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46 For the Love of Land Marisa Finetti visits Il Borro, Salvatore Ferragamo’s wine estate in the heart of Tuscany.

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is a freelance writer and movie/TV critic based in as egas. e s the former film editor of Las Vegas Weekly and has written about movies and pop culture for The Dissolve, Comic Book Resources, Film Racket, LA Weekly, Kirkus Reviews and more. Find his thoughts on trashy horror movies, classic cinema and other important topics at joshbellhateseverything.com.

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Guess what’s more American than apple pie? Volunteerism. A quick Google search will confirm this it appears that we mericans spend our human capital in a variety of different ways, most significantly for the betterment of others. Who knew that we were such a generous people, a fact generally ignored by a sensation driven, hour news cycle. ast year, D D decided to address this shortcoming by launching our Vegas Volunteers initiative. The idea was simple give philanthropy a human face by inviting outhern evada non profits to celebrate the contribution of one of their star volunteers. This project has grown significantly from its humble beginnings. We grossly underestimated the response we would get this year and uickly ran out of space in the section or those individuals we were able to present, congratulations, your efforts serve as an inspiration to us all. ou have certainly got this publisher itching to get involved.

D D sent a reenspon to find out what is going on in ewish as egas philanthropy and community programming. n Same Faces, New Chairs, pages 5, he discovers a community in transition, consolidating its operations under the rebranded banner ewish evada. We at D D wish them well, as members of the said community, we have a vested interest in their success.

When the curtain goes down and costumes and makeup are removed well as for the costumes, that may not be entirely necessary , the performers of the se y stage show T return to their normal lives. ynn We ler writes about these women in Golden-Hearted Showgirls, pages , telling us of their dedication to acts of kindness and generosity. roceeds from the sale of their sizzling annual calendar always goes to charity. This year, in honor of the late journalist obin each, the recipient will be the Cleveland Clinic ou uvo Center for rain ealth. o ahead and buy a dozen having seen some of the artwork, guarantee they ll make great holiday gifts. n leza reeman s essay Athletes Pursuing Philanthropy, pages 5 5 , we are introduced to the world of athlete driven generosity. ne can be forgiven for believing that e ron ames i romise ublic chool endowment in kron, hio was an isolated incident of this phenomenon. othing can be further from the truth the culture of professional sports teams and players is deeply rooted in the principle of philanthropy. To celebrate this, we shine our spotlight on some local teams and athletes, and it is good to know that a small part of the price of admission to an arena or stadium goes to a good cause. The addition of major league sports to the as egas valley bodes well for outhern evada and its plethora of noble causes.

We continue our focus on volunteerism by grilling nited Way C cott merson. The nited Way of outhern evada s Day of Caring is scheduled for ctober 5. e estimates that over ,000 volunteers will come together in the spirit of tikkun olam ebrew for repairing the world . e challenges us to get up off the couch for one day of giving back, with the acknowledgement that as much good as it may do for others, it is also a mighty tonic for our souls. ntrepid film critic and writer osh ell had the great pleasure of interviewing Todd isher, son of the late Debbie eynolds and brother of the late Carrie isher. n his piece My Life with Debbie and Carrie, pages 5, he asks isher about the motivation behind his new memoir, My Girls. arisa inetti takes us to Tuscany, taly. n her latest travelogue For Love of Land, pages 5 , she visits l orro, the fabulous elais Chateau estate of alvatore erragamo, the grandson of the lu ury talian designer. ur cover this month features famous chef and T personality ordon amsay. ason arris reviews his recently opened ell s itchen yes, of T show fame . n The Devil’s in the Details, pages 0 , he e tols the virtues of chef amsay s eef Wellington as well as of Chef ennifer urphy, the person responsible for running the property s day to day operations.

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DUA LIPA 8 p.m. The Chelsea, Cosmopolitan, 3708 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-6987000. http://cosmopolitan.com

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Myron's Cabaret Jazz, The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Ave., Las Vegas. 702-749-2012.

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NICK CANNON: WILD N' OUT LIVE 8 p.m.

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Salmon with Sunflower Risotto Chef Shaun King, at Momofuku inside Cosmopolitan Las Vegas, took this beautiful piece of Baker River Sockeye Salmon from Washington and prepared it with a maple salt brine before grilling it over cedar. dding earthiness to the briny protein, sunflowers are cooked in the style of risotto, then finished with corn and smoked trout roe for an added textural gastronomic experience.

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Same Faces New Chairs Jewish Federation is Rebranded as Jewish Nevada and Now Includes Northern Nevada and the Jewish Community Center

Marla Letizia, Jewish Nevada Board Chair

Stefanie Tuzman, JCC of Southern Nevada Director, Annual Giving & Women’s Philanthropy Director

By Jaq Greenspon

“W

e want a strong vibrant Jewish community in the most cost-effective way.”

These words, in particular, come from Devra Weiss, the current chair of the Jewish Community Center (JCC) Council, but they could just as easily have been spoken by anyone in the upper echelons of leadership in both the JCC as well as Jewish Nevada, the organization

Devra Weiss, Jewish Community Center Council Chair

Todd Polikoff, Jewish Nevada President and CEO

which, as of the first of uly, enfolded the CC into its corporate structure.

These words go a long way to understanding why the JCC becoming part of Jewish Nevada is just the latest move by an organization looking to redefine and who they are and what they hope to bring to the ewish community throughout the state.

As with most major changes, if you start with the head, the body will follow. In this case, the change in the head came with the hiring of Todd Polikoff to take over Jewish Federation of Las Vegas in November of 2015.

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Polikoff, who had spent the majority of his professional life working for the ewish community, was a good fit for the organization. e was familiar with Las Vegas, having lived here from 2005-2011, and he had a fresh set of eyes, which was desperately needed. is first task, upon assuming the position of resident and C , was to sit down with the leadership and ask the key question: “What’s our core competence e needed to really understand who the organization was and what its primary function should be. f we re going to be a ederation, he explains now, “there’s a sense of what federations do and what federations shouldn t do. stood up and said, we are only going to do the things we can do. nterestingly, this meant jettisoning a number of long standing programs because, frankly, they didn’t fall under the actual purview of what the ederation was designed and set up to do. e moved those programs over to organizations better set up to handle the logistics of maintaining them, while ederation would still supply the funding needed to run them. This made sense, especially in light of what olikoff realized was the main thrust of what needed to be done.

“We…said we want to impact as many Jews in the community as we can and the deciding metric on whether or not we do something is impact, he says. t s not how many people show up. ot how much money we raise from that one thing, it’s are we impacting the community in a positive way.”

The only problem was in identifying just e actly where that community was. We do have a reputation for being focused primarily on the Western side of as egas, the ummerlin area, e plains Weiss. he is uick to

point out that while it is true there is a heavy focus on the West Side, there are programs being funded all over town. olikoff concurs. eople think all the ews in the state mostly live on the west side of egas. is initial research, however, showed some different, and more sobering, statistics. Turns out they were actually interacting with at least different ewish communities across the state. We didn t realize this at first, he says jokingly. lko is like the new erusalem. With this new knowledge, and a trip to eno to see things first hand, olikoff discovered that the myth that ederation was only for the as egas community was persistent. ccording to olikoff, it really felt like they didn t realize they had a ederation.

