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This Summer, HELP is again

collecting bottled water for the

homeless in our community.

O u r “ H E L P 2 O ” c a m p a i g n

encourages Southern Nevadans to

help protect homeless residents

from the dangers associated with the

summer heat by donating bottled

water at any Las

Vegas area

Whole Foods

Market June 1 -

August 31.

L a s t y e a r ,

generous Whole Foods shoppers

donated 14,784 bottles of water for the homeless. These donations are

distributed to the homeless by our case managers and save lives in the hot

Summer heat.

And, for every bottle of Real Water purchased and donated at

Whole Foods, Real Water will match each donation, bottle for

bottle.

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OUR MISSION STATEMENT

We serve with care. We assist families &

individuals throughout Southern Nevada to

overcome barriers & attain self-sufficiency through

direct services, training,& referral to community

services.

Executive Board of Trustees

Garry Dickover Candlewood Suites

Chairperson

Rick McGough MGM Resorts International

Vice Chairperson

Kathy McClain Retired, State Assemblywoman

Treasurer

Jerrie Merritt Bank of Nevada

Secretary

Terrie D’Antonio HELP of Southern Nevada

CEO/President

Be Social!

@helpsonv

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HELPofSouthern

Nevada

HELP20 SUMMER BOTTLED WATER DRIVE FOR THE HOMELESS

> HELP Homeless Services Program

Manager Mindy Torres distributes

water to the homeless.

Photo credit: Las Vegas Sun

HELP of Southern Nevada Community Candy • Sweet News With a Message

A MESSAGE FROM CEO/PRESIDENT TERRIE D’ANTONIO

Dear Friends:

There are so many exciting happenings at HELP that we would like to share with you!

We are launching an all-new program - Framing Hope Warehouse - that will break new ground and open

many new partnerships with the Las Vegas community. The Framing Hope Warehouse will have its

grand opening on Monday, September 16.

We are actively seeking a new home for the Shannon West Homeless Youth Center. We are hoping to

relocate our youth to a neighborhood near education and employment opportunities, so our youth can

achieve their full potential. This year, nine of our residents earned high school diplomas and GED

certificates and we are so proud of these youth and so excited about what the future will bring. Look for

more information on page 4 of this newsletter.

Those of you who follow HELP on our social media sites know that our programs have made the news here in Southern Nevada

recently. Our Weatherization Department was recently featured on Channel 3 and our Youth Center Graduation Celebration was

covered by Channel 5 and Channel 8. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter, if you don’t already, for up-to-date news on HELP and its

day-to-day activities. And, look for a feature on HELP in the August issue of Diamond Cake magazine! You’ll be pleasantly surprised.

Thank you so much for your support in 2013 and for being a part of our success.

Terrie D’Antonio

HELP WELCOMES NEW BOARD MEMBER

SCOTT WIEGAND

HELP would like to extend a warm welcome to our newest Board of Trustees member, Scott Wiegand. Scott is Vice

President & Chief Counsel of Enterprise Development at Caesars Entertainment Corp. Originally from Kentucky, Scott attended Florida State University and Cornell Law School and practiced law in Cincinnati, Ohio before moving to Las Vegas in 2000. He is secretary of The Caesars Foundation and is on the board of the Caesars HERO employee community service program, where he started TeamHERO to encourage employee participation in charity cycling events. Scott serves on the Executive Committee of the Las Vegas Philharmonic Board of Trustees and is active with pro bono work thorough the Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada. He enjoys hiking and backpacking with his wife Erin and his two children, son Patrick and daughter Ryan.

Save the Date 2013 Tea, Trends

and Tranquility

Wednesday, October 30, 2013 • 2:30 pm

Four Seasons Hotel honoring

Las Vegas Mayor

Carolyn Goodman In recognition of her unwavering support of

social and human services in the Las Vegas community.

