Las Vegas Sun

March 28, 2024

Get your good on with Hard Rock Cafe

Hard Rock Cafe on the Strip

Justin M. Bowen

The new Hard Rock Cafe on the Strip is open for business on Tuesday.

The city’s two Hard Rock Cafes are gearing up for 40 straight days of do-gooding! No, the company didn’t screw up their liturgical calendar for Lent. They're celebrating Hard Rock International’s 40th birthday with a philanthropic marathon they’ve dubbed 40 Charitable Acts in 40 Days.

Acts include cleanup at Mt. Charleston, a coloring book and crayon collection for Coloring for Chemo, dinner service at Shade Tree, a feral cat spay and neuter clinic with Heaven Can Wait, a Zumba Dance-Off with the Southern Nevada Burn Foundation and 35 others. A full list of the charitable events can be found below, with details to appear on the Hard Rock Cafe’s official Facebook pages. The heartfelt fun begins May 6—ahem, the day after the Weekly’s bitchin' music issue party at the Strip location—and runs until June 14. Hard Rock International was non-coincidentally founded on June 14, 1971.

In addition to the company’s commitment to more than three-dozen different charitable organizations, Hard Rock Café guests will have the ability during the same 40-day period to donate money through their checks to VH1’s Save the Music Foundation. The goal is to raise $30,000, enough to outfit one school with an entire music program. We can only hope it winds up being one here in the Valley, as locals know our public school music programs are facing devastating budget cuts.

40 Charitable Acts – Complete Calendar

Friday, May 6th – Special Olympics Nevada Track Meet sonv.org

Saturday, May 7th – March of Dimes March for Babies marchofdimes.com

Saturday, May 7th – Mt. Charleston Clean Up

Monday, May 9th – Create a Change Now Rose Warren Elementary Tool Shed Build createachangenow.org

Tuesday, May 10th – Cases for Smiles Sewing Day conkerrcancer.org

Wednesday, May 11th –Coloring for Chemo Coloring Book & Crayon Drive facebook.com/coloringforchemo

Thursday, May 12th - Spread the Word Library Opening & Book Distribution spreadthewordnevada.org

Friday, May 13th – Make a Wish Foundation Wish Grant snv.wish.org

Saturday, May 14th – Boys & Girls Clubs of Henderson Fundraising Event bgchenderson.org

Saturday, May 14th – The Movement Blue Jeans & Blazers Party

Sunday, May 15th – Nathan Adelson Hospice Foundation Annual Butterfly Release nah.org

Tuesday, May 17th – American Cancer Society – Coaches vs. Cancer Bag Assembly acsevents.org

Wednesday, May 18th – Three Square Food Bank Kids Café threesquare.org

Thursday, May 19th – Chefs for Kids Breakfast Service chefsforkids.org

Thursday, May 19th – Las Vegas Rescue Mission Feed the Homeless vegasrescue.org

Friday, May 20th – Catholic Charities St. Vincent Lied Dining Facility catholiccharities.com

Saturday, May 21st – Families for Effective Autism Treatment Fitness 4 A Cause featsonv.org

Saturday, May 21st – Three Square Food Drive at the Blue Man Group Theater

Saturday, May 21st – Break dancing for a Cause with donations going to the Red Cross

Tuesday, May 24th – Southern Nevada Burn Foundation Zumba Dance Off burnfoundation.org

Wednesday, May 25th – Blue Man Group Music Workshop with 5th-6th graders

Thursday, May 26th – Public Education Foundation Tee Up for Kids Bag Assembly thepef.org

Thursday, May 26th – Baby’s Bounty Vendor Fair babysbounty.org

Friday, May 27th – Horses for Heroes Red White & Blue Jeans Spectacular horses4heroes.org

Saturday, May 28th – Animal Foundation Adoption Event w/Friendly Ford animalfoundation.com

Wednesday, June 1st – American Parkinson Disease Association Support Group apdaparkinson.org

Thursday, June 2nd – Sunrise Children’s Hospital Blanket Drive

Friday, June 3rd – Down Syndrome Org of Southern Nevada Golf Tournament dsosn.org

Saturday, June 4th – Habitat for Humanity Group Build Day habitatlasvegas.org

Monday, June 6th – Speedway Children’s Charity Greens & Guitars Benefit Concert speedwaycharities.org

Tuesday, June 7th – Westcare Women & Children Campus westcare.com

Wednesday, June 8th – Shade Tree Dinner Service theshadetree.org

Thursday, June 9th – CASA Foundation Piggy Bank Assembly casafoundationlv.org

Thursday, June 9th – Lullaby Connection Packing Night lullabyconnection.org

Friday, June 10th – Ronald McDonald House Dinner Program rmhlv.com

Saturday, June 11th – SAFY Cottage Painting Day safy.org

Sunday, June 12th – Heaven Can Wait Society Feral Cat Spay & Neuter Clinic hcws.org

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