Something had to be done. fter this learning process of a few months, he e plains, sat down with our board chair arla etizia and put together a marketing committee and we said we really have to make sure that people know we are the ederation for the state and how do we do that We change our name.

Which they did.

Two years ago, the ewish ederation of as egas transformed into the much more inclusive and wider reaching ewish evada. The rebranding changed our name, it changed our color scheme and it changed our look, e plains etizia. Two years ago, if you looked at our brand, we looked like our grandfather’s, our great grandfather’s ederation. ow we ve updated to a more, if you will, interest type of font and look. This new look is more than a fresh coat of paint, though.

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Instead, it was required if the organization wanted to, as Letizia says, “keep the Millennial’s attention.”

“We decided that ‘Jewish Nevada’ had to be where we are as a brand, as an entity for the state,” says Polikoff. Which means that Reno is now a regular destination for the heads of the organization with plans to eventually have a permanent staff member there. This is especially vital as the community is growing rapidly. A large number of people are moving over to northern Nevada because they can still afford it. They’re being priced out of California. And Jewish Nevada is in place to make sure they know there’s a Jewish community ready to welcome them with open arms.

All of which brings things right back around to what happened at the beginning of this past July, when the JCC became a part of Jewish Nevada. “The Jewish Community Center has a mission of providing programs and services within the Jewish community to help build community,” says Weiss. “To really build relationships between the people in the community, to help connect the Jews, or anyone else in Las Vegas, with Jewish heritage, Jewish culture.” The two organizations have always had a synergy, with Federation/Jewish Nevada being the CC s top financial donor. With this integration, Weiss says the e istent synergy can only become stronger. It gives the people who are talking to the donors in the community and easier way to show what Polikoff is after, the impact Jewish Nevada is making.

Stephanie Tuzman, who took over as director of the JCC on July 16th, e plains it this way What everyone wants to know is what s my money being spent on m really e cited to actually be a part of that right now, to

say ‘look, this is what it’s doing, it’s creating mommy and me programs, it’s creating programs for senior adults, it’s creating cultural educational opportunities.’ All these things that a JCC should do m e cited to be a part of building that.”

The most important thing to remember, though, is that just because the CC is now a part of ewish

evada, it is most definitely not going

away. “We can’t have a scenario where someone looks at a website, or is looking around, looking at the Jewish community of Nevada, thinking about moving here and they don t see a CC, e plains olikoff.

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hey put the “strip” in striptease, the temptress in titillation, and the bubbly in burlesque. They are the topless showgirls in FANTASY, the hit Vegas revue now in its nineteenth year at the Luxor Hotel and Casino’s Atrium Showroom.

When not enticing diverse audiences through playful, seductive reverie, the otherwise sexy glamour girls are raising families, working out to maintain their stock in trade, and volunteering their time to give back to the community.

In 1998, Anita Mann, the show’s producer and choreographer, was approached by the Luxor to produce “a family-rated topless show.” An oxymoron thought Mann. “I spent an entire career choreographing commercial hits for middle America. Could I even do this?”

She rose to the challenge, designing a show incorporating the classic Vegas showgirl extravaganzas of the 50s and 60s with today’s contemporary expressions, always keeping one thing in mind: sexual arousal was not the goal. “The show is very couple friendly,” says Mann.

“Most nights more than half the audience are couples. We don’t try to be sexy. We entertain. We’re motivated by being great performers.”

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Each year in October, the show releases a themed calendar featuring FANTASY’s gorgeous gals in tantalizing poses. Fans rush to buy the calendars (which can be signed in person by the ladies following each show) either online or throughout the Luxor. A portion of the proceeds are donated to a different charity each year. n recent years, donations have been made to the evada ociety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NSPCA), the Nevada Cancer Institute, Shade Tree, Opportunity Village, Heaven Can Wait, the Girl Scouts, Vegas Strong, and the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, among others. roceeds from the 0 8 0 calendar will be donated to eep emory live an organization e clusively supporting the Cleveland Clinic ou uvo Center for rain ealth in honor of as egas resident and Life Styles of the Rich and Famous TV host Robin Leach, who sadly passed away on August 24 this year following complications from a stroke “Robin has been the show’s greatest champion and supporter,” says ann. t s the very least we can do. We re devastated by his passing. e will be deeply missed.” ann is uick to point out that the T gals not only donate yearly to countless charities, but the dancers never fail to show up for community appearances.

Whether it be participating in a Christmas toy drive for Toys for Tots performing songs for a crowd of agical orest goers at pportunity illage or donating school supplies to the students of Clark County the ladies never turn down an opportunity to give back, says ann.

The cast is especially supportive of those who serve. In addition to appearances at Nellis Air Force Base events, the show reserves 150 seats for the military and their families each ay in honor of ilitary Appreciation Week.

“They love the show! Even the wives. And we pay special tribute by adding patriotic song and dance to the performances, ann e plains. ann acknowledges that the modern day showgirl revue has evolved.

“I have so much respect and admiration for these ladies. They are not only gorgeous, talented, trained, consummate performers…they are hardworking, responsible, strong, and independent women… always striving to do their best. They are the secret to the show s success, ann proudly boasts. “It’s a joy and an honor to work with and to know them.”

Thirty-two-year-old Yesi Burgess has been a dancer with the show for 9 years. Born and raised in Havana, Cuba, she trained in synchronized swimming, graduated from a school of performing arts, and danced on television variety shows. She moved to Las Vegas to join the FANTASY cast.

“Being part of the FANTASY family and working for Anita is a dream come true,” says Burgess, who is married with two young children. She is grateful to ann for what she calls an opportunity of a lifetime. nita is such an inspiration and a role model to all of us. Not only is she a strong, successful woman, she is also very kind and generous. She genuinely cares about giving back to the community and those in need. We are proud we get to play a small role in all the great work that she does. We have learned so much from her.”

Burgess says that this job, like any other job, is about professionalism. “You have to respect yourself and those you work with. And you have to show gratitude for the blessings and the abundance. Giving back is a part of that.”

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Bray credits Mann with inspiring and empowering cast members to achieve their goals and strive to be women with rich lives, which includes community and service.

“Anita leads by example, and I can’t think of a better role model. Being in FANTASY is more than just a job. It’s truly a family where you can learn, grow, and thrive,” she adds, although she admits that, to begin with, it wasn’t that easy to go topless.

“Thinking of how the audience was going to perceive me made me want to be sick, she says now. ut, realized after the first number, the nervousness of being topless goes away when you see how much the audience is enjoying your performance.”

Enjoy it they do.