For more information

Contact Abby Quinn: (702) 836-2130


HELP RECEIVES MAJOR GIFTS IN 2013

In a check presentation at Las Vegas City Hall on April 8, HELP

gratefully accepted a Local Initiatives Grant of $100,000 from Wells

Fargo Foundation, on behalf of Wells Fargo, for the Shannon West

Homeless Youth Center. Pictured are Kirk Clausen, President, Wells

Fargo Nevada; Garry Dickover, Chair, HELP Board of Trustees; and

Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman. This grant will be used to serve

homeless at-risk youth, ages 16-24.

Caesars Foundat ion

awarded HELP $50,000

for Emergency Resources

Services “A New Path”

homeless prevention

program. This gift will be

used to provide rent and

utility assistance, along with case management, to families

who are homeless or facing homelessness.

HELP’s Passport to Paradise

fundraiser was held Friday,

April 26 poolside at the Four

Seasons Resort. The tropical

themed event celebrated a

“lease free paradise” and

featured live music, tropical

gourmet dining, a silent

auction and a ceremonial

shredding of the lease of

HELP’s buildings at 1640 and

1660 East Flamingo Road.

HELP supporters hit the

links Monday, June 17 at

Spanish Trail Country

Club for our 20th annual

Golfer’s Roundup. We

would like to thank our

tournament committee

chair Tom Kummer for all

his work on this

successful event.


The Community Alternative Sentencing (CAS) program at HELP of Southern Nevada (HELP) offers individuals in

the court system the opportunity to serve the community, save taxpayers the cost of incarceration, and provide

manpower to nonprofits and government agencies.

During sentencing, the court system can allow community service in lieu of all or a portion of a fine or

incarceration. There are over 80 organizations in Southern Nevada where our CAS clients can be placed.

These organizations must be a federally recognized 501 (c)(3) nonprofit agency or government agency.

Accommodations can be made for individual work schedules, locations and disabilities.

In February 2013, the Las Vegas Justice Court (LVJC) began to require all LVJC offenders to coordinate the

completion of their community service through HELP. This means more people will be coming to HELP’s CAS

program to receive assignments for their community service hours. Here at HELP, we have added additional

staff for the CAS team and added registration workstations to accommodate the increase in clients. A future goal

is to have a HELP representative present in the Regional Justice Center to register clients immediately after

sentencing.

For additional information or to register your agency as a CAS site, please contact Samuel Wesley, CAS

Manager, (702) 369-4357 x1243 or [email protected].

YOUTH CENTER RELOCATION UPDATE

We are excited to bring you an update on the

relocation of the Shannon West Homeless Youth

Center.

HELP has received two major gifts for this project -

$1 million from The Engelstad Family Foundation and

$2.5 million from the US Department of Housing and

Urban Development administered by the Clark

County Board of Commissioners Community

Development Advisory Committee.

We are actively seeking an appropriate commercial

property, ideally a former hotel, for this purpose.

NEED A REFERRAL?NEED A REFERRAL?

Just Call 211 from your

touch-tone phone

You can also text 898-211

or search online at

www.nevada211.org

EXCITING CHANGES IN COMMUNITY ALTERNATIVE SENTENCING AT HELP


On Saturday, June 22, HELP held a graduation celebration

at the Shannon West Homeless Youth Center for residents

who earned their high school diplomas and GEDs.

Congratulations to the following youth center residents:

Aaron, Foothill HS Joshua, Desert Rose HS

Badi , Desert Rose HS Joslyn, GED

Brian, Spring Mtn HS Julian, GED

Diana, CSN HS Rachel, GED

Camera crews from Fox5 and CBS

Channel 8 covered the action and

interviewed our graduates.

Our graduates celebrated with cake, ice cream and

more party treats.

Chief Social Services Officer Kelly Robson shares a hug

with youth center resident Joshua, who graduated from

Desert Rose High School. Joslyn earned her GED!

Brian graduated from Spring

Mountain High School.

Badi graduated from Desert Rose

High School.

CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 2013!


The Nevada 2-1-1 Call Center took 5,761 calls

Emergency Resource Services

provided 75 households with

rental and utility assistance.

Baby First Services

assisted 98 moms.

Homeless Services

assisted 197 households.

Our Youth Center served 71 youth.

