On
Friday, Jan. 4 at 4 p.m., WestStar Credit Union will be making a $16,000
donation to Opportunity Village as the culmination of their 2012 charity
campaign: A Mile of Smiles. In August 2012, WestStar Credit Union set out on a
mission to collect a mile’s worth of smiles with the intention of donating $1
for every smile collected to Opportunity Village. The Nevada-based credit union
launched the Mile of Smiles campaign to remind Nevadans that a simple smile can
make a difference; that a smile is contagious and has the ability to make
someone’s day brighter. They have met their goal and this sentiment now equates
to a $16,000 donation from WestStar Credit Union, on the behalf of the smiling
participants, to Opportunity Village, Las Vegas’ Favorite Charity.
Over
the past several months, WestStar sent teams of volunteer employees out to
different local venues including Fremont Street, UNLV campus, local malls, Las
Vegas Wranglers hockey games, The Great Santa Run and even the Magical Forest
at Opportunity Village to capture pictures of people’s smiles. Their efforts,
partnered with the local Las Vegans who uploaded their own smile pictures to
the gallery at www.amileofsmiles.org, will conclude in one giant donation to
Opportunity Village.
The
donation presentation will be at the Magical Forest located at 6300 W. Oakey
Blvd. Las Vegas, NV 89146, this Friday, January 4 at 4 p.m. WestStar’s CEO,
Rick Schmidt, Vice President of Business Development, Mona Joseph, and
Marketing Manager, Kelly Cook will be presenting the donation to Dawn Newburg,
Resource Development Director for Opportunity Village.
Membership
in WestStar Credit Union is open to anyone employed in the Gaming Industry of
Nevada and many other employer groups, including employees and members of AAA
Nevada and members of the Friends of Nevada Wilderness conservation group.
Family members and those living in the same household of anyone who is eligible
are also eligible. A full list of
eligible employer groups can be found on their website,
www.weststar.org/eligibility
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