Clark County Moves Forward with Innovation District In early-October the Clark County Commission voted to accept a strategic action plan for the development and implementation of the Clark County Innovation District (CCID) in the southwest part of the Las Vegas Valley. The district will be focused along the I-215 near south Decatur Blvd. and is being spearheaded by the Clark … [Read more...] about Around the State
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Education Non-Profit CORE Continues to Grow – Promotes Melvin King to Development Manager
Dedicated Organizational Leadership Professional Brings Passion for Education and Community Connection to New Role LAS VEGAS – Dedicated to ensuring historically-underserved students and their families achieve economic mobility and lead choice-filled lives, education non-profit CORE is continuing its trajectory of growth with the recent promotion of Melvin King to Development … [Read more...] about Education Non-Profit CORE Continues to Grow – Promotes Melvin King to Development Manager
Education Non-Profit CORE is Growing
With the launch of the new sites at Brinley Middle School and Democracy Prep, CORE is expanding to meet the increasing need in the community CORE’s formula for success: empowering students, leadership and character development, mentoring, academic support, and more LAS VEGAS (January 5, 2023) – Local education non-profit CORE is grounded in the notion that under-resourced … [Read more...] about Education Non-Profit CORE is Growing
Education Non-Profit CORE Names Youth Advocacy Expert Jeff Jones as Executive Director
Dedicated to ensuring historically underserved students and their families achieve economic mobility and lead choice-filled lives, education non-profit CORE has named long-time juvenile justice professional and youth advocate Jeff Jones to serve as executive director of CORE. Previously serving on the organization’s Board of Trustees, Jones’s transition to this new role … [Read more...] about Education Non-Profit CORE Names Youth Advocacy Expert Jeff Jones as Executive Director
Education Non-Profit CORE Names Jordan Ashley Berkowitz as Development Director
Nonprofit Professional Brings Passion for Doing Good Things LAS VEGAS – With an unwavering commitment to ensure historically-underserved students and their families achieve economic mobility and lead choice-filled lives, education non-profit CORE has named Jordan Ashley Berkowitz as Development Director. In this role, Berkowitz will work closely with Founder and Chief … [Read more...] about Education Non-Profit CORE Names Jordan Ashley Berkowitz as Development Director
Education Non-Profit CORE Promotes Founder Lindsay Harper to Chief Executive Officer, Launches Search for New Executive Director
Ongoing Inequity in Education and in Access to Opportunity Fuels Need for CORE Program Expansion LAS VEGAS – With an unwavering commitment to empower, enrich and educate underserved students and their families to lead choice-filled lives, the education non- profit CORE has promoted Founder and Executive Director Lindsay Harper to serve as Chief Executive Officer. In this … [Read more...] about Education Non-Profit CORE Promotes Founder Lindsay Harper to Chief Executive Officer, Launches Search for New Executive Director
Local Non-Profit, CORE, Receives More Than $500,000 From the City of Las Vegas
Monies align with non-profits funding model and philosophy of combining both public and private funds to create a combined community investment Non-profit CORE was recently awarded funds totaling more than $500,000 through two grants from the City of Las Vegas. The vital funds will help the non-profit continue to build an infrastructure for success that offers long-term … [Read more...] about Local Non-Profit, CORE, Receives More Than $500,000 From the City of Las Vegas
Andre Agassi Foundation for Education Donates $250,000 to Las Vegas Non-Profit Core, Powered by the Rogers Foundation
Funds will Expand Program and Create the Andre Agassi Foundation Cohort of New Scholars LAS VEGAS – With an ongoing mission to provide educational opportunities and resources to underserved populations, the Andre Agassi Foundation for Education is donating $250,000 to Las Vegas based non-profit CORE. Motivated by Agassi’s deep personal admiration for Beverly Rogers and her … [Read more...] about Andre Agassi Foundation for Education Donates $250,000 to Las Vegas Non-Profit Core, Powered by the Rogers Foundation
Core to Use Community Impact Grant for New Cohort of Scholars
Non-profit recently awarded $150,000 grant from United Way of Southern Nevada to help strengthen efforts to empower, enrich and educate underserved children and their families to lead choice-filled lives Non-profit CORE recently was awarded a 2021 Community Impact Grant from United Way of Southern Nevada (UWSN). With a distribution of $50,000 a year over the next three … [Read more...] about Core to Use Community Impact Grant for New Cohort of Scholars
Non-Profit CORE Gets Support From Leadership Las Vegas Council to Launch Virtual “Career We Can” Series
Virtual Guest Speaker Series Focuses on Career Exploration in a Variety of Fields LAS VEGAS - With the goal of exposing young people to different career and educational opportunities that exist throughout the Las Vegas Valley, non-profit CORE and Leadership Las Vegas Council have teamed up to present a virtual “Career We Can” program. Pivoting from an in-person … [Read more...] about Non-Profit CORE Gets Support From Leadership Las Vegas Council to Launch Virtual “Career We Can” Series
Non-Profit CORE Welcomes Two New Members to Board of Trustees
With an unwavering commitment to empower, enrich and educate underserved children to lead choice-filled lives, non-profit CORE welcomes two new members to serve the organization on the CORE 2021 Board of Trustees: Jessica Battaglia, Vice President of Human Resources, Switch; and Bo Bernhard, Associate Vice President of Economic Development, UNLV. “We are so excited to … [Read more...] about Non-Profit CORE Welcomes Two New Members to Board of Trustees
Non-Profit CORE Treats 70 Scholars and Families to a Drive-Thru Holiday Express
Contactless Holiday Celebration Featured Distribution of Donated Food, New Clothing, Gifts, Treats, Santa on a Harley, and More With a mission to empower, enrich, and educate underserved children to lead choice filled lives, local non-profit CORE treated 70 of its scholars and their families to its first-ever Drive-Thru Holiday Express. Delivering heaps of holiday cheer … [Read more...] about Non-Profit CORE Treats 70 Scholars and Families to a Drive-Thru Holiday Express