Each night, FANTASY audiences are invited to experience 15 high energy and provocative dance numbers which Mann, a multiple Emmy winner who has choreographed for superstars like lvis resley and Michael Jackson, has set to a variety of top contemporary music genres. The powerhouse vocals of singer host orena eril take center stage throughout the show, while comic relief is provided by comedian Sean E. Cooper.

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The Devil’s in the Details Gordon Ramsay’s Hell’s Kitchen is on Fire

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Beef Wellington

The fetishization of sexy looking plates of food has become so ingrained in pop culture that the term “food porn” is now established in mainstream consciousness. We’ve all seen more than one television show dedicated to this nasty art. So now we can begin to dissect this new form of culinary eroticism and talk about its many saucy sub-genres.

Those with a Beef Wellington fetish have already discovered their Eden: Hell’s Kitchen, the Gordon Ramsay restaurant at Caesars Palace (based on the television show of the same name). Here, lovers of the English pastry encrusted fillet dish get to see plate after sultry plate beef, mushroom duxelle, mustard, and Parma ham participate in an orgy of deliciousness, all under the safe shroud of golden puff pastry as they leave the kitchen and strut their way across the dining room.

These beefies think ronies but for eef Wellington can post videos on Snapchat of their Wellington as it sensually traverses the restaurant floor. They can put playful nstagram filters on pictures of the coated beef and showcase their best Wellington on their stories in hopes of getting, you know, at least 25 likes or views. They can keep it 100 and tweet about how lit the Wellington is. And, now get this, they can also actually eat the Beef Wellington Do what you will, you freaky beefies.

You see, the Beef Wellington wouldn’t be such a social media star if it didn’t back it up with taste. But judging by how often the item is ordered, there is a reason this Beef Wellington is trending.

Says Jennifer Murphy, executive chef at the randy restaurant, “We sell over 400 Beef Wellingtons a day and about the same amount of sticky toffee pudding. The volume that we do here, and how we’re able to produce it in a small space, it’s just crazy.”

Sticky toffee pudding, you naughty, naughty dessert, we’ll get to you later. Until then, wait in the corner and think about how bad you’ve been.

Consider that number one more time: 400 Beef Wellingtons a day. This

is not pizza or hamburgers or tacos we’re talking about. This is a dish that saw its first hey day in the mid 00s, fell out of style and is currently usually reserved for upscale French restaurants (at least the French version is, filet de bœuf en croute). But here, on one of the most famous food streets in the world, where eaters can get anything they want, Beef Wellington is staking its claim as the must have dish of the year, both for the Wellington addicts and casual diners alike.

To further exemplify this point, Hell’s Kitchen serves 1,200 people a day itself a massive number meaning one third of all diners are ordering Beef fricken Wellington. It’s the Fifty Shades of Grey of beef dishes. You don’t know who is eating all of them, but you know they’re getting sold. By 2020, expect to see Beef Wellington: Gordon’s Way in movie theaters across the country.

The volume of eef Wellingtons sold and to be clear, this is an e emplary version of the dish is just one of the many impressive feats Murphy and her team are pulling off. The restaurant, which is a standalone building in front of the iconic resort on Las Vegas Boulevard and used to house Serendipity 3, opened in January. Within 10 days, the eatery had already acquired 12,000 reservations. It is possibly the busiest restaurant in the world right now.

Murph nd it had to be ennifer urphy the chef that many call urph to run the day to day operations here. She knew it was the chef’s life for her at the age of five, when, as she recalls, used to watch Yan Can Cook with my mom. That was my jam. We watched that and Great Chefs of the World every day after school. had my heart set on it. he finishes her thought with this sentiment, “This is all I know how to do. It’s all I’ve ever done.”

The chef, now in her mid-30s, started her career as an inhouse cook at The Playboy Mansion. Even though Hugh Hefner wasn’t teaching her how to properly chiffonade vegetables or sous vide a chicken, it was a forbearer of things to come for Murph, who, since her arrival in Las Vegas 12 years ago, has been cooking under the banner of one celebrity or another.

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Joho – Murphy was the woman behind the guy at all these places. She helped the biggest chefs in Las Vegas, and thereby the world, execute their visions at their Sin City outposts.

After that list of names, there was only one place to go. Recalls Murphy, the first person hired at ell s itchen, think the stars just lined up and was looking for an opportunity because had worked underneath all these big chefs and kind of had been the person behind the scenes, making things happen, and not necessarily, don t want to say not getting the credit, but just to be working underneath somebody and to actually have somebody that m 00 responsible for, this was it for me. f it was a larger spotlight urphy was looking for, she failed miserably. o chef is more famous than ordon amsay. e will always be the star of the show, even if he s just in town every once in a while. nderneath him is corporate chef, and season ten winner of the television show Hell’s Kitchen, Christina Wilson, who also gets a bit of that star shine. ut it is urphy checking every plate that goes out of the kitchen. iterally. he states, We serve 00 guests a day. That means we have over 000 plates leaving the pass. inspect every single one. have a very strict rule. obody touches my tickets and nobody touches my plates until send it out. That s the discipline learned working with chefs like obuchon and ordon amsay. That s what the e pectation is. verything gets inspected.

The Menu o, what are the dishes urph keeps her eyes on ow do you develop a restaurant menu based on a hit television show that is not a restaurant This sounds like the worst Christopher olan movie ever, but the process for foodies is quite interesting. urphy e plains, can t think of any other restaurants that have the same type of parameters when it comes to making a menu. When it came down to making the recipes, ordon has his signature dishes. bviously eef Wellington is our star dish here that everybody wants. That s from the television show. There s a handful of other dishes that are from the show. callops, risotto, lamb, and sticky toffee pudding. Those seem to be our best sellers here.

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The lamb here is a properly roasted rack, but the real stars are the vegetable accompaniments. adouvan carrots feature the ndo rench spice mix blending seamlessly with the natural sweetness of the carrots while the loomsdale spinach is plenty garlicky, the way it should be.

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Then there’s that baddie that needs to be disciplined, the sticky toffee pudding. Part of the dish’s misbehavior is the misleading name. What we consider pudding, this ain’t. It’s a rich cake, full of brown sugar, Medjool dates, and cocoa powder, which is topped with a decadent toffee sauce.

Topped is the wrong word, actually, as the sauce builds a sticky moat all around the cake. It’s like a sticky toffee floating island. Those with a sweet tooth will not be disappointed as they submit to the power of the pudding.

One other dish of note is the crispy skin salmon, which shows the collaborative nature of putting together a menu for a restaurant based on a television show with a superstar chef. Murph explains, “I don’t think a lot of chefs get to do research like I got do research for this particular restaurant.

I went on YouTube and searched Gordon’s classic recipes. Even though they weren’t necessarily from the show, I would pull his videos and make the other dishes he’s well-known for.”

That is the basis for the fish dish, which features a flaky salmon filet that is pull apart easy along with its advertised crispy skin. The buttery fish is coated with a Citrus Beurre Blanc and sits atop beluga lentils, named after their likeness to the caviar of the same name. A fennel citrus salad cuts the richness of the rench style fish.

