players.

The $225 camp registration fee includes a T-shirt, water bottle, sports bag, daily breakfast snack and lunch. Parents of camp participants are invited to a free workshop on July 31 to learn how to prepare for college basketball recruiters and other college opportunities.

Prizes will be awarded in a camp shoot-out contest and hot shot contest. Participants will hear daily power speeches from coaches Buzz Peterson, Terry Dunn, Lon Kruger and Steve Fischer.

Advance registration is required by July 19. Proceeds from the basketball camp will be used to fund scholarships for low-income youth in Las Vegas recreation programs.

Call 229-2158 for more information.

EstroGYM for Women,

a 30-minute workout facility, is sponsoring a Christmas in July program to benefit patients at Sunrise Children's Hospital. There will be a "wish" tree at EstroGYM the entire month of June. The tree will have the items the children need hanging from its boughs. Santa will deliver the gifts to the children at 2 p.m. July 15 at the EstroGYM facility, 5431 S. Rainbow Blvd., Suite C-2. For more information, call 871-3496.

The annual Olive Crest Golf Tournament,

For the Children, will begin with registration at 6:30 a.m. Saturday at the Rio Secco Golf Club, 2851 Grand Hills Drive, Henderson. For more information, call Sheila White at 221-6224, ext. 1706.

The Consumer Credit Counseling Service

offers free classes in personal finances. Some upcoming courses at the group's Education Center, 2650 S. Jones Blvd.: 2 p.m. July 6; 11 a.m. July 8; 2 p.m. July 14 and 6 p.m. July 29. For more information, call 364-0344.