Meals for health care workers, homeless
Unitedhealth, Big Chicken fill need
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, individuals, families and businesses in Las Vegas are stepping up to offer relief to people in the community who are in need of food, services and support. Here are stories about people who are leading with kindness and proving the community is #Vegasstrong. Offers are valid at the time of posting and may change.
Free meals for health care workers
Big Chicken, 4480 Paradise Road, is offering free meals to health care workers through Sunday. Orders can be placed in person or online at bigchicken.com/healthcareappreciation-week. The restaurant is open for takeout and delivery from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. A hospital ID is required.
Company to help feed homeless
Local Unitedhealth Group companies will provide healthy meals to the homeless in a community partnership with the city of Las Vegas and Clark County.
Compass Group food service workers from Health Plan of Nevada, Southwest Medical Associates and Optumcare will prepare 10,500 bagged meals a week to be distributed to the Cashman Isolation-quarantine give them exposure in the local market. There has been increased activity in the site with people interested in taking music lessons and learning to play instruments while at home.
Lessons can be done through video conferencing technology, and Worley noted all of his lessons are done online.
Donors bring kits to CCSD students
The Public Education Foundation, Spread the Word Nevada and Communities in Schools of Nevada teamed up with community donors to deliver 10,000 kits to Clark County School District students on Monday.
As part of the Direct Care to Kids, students at high-poverty schools throughout Southern Nevada received books, educational materials and hygiene products. Sands Cares donated the hygiene items, and Cox Communications and Siegel Suites donated bags. Spread the Word Nevada supplied the books for all reading levels, and the PEF gave school supplies and workbooks.
The kits were assembled by volunteers and delivered by AT&T in-home technicians and through community drop-offs.
Submit more stories of kindness to Madelon Hynes at mrhynes@ reviewjournal.com or to Janna Karel at jkarel@reviewjournal or on Twitter and Instagram @jannainprogress.