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Sheryl Green and her rescue dog Akasha

Sheryl Green Sheryl Green has always loved animals. However, it wasn't until she went through a divorce in 2008, followed by clinical depression, that she realized her true purpose. She says animal rescue saved her life and she has dedicated every day since then to advocating for those with no voice.

Sheryl started out helping pets that had been abandoned when their owners’ homes were foreclosed. In 2014, she hosted her first event, a High Performance Leadership project through Toastmasters called “Paw it Forward.” That event raised $5,000 for Hearts Alive Village, Las Vegas, a nonprofit that secures loving and stable homes for dogs and cats at risk of being lost in the shelter system. She now serves as HAVLV’s Director of Communications and Cuddling as well as being the co-organizer of the annual Family, Fur & Fun Festival fundraiser.

Sheryl believes every animal deserves a warm bed and every person has a responsibility to make that a reality. "I love Hearts Alive Village because it proves everyone can have a positive impact on animals in our community. No matter the dollar amount, available time, or even a Facebook share, every moment spent with and for animals spreads the word about our organization and how to save lives.”

"Sheryl's volunteerism has been invaluable for Hearts Alive Village," says Christy Stevens, HAVLV founder. "Her writing skills bring our social media posts and press releases to life; her speaking skills make her a great ambassador in presentations, hosting events, and interviews; and she incorporates HAVLV into her networking which

has yielded many sponsors. All her efforts translate into saving animals’ lives."

Sheryl has lived in Las Vegas for the past 10 years with her rescue dog Akasha, a Beagle/Lab mix. She is the founder of Sheryl Green Speaks, a service offering books, keynote talks, and workshops on the power of storytelling in business, fundraising, and life. Naturally, a portion of all her book sales and speaking engagements is donated back to the life-saving HAVLV programs. Additionally, Sheryl has authored two books; the first, Surviving to Thriving: How to Overcome Setbacks and Rock Your Life features the tools she used (including volunteering) to overcome depression while her second, Once Upon a Bottom Line: Harnessing the Power of Storytelling in Sales, features storytelling and cause marketing strategies for business and nonprofit initiatives.

The 11th annual Family, Fur & Fun Festival (http://www. familyfurandfun.com) is free to attend and will be held on Saturday, Oct. 13 from 10am-3pm at Exploration Park in Mountain's Edge. For more information about Hearts Alive Village or the festival, you can contact Sheryl at 702-885-4309 or email info@havlv.com.

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A proud Ellie Ender holds up her Winnie Award for Volunteerism.

Ellie Ender Ellie Ender credits her mother for spreading a loving atmosphere around the house during her formative years and teaching her the importance of giving back. “My mother was involved with a lot of organizations when I was a child,” says Ender, who was born and raised Jewish. “I think that has rubbed off on me over the years.

Maybe I got a little bit of that love from her.”

That she did.

Thelovewhichinitiallycamefromhermother,Enderhaseffortlessly injected into Nevada’s largest nonprofit, Opportunity Village, over the last 17 years with her volunteerism. “We are incredibly fortunate to have Ellie on our volunteer team,” says Brittany Holtzclaw, Manager of Community Partnerships at Opportunity Village. “Her dedication, kindness, and giving spirit exemplify what it means to be of service.

Not only does Ellie give of her own time, but she also inspires others to do the same – and we rely on that support and expertise year after year, especially in our Magical Forest.”

Established in 1954, Opportunity Village serves nearly 2,000 adults with disabilities annually. Ender has become one of the organization’s most beloved volunteer faces because of the work ethic and sweet nature she brings to every Opportunity Village event and fundraiser.

“Ellie is the linchpin of the volunteer department,” says Francesca Fulciniti, Manager of Sales, Sponsorship & Corporate Outreach

at Opportunity Village. “She has a wealth of knowledge about the organization and brings joy, warmth, and positive energy to everything she does. “She’s here pretty much every single night during Magical Forest season (nearly 50 nights).”

During her youth, Ender, a native of Cleveland, watched her mother, Stella Tatt, get actively involved in organizations – many of them Jewish establishments. Years later, Ender recalls those moments as planting the idea of donating her time. After moving to Southern Nevada in 2001, Ender discovered Opportunity Village from her neighbor and former Opportunity Village Senior Grants and Major Gifts Officer, Cary Harned. And she’s called it home ever since.

“Opportunity Village is a wonderful organization,” Ender says.

“I really enjoy helping and just seeing how the clients benefit from our love and appreciation of them.” Whether she’s signing guests in, operating the cash register, or managing the Magical Forest’s Gingerbread Café, Ender does it all with a huge smile and warm heart. All while using those lessons her mom taught her years ago.

Visit opportunityvillage.org for volunteer opportunities or reach out directly to volunteers@opportunityvillage.org.

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Volunteer Cathy Austin preparing vegetables with her signature smile.

Cathy Austin The Three Square Food Bank has an amazing group of volunteers who help us each and every day distribute food to the 271,000 Southern Nevadans who struggle with hunger. Our volunteers serve in many different capacities and contribute a significant amount of hard work and dedication. We are honored to recognize one of our top volunteers, Cathy Austin, for the continuous support she provides to our community.

Every weekday in our kitchen we prepare an average of 10,000 meals in addition to food for special events and fundraisers. With only five full-time chefs, none of this would be possible without our reliable volunteers like Cathy. Over the past five years, Cathy has donated more than 1,500 hours of her time to Three Square. Any time we have a last-minute need in our kitchen, Cathy is always there, without hesitation and with a smile on her face, to provide help above and beyond whatever we could have asked for.

Not only does Cathy help out in our kitchen, but over the past two years she has also taken on a teaching role for our Fruits and Vegetables Experience program (FaVE!). The goal of FaVE! is to introduce kids from low-income households to a variety of fruits and vegetables they may have never seen, or even heard of, before. This educational program teaches kids across the entire valley all about food and nutrition and that fruits and vegetables are good for us and worth trying.

Cathy is so passionate about this program that she goes out into the community twice a month to teach these children and provide them with the chance to discover and try new foods.

By adding her creative energy to all that she does she has helped make this program a huge success. Cathy has such a giving heart, we are incredibly grateful for all that she does for Three Square.

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Thomas and Janet take a moment off from stocking shelves in the Hands of Hope Food Pantry

Thomas and Janet Since 1941, the mission of Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada has been to serve those in need — the most vulnerable — regardless of race, religion, or creed. This leading community resource offers help and hope with dignity as it strives to meet the diverse needs of men, women, and children in Southern Nevada. Through the generosity of foundations, grants, organizations, and individual donors, Catholic Charities operates 15 programs providing support to more than 4,200 people daily and encompassing four core areas: Family Services, Food Services, Immigration and Refugee Services, and Homeless and Housing Services. Catholic Charities also operates the largest Meals on Wheels program and Emergency Shelter Services in Southern Nevada.