250 WORC clients received

transportation assistance -

53 with gas cards and

197 with bus passes.

Eight residents of our youth center

received their

high school diplomas

and GED certificates.

26 WORC clients secured employment

Weatherization has helped 535

households so far this fiscal year -

28 of these in the month of May.

IN MAY 2013, DID YOU KNOW . . .


JONATHAN’S STORY

Jonathan grew up in a household where drug use

and drinking were accepted and began using

drugs at age 16. After an arrest for possession of

stolen merchandise, Jonathan was put on

probation. A second arrest after a family argument

due to excessive drinking violated his probation

and he spent two months in jail. Following his

release, Jonathan was referred to the Shannon

West Homeless Youth Center. He was assigned a

case manager and began to attend support

meetings. Jonathan worked diligently on treatment

assignments and found full time employment. He

was able to save $2,000 and moved into his own

apartment when he was discharged from the youth

center. He continues to work on maintaining a

recovery-orientated life style.

MOLLY’S STORY

Molly is a single mother of one child who contacted

Nevada 2-1-1 and was referred to HELP of

Southern Nevada for rent and utility assistance.

She faced a triple challenge: loss of income due to

breast cancer treatments; eviction proceedings;

and a custody battle for her child. HELP was able

to prevent Molly and her daughter from becoming

homeless by providing rental and utility assistance;

and also transportation and counseling assistance.

KENDRA’S STORY

Kendra has been caring for her grandson since he

was a young boy. Due to a medical condition, her

income was only $300 a month and she and her

grandson needed somewhere to live after staying

with friends. After Kendra came to HELP, she and

her grandson were housed in a two bedroom

apartment. Kendra received case management,

counseling and help with budgeting. Several

months later, with HELP’s assistance, Kendra was

granted Social Security Disability benefits. Kendra

is now able to maintain the household on her own.

SSUCCESSUCCESS SSTORIESTORIES

Success is not final, Success is not final,

failure is not fatal.failure is not fatal.

It is the courage to continueIt is the courage to continue

that counts.that counts. -- Winston ChurchillWinston Churchill

For some, success means a new job,

a promotion, purchasing a new car or

moving to a new home.

For others, success has a different meaning.

Here are personal success stories of

a few of our clients.


Las Vegas Day School students filled our truck with donated clothing for

our Homeless Services and youth center clients.

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West Prep Academy High

School hosted a “Clash of the

Classes” food drive contest, won

by the Sophomore Class. All

donated food items were given

to HELP’s Homeless Services

food pantry.

The Random Acts diaper drive, held during the “Supernatural” convention

at The Rio, collected an amazing amount of donations for our Baby First

Services program

The Darden Foundation, on behalf of Olive Garden #1014 (our neighbors

across the street!) presented HELP with a check for $1,000 for our Baby

First Services program.

> On April 25, HELP supporters gave nearly $5,500

during the Nevada’s Big Give online giving event. Yard House at Town Square presented HELP with a check for $10,000 from

the Round it Up program.

THANK YOU TO OUR RECENT DONORS

Residents of the Shannon West Homeless Youth Center received dental

care from volunteer dental care providers through Smile It Forward.


The Lovely Ladies Civitan Club hosted a diaper drive for Baby

First Services.

The Las Vegas Hotel donated office supplies and school

supplies for our upcoming school supply drive.

Walker Furniture donated two brand-new leather sofas for the

community room at the Shannon West Homeless Youth Center.

Our neighbors at Murphy’s Law donated fresh, frozen and

non-perishable food to the Shannon West Homeless Youth

Center during their kitchen remodel.

English Garden Florist donated flowers for our Passport to Paradise

event and for our Youth Center graduation celebration.

The Palms donated men’s dress shirts from

its uniform supply department that will be

used by HELP’s Work Opportunities

Readiness Center.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern

Nevada shared hygiene items after a

remodel project with our youth center.

The Las Vegas Rescue Mission shared

their donation of tortilla chips with the

Shannon West Homeless Youth Center.

