Project 150

SMACNA & SMART gave generously to help disadvantaged high schoolers in Nevada

Words & Photos by Joye Blanscett Director of Labor Relations, SMACNA

The chosen charity for the 2022 Partners in Progress Conference was Project 150. It was created out of the community’s desire to help more than 6,000 homeless youth in Nevada who are attending high school and struggling to secure the basics, like food, clothing, and school supplies. Project 150’s mission is to offer support and services to homeless high school students, so they have what they need to continue school and be successful in life.

SMACNA and SMART stepped up in a big way. Kelli Kristo, executive director of Project 150, thanked the entire SMART-SMACNA family for the generous donation of funds and goods.

“Your contribution of $25,425 in funding and $8,300 in food provided 1,349 family meal bags, which includes family sized non-perishable breakfast, lunch, and dinner items to feed a family of four,” she said.

Thank you to the following organizations and individuals who donated cash:

SMART Local Union 104 $5,104.00

SMACNA - Western Washington $2,556.54

SMACNA $2,500.00

SMACNA of Southern Nevada $2,500.00

SMART Local 33 $2,500.00

SMART Local 265 LMCC $2,265.00

SMART Local 73 LMCC $2,045.30

SMACNA of Long Island $2,000.00

Georgia SMACNA $1,022.80

SMART Local 105 $1,000.00

Western Allied Mechanical $511.55

SMART Local 219 $500.00

Vidimos, Inc. $204.81

SMART $153.68

KSM Metal Fabrication $102.56

SMART Local 2 $102.56

XP360 $102.56

Miller Bonded Inc. $102.56

Big B Contracting Inc. $102.56

SMACNA $51.43

SMART Local 105 $51.43

SMART Local 71 $50.00

SMACNA Utah $50.00

Donations of goods made by the below organizations and individuals were also appreciated:

SMART Int’l & SMACNA Nat’l $5,000.00

SMART Local 36 $1,450.00

Local #7 / Michigan Chapter SMACNA $1,000.00

SMACNA St. Louis $500.00

SMACNA Sacramento $256.40

Cheryl Sprague $50.00

Joye Blanscett $50.00

Food donations were received by Project 150 following the conference and amounted to more than three pallets of food. Partners in Progress would like to thank everyone involved for their generous donations.

If you missed the chance to donate at the conference and you would still like to help, visit project150.org to find out how.

Project 150 was organized in December 2011 and is a 501(c)3 non-profit charitable organization. It was created when the founders learned of 150 homeless high school students at Rancho High School in Las Vegas. The students were in need of support over the Christmas Break, and the program has grown steadily ever since, now serving over 3,000 registered homeless and 3,100 non-registered homeless youth. ▪

Thank you!