Nā hoa hana ʻo Las Vegas Sands me LGBTQ Center o Southern Nevada

Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Las Vegas Sands i kēia lā ua hui pū ʻo The LGBTQ Center o Southern Nevada (The Center) me Sands Cares Accelerator, kahi papahana lālā ʻekolu makahiki i manaʻo ʻia e hoʻonui i nā waiwai ʻole e hoʻopuka i ka hopena o ke kaiāulu. Ke hoʻomau nei ʻo Sands i kāna kākoʻo hoʻomohala ʻana no The Center e hiki ai ke hoʻonui hou aku i ka Arlene Cooper Community Health Center a me ke kūkulu ʻana i kāna kikowaena hanana.

E kālele ana ka Center i kona manawa ma ka Sands Cares Accelerator i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā hoʻolālā kūʻai a me nā kamaʻilio e kaʻana maikaʻi i kāna moʻolelo me ke kaiāulu LGBTQ +, nā hoa pili, nā hoa, nā mea kālā a me nā mea kākoʻo ʻē aʻe e kākoʻo i kahi kahua paʻa no ka wā e hiki mai ana o ka hui. Ma o ka Sands Cares Accelerator, e loaʻa i ka Center he $100,000 i kēlā me kēia makahiki no nā makahiki ʻekolu o ka lilo ʻana i lālā, me ke alakaʻi i kūkulu ʻia e kākoʻo i kāna wahi kikoʻī, nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo hoʻolālā mai Sands, a me nā kākoʻo ʻē aʻe e kōkua i ka ʻoihana ʻole e hoʻokō i kāna pahuhopu.

Eia kekahi, ʻo ke kālā maʻamau mai Sands Cares e lawe mai i ka haʻawina 2023 i The Center ma kahi o $265,000 wale nō a kōkua i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ke kūkulu ʻia ʻana o ka Cooper Community Health Center i ka pahuhopu o The Center e lilo i Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), a me hāʻawi kālā no ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka hoʻoponopono hou ʻana i ke kikowaena hanana o ka hui ʻole. Hāʻawi ke kikowaena olakino a me nā hanana hanana i nā lawelawe koʻikoʻi i ke kaiāulu, a me ka hoʻoulu ʻana i nā kahawai loaʻa hou no ke kālā ʻana i nā papahana a me nā lawelawe o The Center.

Ma ke ʻano kikoʻī, ʻo ke kākoʻo kūkulu ʻana o Sands Cares i ka makahiki 2023 e hiki ai i ka Center ke hoʻonui i ke kikowaena olakino ma o ka uhi ʻana i nā kumukūʻai ʻoihana e hoʻoneʻe i nā limahana hoʻokele ākea i kahi hale ʻē aʻe i hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia kahi wahi no nā lawelawe lapaʻau, a me ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka ʻenehana a me nā mea hou aku. no ke kikowaena hanana. Ua kākoʻo ʻo Sands i ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o The Center o ka Cooper Community Health Center mai 2021 a ua hiki iā The Center ke hoʻoponopono hou i ke kikowaena hanana ma 2022. Mai ka makahiki 2021, ua hāʻawi ʻo Sands i $570,000 i ke kālā kumulative e kākoʻo i ka misionari o The Center.

"ʻO ka hui pū ʻana me Sands he mea waiwai nui ia no ke kōkua ʻana iā mākou e holomua nui i kā mākou ʻike lōʻihi no The Center," wahi a John Waldron, Luna Nui o The Center. "ʻO ka hui pū ʻana i ka Sands Cares Accelerator he kaʻa ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi no ke kōkua ʻana iā mākou e kūkulu i ko mākou hiki ke hoʻokō pono i nā pono o ke kaiāulu LGBTQ+. He hanohano nui ka lilo ʻana i ʻāpana o kēia papahana kūʻokoʻa.

ʻO ka Center ke ono o ka hui e hui pū me ka Sands Cares Accelerator, i hoʻokumu ʻia e Sands ma 2017 e kōkua i ka wikiwiki o nā hui ʻoihana ʻole i ka hopena o ka hana ʻana i ka hopena o ke kaiāulu. I loko o nā lālā ʻekolu makahiki, hana ʻo Sands i nā pilina lōʻihi me nā mea waiwai ʻole ma o ka hoʻonui kālā ʻana, alakaʻi i kūkulu ʻia a me ke kākoʻo maʻamau i loaʻa ʻole ʻia me nā ʻoihana maʻamau-nonprofit engagement.

He wahi koʻikoʻi ka Center ma Las Vegas no nā makahiki 30, e hāʻawi ana i nā papahana hoʻohui, hoʻonui i ke ola, nā hanana, ka hoʻonaʻauao a me nā hui kākoʻo no ka poʻe i ʻike ʻia he LGBTQ + a me nā hoa pili o ke kaiāulu. ʻO ka Center ka hub no nā kumuwaiwai koʻikoʻi a me ka mālama, me ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka meaʻai a me ka ʻai, nā lawelawe mālama kino a me ka noʻonoʻo, a me ke kākoʻo kaiāulu.

"ʻO ke kono ʻana i ka Center e hui pū me ka Sands Cares Accelerator he mea kūpono maoli ia ma hope o ka hana pū ʻana me John a me kāna hui i nā makahiki i hala iho nei," wahi a Ron Reese, ka pelekikena kiʻekiʻe o nā kamaʻilio honua a me nā ʻoihana ʻoihana, nāna i alakaʻi i nā hana kuleana ʻoihana no ka hui. "Ua hōʻike ʻia nā mea a pau a mākou e ʻimi nei i loko o kahi lālā Sands Cares Accelerator - kahi ʻike lōʻihi lōʻihi no ka hopena, ana ʻia ka holomua ʻana i nā pahuhopu i ʻike ʻia a me ka hiki ke hāʻawi i ka hopena ʻoi aku ka nui me ke kākoʻo o ka papahana. Ua hauʻoli nui mākou i ka hana ʻana o The Center i ke kūkulu ʻana i kahi hoʻohālike hoʻomau o ka lawelawe a ke kakali nei e ʻike i kona holomua mau ʻana ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka Sands Cares Accelerator.

Hoʻoulu ʻia e ka ʻuhane ʻoihana a me ke aloha aloha o Sands 'mea hoʻokumu ʻo Sheldon G. Adelson, ua hoʻomau ka Sands Cares Accelerator i kāna hoʻoilina o ke kūkulu ʻana i nā ʻoihana kūleʻa a me ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā kaiāulu me kahi ʻoihana ʻoi aku ka nui e kōkua i ka holomua i nā hiki o nā hui ʻoihana ʻole e hoʻoponopono maikaʻi i ka pono o ko lakou mau kaiaulu. I loko o nā lālā ʻekolu makahiki, ʻike ʻole nā ​​​​poʻe waiwai ʻole i ke kūkulu ʻana i ko lākou hiki i kahi wahi hoʻolālā a i ʻole ka hoʻonui ʻana i kahi papahana e hāʻawi maikaʻi aku i ke kaiāulu. Hana ʻo Sands ma ke ʻano he kumu aʻoaʻo no ke kōkua ʻana i nā hui e hoʻokō i kā lākou pahuhopu.

Ua komo nā lālā ʻē aʻe o Sands Cares Accelerator i ka Inspiring Children Foundation, Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth and Green Our Planet in Las Vegas; Art Outreach ma Singapore a me Green Future ma Macao.