Volunteers have been, and continue to be, an essential part of carrying out our mission to serve Southern Nevadans with dignity. Every day of the year, volunteers are needed to help our programs run. Three programs in particular need regular volunteers to function: the Hands of Hope Community Food Pantry, St. Vincent Lied Dining Facility, and Meals on Wheels.

Duties include sorting through donations in the Food Pantry, serving trays of food in the Dining Facility, and preparing meals for Meals on Wheels recipients.

Thomas and Janet have been volunteering in the Hands of

Hope Food Pantry since October 2017. During their weekly shifts they stock shelves, provide information to clients, and help check people out. “We’ve been enthusiastic about the mission of Catholic Charities since we moved to Las Vegas 34 years ago. We love serving in the Hands of Hope Food Pantry. It is a positive environment where we can meet clients and volunteers who want to make the community a better place.” Volunteers like Thomas and Janet help things to run smoothly in the Food Pantry and other facilities throughout our 8 acre campus.

No matter how much time or talent you can offer, everyone can help make a positive change. “We can all make a difference,” says Deacon Tom Roberts, Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada’s President and CEO. “We can make the world a better place, by simply sharing the gifts and talents we’ve been given, with others.”

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Mark Grenier

Mark Grenier Volunteers are the heart and soul of Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation and Mark Grenier has been a longtime supporter. 29 years ago, Mark started the Las Vegas Stars 5K & 1 Mile Walk, in honor of his dad. In 1990, the walks inaugural year raised about $1,000 and had 75 participants. Last year, the now rebranded Candlelighters Superhero 5K had over 900 participants and the event itself has raised over $2.5 million. Going on 30 years, Mark has been involved with every single run and served on committees to further the mission of supporting the childhood cancer community. He is such an inspiration to us as a staff and the community that it’s never a question with Mark if he is going to help but a matter of when. He is always coming up with exciting new ideas and features to grow our events, brand, and purpose.

Mark, who is married with two kids, is a very active guy who has lived in Vegas for over 30 years. Currently working at Entercom as a Sr. Account Manager, he would be described as having endless energy with a “glass half full” attitude. Mark enjoys volunteering because he loves seeing projects go from conception to completion and seeing all of the incredible support the community gives. Mark has a true passion for bringing the community together and an

even bigger motivation to draw a crowd for a cause. There is no kinder act than helping someone less fortunate than you which is why Candlelighters is incredibly grateful to have such a supportive being on board with their cause. It is dedicated volunteers such as Mark who help us further our mission and offer financial and emotional assistance, along with quality of life programming, to the Las Vegas families battling childhood cancer.

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Nevada HAND Board Directors, Mark Olson & Eloiza Martinez.

Eloiza Martinez Eloiza Martinez has served on the board of Nevada HAND (Housing and Neighborhood Development) since the organization’s infancy. Throughout her tenure, she has been the chairman, vice-chairman, and secretary, as well as served on several committees. A retired banking executive with Wells Fargo, Eloiza continues to champion the extraordinary impact high-quality, affordable housing can have on hardworking Nevada families and seniors, especially when coupled with supportive services that help residents with economic security, health and wellness, education, and engagement.

In the philanthropic community, the phrase “time, talent, and treasure” are common ways to categorize a gift. Eloiza Martinez has demonstrated all three unwaveringly. She has given generously of her time, serving on nearly every committee and in several different capacities throughout her tenure on the board. She has helped guide the organization throughout its 25year history, and has helped steer its growth to 33 apartment communities throughout Southern Nevada, now serving more than 7,200 Southern Nevadans, including about 3,000 seniors.

She has also given graciously of her talent. Eloiza’s dedication to ensuring diversity within organizations and creating upward mobility opportunities spans her career with Wells Fargo, where she served as assistant vice president and community reinvestment officer, supervising the community development loan department, which ensures that loans

are made to low and moderate-income people. Her belief in providing opportunities for people and neighborhoods to thrive embodies Nevada HAND’s mission of “creating opportunities to live well.” Eloiza is also a consistent donor, helping to advance the mission of the organization and enable Nevada HAND to provide these high-quality homes, as well as a full complement of supportive services to help every child, adult, and senior living at a Nevada HAND community thrive.

This October, she officially becomes Nevada HAND’s first Board Member Emeritus, having contributed her time, resources, and expertise over the past 25 years to growing the organization into one that helps thousands of hardworking Southern Nevadans every day. Her continued involvement reinforces her dedication, spirit, and enthusiasm for the organization she has helped shape and the community to which she has given so much.

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My Life With Debbie and Carrie Todd Fisher Curates the Legacy of His Famous Family in His Recently Published Memoir, My Girls

By Josh Bell

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have a picture of myself at three months old here in Vegas, and I like to say I remember that occasion,” Todd Fisher says.

“Of course, I really don’t.”

Fisher is the son of Hollywood legends Debbie Reynolds (star of such iconic movies as Singin’ in the Rain, How the West Was Won and The Unsinkable Molly Brown, as well as a longtime Las Vegas showroom performer and ddie isher a pop singer and prolific actor and the brother of actress and writer Carrie Fisher (still best known for her role as Princess Leia in the Star Wars movies). He grew up in a lavish home in Beverly Hills, as he recounts in his recent memoir, My Girls: A Lifetime with Carrie and Debbie, but he’s been coming to Las Vegas for as long as he can remember (and even before that), and he’s now a full-time resident and enthusiastic supporter of the local community.

With the passing of his mother and sister just a day apart in December 2016, Fisher, 60, has become the caretaker of their legacies, a position he takes very seriously and which has manifested itself in several recent and upcoming projects. Fisher produced the 2017 HBO documentary Bright Lights, about the relationship between Debbie and Carrie, and My Girls

focuses on Fisher’s relationship with those two vitally important women in his life. “I had no intentions of ever doing a memoir,” Fisher says of the book. “It was never even in my mind, because Carrie was such a great writer, and was doing a great job of telling little snippet stories of the family and her experiences.”

But when Fisher found himself as the only one left to tell the family’s stories, he decided he needed to make his voice heard. “I said, ‘I’m going to have to get on this, because if I don’t, other people will,’” he explains.

“You’re trying to step in front of speculation, innuendo, rumors, people digging up old stories and printing it as fact.” Along with his co-writer Lindsay Harrison, Fisher conducted meticulous research on his own life, going back to interview family and friends and verify facts about events and incidents that he didn’t remember clearly (like, say, visiting Las Vegas at three months old). “My mother never wanted to let the truth get in the way of a good story,” he admits, so even anecdotes that he had heard firsthand needed to be checked.

When work on film projects, have a war room that use, and there s three walls that are soft, pushpin walls,” Fisher says. “And I had this huge timeline up on that wall, as this thing was unfolding. I was moving things around. As I would remember another story, I would want to get it where www.davidlv.com | 43

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it belonged.” Fisher then sent all the raw material to Harrison, who helped craft it into a book-length narrative. “I would dump all this material on her, and then she and I would talk, and she would record these conversations,” he says. “She began to weave it into a linear story.”

