The first half of 2018 saw Aegis Cares, the community involvement arm of Aegis Learning, grow support and contributions in a number of areas.  The highlights include:

Las Vegas Rescue Mission:

• Assisted with five dinner and lunch services
• 105 volunteer hours donated and over 500 residents fed
• Conducted 2 bottles water collections
• 103 cases of water collected and distributed
• Conducted one clothing drive: 17 large bags of clothing collected and distributed

Hope for Prisoners

• Donated 30 hours of leadership development training to the office team
• Donated success skills programs with those transitioning out of prison at three different campuses
• Spoke at mentor rally about communication effectiveness

Big thanks to Polly Walker for coordinating our Aegis Cares events and campaigns.  

As we continue to live our purpose and give back as much as we can, we invite you to join us.

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Words in a mission statement are easy to write.  

Core values are easy to craft.

What is harder is to live by those values and words and Aegis Cares is doing just that.

We have begun the year by working with and supporting the Las Vegas Rescue Mission, Special Olympics and the American Lung Association.  In March and April, we have two service events planned and hope you can join us as we help our communities.

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Our most important core value is to help the communities we serve and the world be a bit better place.

Through the hard work of many volunteers and our coordinator, Polly Walker, Aegis Cares supported:

• Las Vegas Rescue Mission-Support for Homelessness
  Conducted a clothing drive, food drive, Thanksgiving meal fundraiser and provided three meal services to residents and community members.
• Opportunity Village-Support for Intellectual Disability
  Provided an inspiration tree for the holiday fundraiser, Magical Forest
• Compassion International-Support of Children
  Provided direct aid through sponsorship for 3 children in South America and Africa.
• Direct Aid
  Gave in excess of $12,000.00 to the organizations above and others during 2017.
• Support of Youth
  Contributed time and talents to Rotary International, Faith Lutheran Junior and Senior High School and Green Valley High School.

Thank you for your support, volunteering and contributions. We look forward to an even more committed 2018.

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Aegis Cares was able to complete two projects this week with impact on our community.

A donation to the Las Vegas Rescue Mission with matching donations from Aegis Learning was delivered that will assist in feeding the homeless population during the holiday season.  The Las Vegas Rescue Mission serves both resident and non-resident homeless and poverty level near-homeless people in the Las Vegas valley by providing basic needs and long-term assistance in substance abuse recovery and life skills.

For the third consecutive year, the team at Aegis Learning is also supporting Opportunity Village by creating a tree for their Magical Forest event.  Opportunity Village consistently is rated the most admired charitable support organization in Las Vegas and provides job and life services to developmentally disadvantaged people.  

Thank you to all the Aegis Cares volunteers and supporters and a big thank you to Polly Walker from Aegis Learning for coordinating these giving events.  

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