A heartfelt congratulations and many thanks to those in Southern Highlands who helped make this year’s annual 4 Corners Food Drive another tremendous success. In partnership with radio station Mix 94.1 and Three Square, the annual 4 Corners Food Drive raises food donations for local families in need during the holiday season.

While food insecurity has historically been an ongoing challenge throughout the valley, this year food banks have seen a dramatic increase in demand. According to Three Square, there are thousands of our additional neighbors in need of assistance.

Throughout the month of November, generous Southern Highland residents delivered canned food items at the Albertsons location at Blue Diamond and Decatur or made cash donations. Olympia Companies SH Charitable Foundation added $2,500 to the donation helping to make it possible for the impactful organization to serve 15,000 more meals to local families in need. While typically Three Square can turn a $1 donation into three meals, this year, they presented a holiday matching program in which they can turn $1 into six meals.

“The need is still there and is perhaps greater this year than ever,” said Angela Rock, Executive Director of the Olympia Companies Charitable Foundation and President of Olympia Management Services. “Interestingly, the increased need also fosters increased generosity and that’s certainly proven to be the case for Southern Highland residents.”

Three Square of Las Vegas is prepared to provide wholesome food to hungry people, while passionately pursuing a hunger-free community. The impactful organization combines food banking (warehousing canned and boxed goods), food rescue (obtaining surplus or unused meats, bread, dairy and produce from hospitality and grocery outlets) and ready-to-eat meals to be the most complete food solution for Southern Nevada.

Thank you again to our Southern Highlands families and friends for spreading joy this holiday season! For more information on Three Square, visit httpss://www.threesquare.org/.

Having the right school supplies, clothing, and hygiene items can make a big difference for homeless, displaced, and disadvantaged high school students who are currently struggling as they pursue their education. Research shows that students with the appropriate school supplies can improve grades, creativity, attitude towards learning, behavior, and self-image – increasing their chances for success at school.

This upcoming school year, perhaps more than ever, high school students in Clark County are in need of new school supplies and full-sized hygiene items. To help meet these needs, Southern Highlands partnered with non-profit Project 150 on a Back To School Collection Drive.

The generosity of the community really shined through as more than 150 school supplies and personal items and $390 in cash donations were secured.  The last day of the supply drive was also National Ice Cream Day, so anyone who made a $5 donation, enjoyed a free ice cream.  As part of its Southern Highlands Summer Series program, the Olympia Companies SH Charitable Foundation made a $5,000 match.

With a mission to provide support and services to homeless, displaced, and disadvantaged high school students so they can remain in school, graduate, and build bright futures, Project 150 has been serving Nevada students in need since 2011.

For the past 17 years, the Olympia Companies SH Charitable Foundation and the Southern Highlands Community Association have proudly hosted a Memorial Day Celebration. An opportunity for families and the community to come together for fun, food, fireworks, and patriotic celebration, this high-spirited annual event has also served to support our long-term community partner Operation Warm Heart.

Typically, money is raised at the event through the sales of food, drinks, and raffle tickets. Since this year’s event had to pivot to a socially distant format with fireworks only, the fundraising opportunity for the nonprofit was unavailable.

Although the event changed, the need to support our military families did not change. The Southern Highlands Builders Co-op, whose member builders include Blue Heron, Century Communities, Lennar, Pulte Homes, Tuscan Highlands, William Lyon Homes, and Woodside Homes, kick started the fundraising efforts with an initial $3,500 donation.

To further support the cause, Garry Goett and the entire Olympia Companies SH Charitable Foundation team generously contributed a $15,000 donation to this vital and charitable organization.

Established to provide financial assistance to the men and women of Creech and Nellis Air Force Bases, Operation Warm Heart is dedicated to the support of the Las Vegas military community. With an unyielding focus on supplementing financial relief during emergency situations and on promoting the health, welfare, and morale of the Las Vegas military community, the non-profit organization aims to provide monetary assistance to Airmen, Air Force civilians and contractors who are in need.

The Olympia Companies SH Charitable Foundation and Southern Highland Community Association have long been proud supporters of Operation Warm Heart. In addition to the annual Memorial Day Celebration, other community-focused events including the Winter Festival and Tree Lighting and the Governor’s Black-Tie events have also served to support this worthy organization.

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