WANT TO HELP? CALL US TODAY AT (702) 836-2114


“For example, Darrian Stillwagon, an outstanding

young man and a senior at Ed W. Clark High

School, attended our "Reclaim your Future"

breakfast hosted by MGM Resorts International last

week. Darrian struggled in school not due to ability,

but poor attendance. Graduation advocate Tish

Carrol saw something in Darrian and did not give up

on him. She made sure he got to school every day

and helped him get his grades up. Darrian will

graduate this year and will attend college. Please

see the picture of Darrian . . . He wants to own a

business one day.”

OUR WIA GRADUATES CELELBRATE THEIR SUCCESS

This year, HELP enrolled 622 youth in our Workforce

Investment Act youth program - 461 high school seniors

enrolled at seven Southern Nevada high schools, and 161

at-risk and homeless youth directly enrolled here at

HELP’s main campus.

These youth took part in educational planning, leadership

development and life skills support programming. All

participants had 1-on-1 meetings with their Case

Managers. Students gained practical experience during

160 hour work readiness assignments.

All of these activities provided a positive support system

that removed barriers to obtaining high school diplomas,

GED certificates, certified vocational training or post-

secondary education opportunities.

We are very proud of our 292 WIA participants who

graduated or earned their GED Certificates. Participants

have also found employment or will enter the military after

high school.

One example of success is Darrian Stillwagon, a WIA

program participant at Clark High School. District

Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky recognized Darrian by

name in a letter to CCSD employees on June 6, the last

day of school. Congratulations to Darrian for persevering

through your senior year and graduating with your class.


WANT TO HELP? HOST A DONATION DRIVE! Want to make a difference, but don’t know where to start?

Host a donation drive for a HELP program! There is always a need for the following items for our clients:

When local artist Alexander Huerta approached

HELP with a offer of art lessons for residents at the

Shannon West Homeless Youth Center, the answer

was a resounding “YES”.

Owner of the PeaceNart

studio in The Arts Factory,

the self-taught Clark High

School graduate is a fixture

in the local Southern

Nevada arts scene.

Alex volunteers his time two

Saturdays a month at the youth center, working with

center residents in many mediums including water

colors, pencil drawings and even spray painting

murals.

Long-term plans include exhibiting resident artistic

creations during a First Friday exhibit, a special

event for youth center artists and offering artwork

for sale.

Youth Center

Socks & Underwear

Hygiene items

Towels

Clothing

Homeless Services

Canned and non-perishable food

with pop-tops

Bottled Water

Clothing

Emergency Services

Diapers & Baby Wipes

Formula

School Supplies

And, it’s never too early to plan a

Thanksgiving food drive! In 2012,

HELP provided 1,329 families

with a turkey and groceries for

Tha nks g i v in g an d t hes e

donations came from people just

like you.

Here’s a recent donation from

Eckelkamp Retirement Planning! Host a

donation drive at your office today!

Youth Center residents participating in lessons from local artist

Alex Huerta.

LOCAL ARTIST GIVES LESSONS TO YOUTH CENTER RESIDENTS

Upcoming Events Visit our website for more information: www.helpsonv.org/events-calendar.php

1640 E. Flamingo Rd., Ste. 100 Las Vegas, NV 89119

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Friday, August 9

Night with the 51s - Cashman Field

Saturday, August 17

Boot Scootin’ Benefit

Gilley’s Las Vegas at Treasure Island

Friday, August 23

Pay It Forward Friday - Hard Rock Hotel Pool

Through Aug 31

HELP2O Water Drive - Whole Foods Market

All Locations

Through September 12

School Supply Drive

Monday September 2

Raising Cane’s fundraiser

All Locations

Monday, September 16

Framing Hope Ribbon Cutting

HELP Campus

Wednesday, October 30

Tea, Trends & Tranquility, Four Seasons Resort

Honoring Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman

November

Thanksgiving Food Drives

97.1 The Point / 8 News NOW Turkey-Thon

Adopt-A-Family Registration

December

98.5 KLUC “Chet Buchanan and the Morning Zoo” Toy Drive

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