Fisher credits Harrison and Matt Harper, his editor, with shaping the book into what it became, but the book is just the beginning of his plans to tell the story of his life with his mother and sister. “We were long on stories,” he says. “I had probably another 150 pages.” Instead of another book, though, Fisher is planning to produce a TV series, based on a feature film script that he and Carrie were writing together before her death.

When we first wrote the screenplay it was just the coming of age story of Carrie and , isher says of the script originally titled 813 Greenway, after the address of his childhood home. “It was more like Ferris Bueller’s Day Off meets Downton Abbey.” After positive response from their agents and attorneys, the siblings decided to expand the concept into a potential 30-episode series.

Now, Fisher is more determined than ever to move forward with that project. “My world really has changed so dramatically without them around, and how I approach things, and how I want to do things, and why I do things,” he says. “I have a responsibility for both of their legacies.” He

imagines a series that will encompass all the highs and lows of life with these two e traordinary women. think the series is going to be definitive, he says. “It’s going to be hilarious, because our life was full of fun and love, but it’s also going to be dramatic and real, and it’s going to be about things that every family faces, from drug addiction to mental illness to loss to love. All of the things that we all experience, but our family just did it a little more publicly.”

Another way that Fisher is honoring his mother’s legacy is through the creation of the Debbie Reynolds Performing Arts Scholarship at UNLV. Announced earlier this year, it will award full scholarships to three students each year to study acting, dancing, and singing all of Reynolds’ passions. “Debbie in particular was probably the most amazing philanthropy person on Earth. When she got the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award [at the 2016 Oscars], the list just went on forever of all the organizations that she had been involved with and had helped in some way,” Fisher says. “We felt this would be very close to what Debbie would like. To find the ne t Debbie eynolds.

Although Reynolds sold off most of her extensive collection of Hollywood memorabilia in a series of auctions during the later years of her life, isher held on to many of the items that were specific to eynolds

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career, including costumes from Singin’ in the Rain, and he has his own collection of vintage ollywood cameras and other items. m definitely going to build a small museum here in Vegas,” he promises, although he doesn’t have a timeline or a location in place yet. He’s also hoping to place some of the more notable items in the upcoming museum being built by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles, and to loan out other items to various institutions.

For his sister, her legacy is still strongly associated with Star Wars, and isher is pleased that ucasfilm and director . . brams will be incorporating previously unused footage of Carrie in the next Star Wars movie, set for release on December 20, 2019. “I think it’s magical what they’re going to do,” he says. “I’m hoping it’s going to be everything that I believe it can be. Carrie is going to be right back up there.” He’s also working to get Carrie a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and has secured a plaque honoring her at the legendary Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, next to Reynolds’ handprints in cement.

Whatever he works on, Fisher sees his future in Las Vegas. Although he’d been splitting his time between homes in Vegas and California, he’s now committed to spending his time locally. “There’s nothing about Los Angeles anymore that is holding me,” he says. He has his own production

facility, Hollywood Motion Picture Experience, in the LoftWorks complex near ainbow and unset, and he s been teaching film classes at .

He wants to use the HMPE facility and its $10 million worth of equipment to help encourage film production in town, including shooting up to half of the planned series based on My Girls. “I’m hoping to expand the artist community here, the filmmaking community here, by having facilities and equipment here that you don’t have to go to LA for.”

From the time he was three months old, Fisher has had that Las Vegas connection. At 10 years old, he started performing in his mother’s stage show along with his sister, although she was the only one who was enthusiastic about it. “Carrie, you could tell, just ate it up,” he says.

“Me, it was a real nuisance, the idea that you had to bathe every day.” He remembers his mother performing at the Desert Inn, the Sands, and the Dunes, and his father at the Stardust and the Sahara. “I think we played every hotel there was in those days,” he recalls. For a while, Reynolds owned her own Vegas hotel-casino, and Fisher still has its front doors, which he plans to use in his eventual Reynolds museum. “Debbie always felt that she had dual citizenship,” Fisher says. “As much as she was from Hollywood, she was equally from Vegas.” Along with the rest of his family’s legacy, that’s a tradition that Fisher carries on. www.davidlv.com | 45

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driveway lined by soaring cedars, flanked by horses grazing on fine Tuscan vegetation, provides a welcoming entrance as travel along l orro s long and pristine drive. wned by alvatore erragamo, the grandson of the famous lu ury designer, the 00 hectare estate, situated in the heart of Tuscany between lorence, iena, and Cortona, remains a hidden treasure surrounded by unspoiled nature and beauty. ince 0 , it has held the prestigious honor of being a elais Chateau property, recognized for its sumptuous accommodations and fine amenities that elevate the e periences on offer, such as horseback riding, cooking classes, dining, and golf and spa treatments, among others. ut today, was here to uncover l orro s agriculture enterprise, and to do this with fervent vigor re uires good shoes and a ride in a classic and over Defender with eonardo Cistullo, the agronomist who oversees the entire agriculture sector of erragamo s Tuscan village, lu ury resort, and winery. The erragamo family envisioned a completely sustainable property when, in , they purchased the thousand year old hamlet that needed serious renovation. With great effort, they ve turned l orro into a microcosm of vineyards from which they make award winning wines olive oil, honey, and organic produce, not to mention a lu ury resort with all the finer details. ut beyond the lu urious suites and uaint strolls

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through the village, to understand the true beauty of Il Borro is to discover the “strength of this land” and their no-nonsense vision for sustainability.

I gathered myself into the 4x4 and with one slight turn, the quaint village paths quickly turned into a precipitous off-road climb. Gears lowered, clutch engaged, in moments we were on the back side of Il Borro, surrounded by a forest of trees, knee-high grass, and blocks of vineyards opening to clear meadows. It’s the part that hardly anybody ever sees, but immediately it gives the feeling that this is the heart of Ferragamo’s paradise.

Salvatore Ferragamo’s father Ferruccio fell in love with this land when he often came here to hunt. The untamed beauty continues to exist, as they’ve kept it as raw as they found it – original stone structures covered in intertwining vines, forested areas of chestnut, birch, and pines, unpaved roads, even a pheasant sighting because hunting is still game here. The only major difference is the addition of vineyards and major restoration and upgrading of the Medieval village.

“Il Borro is more than a hotel and winery. It’s a farm,” says Ferragamo.

“We produce everything here and are big believers in sustainability.” He jokingly describes himself as “the farmer of the family” who, unlike other family members including his twin brother, followed their grandfather’s lead into the glamorous world of fashion. Instead, he was drawn to the wine industry at an early age.

At the vegetable farm, we drive slowly to keep the dust low. The flat and vast land is fertile and productive, with rows upon rows of organic produce, most of which is served at Il Borro’s dining spots Osteria del Borro and Il Borro Tuscan Bistro, while the rest is packaged with farm fresh eggs then sold and delivered to neighboring villages.

We pass a mare and her filly, apparently in training for field work. oon, Cistullo asks us to close the windows. In minutes we enter a heavily canopied area and arrive at the apiary. Honey production is strong here, as is olive oil. Resources are used to their fullest. And waste, especially, is treated like gold.

