Centennial Neighborhood News

VOLUNTEER SNOW HOSTS SOUGHT
FOR MOUNT CHARLESTON

The U.S. Forest Service is looking for volunteers to be snow hosts on Mount Charleston, providing roadside information about snow play opportunities and engaging visitors at those sites.

Snow hosts will help visitors have fun while reducing the impacts on the forest environment. Experience volunteering in a similar setting is a plus. Volunteers should be at least 18 years old and be able to work outdoors in the cold.

Volunteer hours will be on the weekends and holidays, and the average shifts range between three and six hours.

A minimum commitment of two shifts per month is required, and volunteers are needed until the end of March.

An orientation for interested volunteers is scheduled at 7 p.m. Dec. 3 and 18 at REI, 710 S. Rampart Blvd.

For more information, call Cody Dix at 702-515-5408 or visit gomtcharleston.com/volunteer.html.

FITNESS INSTRUCTORS WIN MEDALS
AT THE SENIOR OLYMPICS

Linda Blight, a fitness instructor at the Centennial Hills Active Adult Center, and her husband, Gerry Blight, recently competed in the Senior Olympics and won awards.

Linda Blight won silver medals for Nevada in the 100-meter and 200-meter freestyle swim in the 55-59 age group.

Gerry Blight won gold medals in the 55-59 age group in the javelin throw, the softball throw and the discus throw.

HOLIDAY CRAFTS AND COOKIES
PLANNED AT ACTIVE ADULT CENTER

Participants can make holiday crafts, share cookies and exchange recipes at 10 a.m. Dec. 5 at the Centennial Hills Active Adult Center, 6601 N. Buffalo Drive. The event costs $4. For more information, call 702-229-1702.

POTLUCK PLANNED DEC. 3

The Centennial Hills Active Adult Center, 6601 N. Buffalo Drive, plans a free potluck and tree trimming at 11:30 a.m. Dec. 3. For more information, call 702-229-1702.

CANNING CLASS SCHEDULED

The Centennial Hills Active Adult Center, 6601 N. Buffalo Drive, plans to host a canning class at 9 a.m. Dec. 7. The cost is $4. For more information, call 702-229-1702.

HOLIDAY LUNCH ON MENU DEC. 12
AT CENTENNIAL HILLS ACTIVE ADULT CENTER

The Centennial Hills Active Adult Center, 6601 N. Buffalo Drive, plans to host a holiday lunch, with holiday food, songs and decorations, at 11:30 a.m. Dec. 12. The event costs $8.

For more information, call 702-229-1702.

FREE SCRAPBOOKING AND CARD-MAKING
EVENT SET FOR DEC. 19

The Centennial Hills Active Adult Center, 6601 N. Buffalo Drive, plans to host a free scrapbooking and card-making event at 10 a.m. Dec. 19. For more information, call 702-229-1702.

WALKER TO Give FREE FURNITURE
TO RESIDENTS WHO NEED IT

Walker Furniture, in conjunction with HELP of Southern Nevada, is accepting nomination letters through Dec. 7 on behalf of Clark County residents in need.

The 19th annual Home for the Holidays event will give 28 families in need a houseful of furniture.

Letters can be mailed to Larry Alterwitz, CEO, Walker Furniture, 301 S. Martin Luther King Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 89106. Letters may also be faxed to 702-384-7772, hand-delivered, emailed to cnelson@walkerfurniture.com or submitted at walker
furniturehomefortheholidays.com.

TREE OF MEMORY HOLIDAY SERVICES
TO HONOR LOST LOVED ONES

Palm Mortuary is scheduled to host its 15th annual Tree of Memory Holiday Service in honor of lost loved ones.

All proceeds from the event will benefit the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health.

The non denominational service is set at three locations: Palm Boulder Highway, 800 S. Boulder Highway, on Dec. 3; Palm Eastern, 7600 S. Eastern Ave., on Dec. 4; and Palm Northwest, 6701 N. Jones Blvd., on Dec. 6.

Programs are set to begin at 7 p.m. and will conclude with a tree-lighting ceremony, in which guests may hang their ornaments on the Trees of Memory.

For more information, call 702-464-8300 or visit palmmortuary.com.

APPLICANTS SOUGHT FOR ADVISORY BOARDS

Clark County is seeking residents of unincorporated towns to serve on town advisory boards and citizens advisory councils. Applicants for the two-year volunteer position are sought for Enterprise, Mount Charleston, Paradise, Spring Valley, Sunrise Manor, Whitney, Winchester and Lone Mountain.

The panels conduct public meetings at least once a month to discuss and make recommendations on long-term planning, zoning changes, public works projects, county programs and ordinances that may affect their towns.

Applicants must be eligible to vote and live within the area they wish to represent and attend annual training. Applications are available at clarkcountynv.gov and are due by Dec. 7.

IMPACT LAS VEGAS SEEKS 100 WOMEN
TO JOIN NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION

Impact Las Vegas, a new Southern Nevada nonprofit group, is seeking 100 women who are motivated to make a difference in the community to join the organization by the end of the year.

Impact Las Vegas consists of women who donate $1,000 each year by Dec. 31. Donations are pooled from a minimum of 100 members to fund an annual $100,000 grant to a Southern Nevada nonprofit organization in one of five focus areas: culture, education, environment, family or health and wellness.

Once the minimum 100-member threshold is reached, 100 percent of member donations are returned to the community in the form of a grant. In June 2013, Impact Las Vegas members will vote to determine the recipient(s) for that year.

For more information or to become a member, visit impact-lv.org or email info@impact-lv.org.