Finally, a wide-open pasture emerges and meets the rolling green hills. In the distance, 35 strikingly large, white cattle graze. These are Chianinas, of Italian bloodlines and formerly a draft breed, they are now famous for the area’s Florentine steaks.

“Before tractors, these powerful cows were used for their strong, long legs,” says Ferragamo. “Our cows are very happy. We take their manure and use it to fill horns that we buy from the butcher and they are buried underground then resumed later and made into a powder and sprayed into the vineyard.”

Technically, in biodynamic terms, this is called Preparation 500 and it is created through the transformation of high-quality cow dung that has been put into cow horns and buried under the earth for the winter period. Once removed from the horn, the contents are placed in water that is vigorously stirred, then applied in homeopathic quantities to the soil, resulting in superior soil quality, microbial richness, crop vitality, and complete elimination of chemical fertilizers and pesticides.

A stroll through the vineyard with careful observation, and I notice a tiny capsule hanging from a wire, which Ferragamo refers to as a “tea bag.” It’s a form of organic pest control that utilizes a predatory spider.

Top left clockwise: Ferruccio and Salvatore Ferragamo walk the vineyards, front of the Il Borro Estate, one of the estates 35 Chianinas cows and one of the estate’s vineyards.

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“It’s a hundred percent effective,” says Ferragamo. “The spider comes out of the tea bag and kills the red spider of Tuscany. He’s the pest, small but he can really damage the grapes.”

Clearly, the Ferragamo family values sustainable agriculture and strives to preserve the environment, leading by example with every aspect of this place. The property stretches into the Valdarno mountains at the foot of the Pratomango Mountains where a great lake once covered the valley during the Pliocene epoch. This left a rich and diverse patchwork of soils and a bedrock of sandstone topped with a layer of loam-rich soil and sandy clay matrix, which provides ideal growing conditions for making wine. Il Borro’s philosophy is to match the terroir of the property to the wines they produce.

“The more rocky area is ideal for Sangiovese,” says Ferragamo. “And as you come down to the valley floor to more sandy, pebbly soil from the run off, you ll find Cabernet auvignon. yrah wants more warmth and in the deeper parts of the valley, where there is compact clay soil, we plant Merlot.” In all, there are 45 hectares under vine. It is the diversity in soil that is the beauty of this area and the Ferragamos embrace this with equal love and respect.

Ferragamo stresses that organic farming can be done and realizes that there lies some skepticism in the world about biodynamic practices, but Il Borro’s principles have always favored organic pesticides and fertilizers over chemicals. Whatever they can do to encourage a healthy planet and maintain fully-sustainable village, they do, including producing their own electricity from their biomass power plant.

“We produce three times as much energy as we consume at Il Borro,” says Ferragamo. “If you take a gas car and drive it around the world, you can drive around it 225 times. That is the amount of CO2 emissions we actually save per year by using solar panels.”

Hotel key cards remind guests that they are in a negative carbon footprint area, indicating Il Borro’s energy autonomy. Exclusive use of natural substances of their vineyards, farms to feed the village and beyond, olive groves and bee hives, ethical and eco-sustainable cuisine, “zeroenergy bills” powered exclusively by renewable energy. What more?

A visit to the nearby art gallery drives the message home with exhibits celebrating nature and the environment and contributes to a sound and cyclic earth. Among the many works of art, the gallery showcases Ferruccio Ferragamo’s private collection of 111 hand water-colored works from Saverio Manetti, (Florence 1723-1785). At the center lies an oversized bird nest, symbolizing the idea that life unleashed by a nest will go back to being part of the land, and the land will germinate again to renew life. A lifesize sculpture of a Chianina cow stands curiously displayed with a bust of a man tied near her udders. And around the corner, in spatial arrangement, a collection of soil types that emerge from this land.

“Il Borro is not a hotel, Il Borro is a very authentic experience,” insists Ferragamo. It’s a special place – a lot of passion from me and my family.”

Theirs is a tangible commitment to creating wine that reflects the real expression of their territory and maintaining a land for future generations, all while sharing it with the world as a world-class destination.

Left: Il Borro wines 2017

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Athletes Pursuing Philanthropy “Las Vegas has been a wonderful place for my wife and I to raise our family. We feel very fortunate to be in a position to give back and assist those in need. Serving strengthens our community, it brings people together and has a positive, lasting impact on the city as a whole.”

— Deryk Engelland, Vegas Golden Knights

By Aleza Freeman

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randon Marshall didn’t have many positive male role models while he was growing up in North Las Vegas. When he was 10, his father was arrested for domestic violence against his mom. The horrifying abuse led her to flee home with the kids and seek shelter in a local safe house.

Today, the Denver Broncos linebacker and Superbowl champion is a testament to the power of perseverance. His story of success proves that no matter your lot in life, you don’t have to be a product of your circumstances.

For the past three summers, Marshall has returned to Las Vegas to run a free football and respect camp for youth. “I really had nobody to look up to and I guess it kind of motivated me to be that for someone else,” explains the National Football League (NFL) pro. “I wanted to give the kids something to look forward to and let them know they can be whatever they decide to be, whatever they believe they can be, and whatever they put effort into.”

Like any professional athlete who goes from rags to riches in almost an instant, Marshall could have easily chosen to play, collect his paycheck, and avoid the limelight. Instead, he took the path of other inspirational athletes like legendary basketball player LeBron James and local tennis

stars ndre gassi and teffi raf, using his fame and fortune for the good of his hometown community.

As Las Vegas grows into a full-fledged sports town and more athletes begin to call it home, the philanthropic influence of professional sports teams and athletes is expected to become more widespread. oth the ational ockey eague s egas olden nights and the Women’s National Basketball Association’s (WNBA) Las Vegas Aces have foundations in place to support the community through local charities.

The egas olden nights oundation s biggest initiative so far was a $1 million donation to the Friends of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department in support of a new training facility; a direct response to the tragic Oct. 1 shooting.

When we first pledged money we started to see an outpouring of support for the victims, says ohn Coogan, president of the foundation.

The uestion became, how do we take our money and prevent such tragedies in the future.” olden nights athletes, such as longtime as egas local Deryk Engelland, are heavily involved with the foundation, volunteering at local charities and visiting schools to read to and interact with students.

“At the end of the day, if the teams aren’t getting involved in true giving, are we really connecting at the level that we need to with fans asks Coogan.

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Under the auspices of the international MGM Resorts Foundation, individual players from the Las Vegas Aces do local charity work for causes they care about. Center Carolyn Swords and guard Kayla McBride both enjoy cooking, so through the Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth they helped cook dinner to feed homeless young people. Guard Moriah Jefferson is a dog lover who is passionate about animals, so she volunteered with a local animal shelter.

“All of our players are incredibly committed to the community…and want to make a difference,” says Autumn Spicer, community relations manager for the as egas ces.

Even the Oakland Raiders (soon to be the Las Vegas Raiders) are already showing community spirit, visiting students at local Gene Ward Elementary and hosting a clinic for high school coaches. The team’s inaugural “Celebrity Swing” fundraiser at Topgolf Las Vegas raised six figures for eterans illage as egas.

The local United Soccer League team, the Las Vegas Lights FC, donates a portion of each ticket sale to participating local charitable causes through its $5 Kickback Program.

Former University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) football player Joe

aro first became involved with charity work when visiting hospitals and reading to students at underprivileged Southern Nevada schools as part of the college athletic department.

“It really opened my eyes,” recalls Haro, who now serves as president of the UNLV Football Foundation. “You could make a little, but important, impact on people who were more in need than you were. I thought, ‘one day I’m going to do something so that I can really give back.’”

Since fewer than 1 percent of college football players make it to the NFL, Haro credits the UNLV Football Foundation for providing him and his colleagues with the tools and guidance to succeed on the field, in the classroom and, most importantly, after graduation.

“A lot of the kids that I played with came from some really impoverished areas, from South Central in L.A. and…some really tough places, where they didn’t have anything,” he says. “[UNLV] gave them a chance to have a really successful life. That’s what college does.”

He believes that the town’s growing arsenal of professional athletes will have a unique ability to make a lasting difference for the Las Vegas community. But for Marshall it’s more than an ability, it’s a personal responsibility.Born with a passion for football, his mother told him that as a young boy he would

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often sleep with his older brother’s football pads.

Once he was old enough to play, his innate love for football opened doors and changed his life. He graduated from University of Nevada, Reno and was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2012. In 2013, he was signed to the Broncos and currently has a four-year, $32 million contract.

“I was able to retire my mom and I was able to do things I never thought I’d be able to do,” says Marshall of his professional football career. “It got me to the point where m absolutely self sufficient and m someone that people look up to, especially the youth.”

Also known for standing up to social and racial injustice by taking a knee (and later staying off the sidelines) during the National Anthem before NFL games, Marshall motivates Nevada and Colorado youth through his Williams-Marshall Cares Program. The foundation encourages boys and girls, ages 14 to 18, to be responsible leaders, to perform acts of service, and to dedicate themselves to education.

His summer camp at Canyon Springs High School in Las Vegas attracts kids from a variety of different backgrounds, all with one common goal.

“They want to be successful,” says Marshall, “but they don’t necessarily know how, or they might not necessarily know what to do, who to seek and

who to be around.”

Marshall introduces campers to a variety of different celebrities and professionals, including his Broncos teammates and his mother, Barbara.

Along with the fundamentals of football, the camp focuses on building positive interpersonal relationships. Attendees learn tips for conflict-resolution and Barbara Marshall covers the ins and outs of domestic violence.

“It’s a topic that hit home with us, my mother and my brother,” says the linebacker. “She is very passionate about it and so am I. People in families die because of domestic violence and it happens around the world, so it’s something we need to talk about.”

As for achieving success, Marshall tells his campers that the key is who you surround yourself with.

“Who you hang out with will have a positive or negative impact on you,” he explains. “A lot of times, kids get caught up in the wrong thing because of who they hang around. Instead, they could hang out with someone who is motivated and finds positive things to do, and it motivates them to do that, too.”

Marshall is grateful that he’s able to be one of those motivators.

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Special to DAVID Magazine How strong is your Vegas Strong? You can show the whole community during United Way of Southern Nevada’s Day of Caring on October 5, 2018. Over 2,000 volunteers will come together to put their passions and skills to work during this one-day volunteering event, which encourages residents to get out and change lives in their communities. We talked with Scott Emerson, President & CEO of United Way of Southern Nevada, to share how much this day means to Southern Nevada.

What is Day of Caring?

Day of Caring is Southern Nevada’s largest volunteer event. In one day, 2,000 volunteers will come together to complete 250 projects at 85 nonprofit organizations and schools throughout Southern Nevada. This is the third year of Day of Caring, and each year it grows by leaps and bounds. The first year, we only planned for 500 volunteers. Now, we’re expecting four times that amount to join us and make a difference.

Why is this year’s Day of Caring so important?

The community’s tradition of Day of Caring is taking on a special meaning this year. The date of October 5 was set more than a year ago, but no one could have predicted the events of 1 October.

Volunteers now have a greater reason to come together, with Day of Caring serving as the focal point of a week of events in remembrance of those lost and affected and offering the opportunity to turn powerful emotions into action. It will serve as a day of healing, allowing people to engage and focus those emotions into something positive.

What does Day of Caring mean for the community?

Day of Caring has become a sign of hope for Southern Nevada. It is incredible to see so many Nevadans coming together to solve one of the toughest problems many organizations face, which is having the time and manpower to complete these projects. Volunteers who participate in Day of Caring are providing the community support that many nonprofit organizations and schools depend on, helping projects get finished that otherwise might not have been completed. For the thousands of individuals that visit these organizations each year for help, the visual reminder of the community’s support is more encouragement to succeed. Volunteers on Day of Caring are bringing octane to the efforts of these agencies and schools and supporting our entire community for years to come.

Any specific examples?

Green Our Planet, an agency that has participated

since the first year of Day of Caring, spreads out across Southern Nevada to plant gardens in elementary schools to beautify campuses and create outdoor learning opportunities. Normally, these gardens take a full semester to complete, but Day of Caring volunteers finish multiple gardens in just one day. Students return to school after the weekend, ready to learn in their new school garden.

Leaders in Training, a United Way funded partner, uses Day of Caring to prepare their office space for students. Last year’s volunteers assembled new furniture purchased with Day of Caring funding to fill the space, making it a comfortable place for students to finish homework, meet with fellow program participants and prepare for high school graduation.

Is there anything new this year?

While past years have focused on the Southern Nevada community, this year’s Day of Caring is going a step further. We at United Way are partnering with Nevada Volunteers to take Day of Caring statewide, combining forces to promote volunteering across Nevada. By bringing the already-familiar event to communities throughout the state, Nevada Volunteers aims to have a project in every Nevada county.

What can volunteers expect on Day of Caring?

Although Day of Caring’s goal is to make a positive impact in the community, it is also meant to be a fun event for the volunteers. Volunteers in Las Vegas and Reno will kick off the excitement of a day of volunteering and changing lives with a breakfast celebration. Speakers will inspire and energize volunteers before sending them out into their communities to make a difference.

Which organizations are participating?

With 85 nonprofit agencies and schools signed up to participate, there will be plenty of opportunities for volunteers to get involved. Most Nevada residents will already be familiar with the organizations participating, including Opportunity Village, Three Square, Project 150, and many more agencies and schools addressing every community need.

What types of projects are there?

Projects range from family-friendly painting and kit packing to complex building and landscaping.

Volunteers of all ages, skill sets, and backgrounds can choose a half-day or full-day project with friends, family, or co-workers, and use the day as a chance to bond and give back across the state.

How do I sign up?

To learn more about Day of Caring or to sign up to participate, please visit uwsn.org/caring.

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