Non-profit Friends, Powered by Volunteers, Makes Strides Against

Grab Hold! Non-profit Friends, Powered by Volunteers, Makes Strid...
https://ui.constantcontact.com/rnavmap/email/action/print?agentId=...
NEWSLETTER * Vol 3 No. 4 * Please Consider Giving Today!
IN THIS ISSUE
Volunteer Groups
Need a Speaker?
View RJ Video
Friends Makes a Difference
About Our Hood
Good Nutrition Served
BY THE NUMBERS
Friends continues to
bridge the hunger gap
- Following are
statistics for the 1st
Quarter 2016.
If a picture is worth a
thousand words,
what's a video worth?
Find out by watching this
compelling video about Friends as
it appeared in the Las Vegas
Review Journal, VIEW section on
March 31, 2016. The article is
titled, Nonprofit serves homeless,
low-income residents with
restaurant-style experience
Served 6,723 Hot
Meals (by 824
volunteers)
Additionally,
1,120 sack
lunches were
1 of 5
CLICK TO VIEW VIDEO
4/28/16, 3:51 PM
Grab Hold! Non-profit Friends, Powered by Volunteers, Makes Strid...
https://ui.constantcontact.com/rnavmap/email/action/print?agentId=...
distributed
Volunteer Groups
Friends has been
encouraged and
supported by many
volunteer groups.
These are a few new
names:
Community Baptist,
St Francis of Assisi,
The Faux Law Group,
Lickity Split Bakery
(from Blanding, UT),
Everest College
Henderson and
Taylor Butwinick of
Coronado High
School Student
Council.
Speaker Bureau
If anyone is interested in
having a Friend's Board
Member come to speak at
a luncheon, dinner,
meeting, etc. Please
contact: Donna Coleman
-702-450-7450
DonnaLColeman@aol.com
A provocative quote...
To leave the world a bit
better ...
2 of 5
FRIENDS MAKING A
DIFFERENCE
The Friends Initiative to facilitate furniture
donations in conjunction with Help of
Southern Nevada is making a difference!
Over 30 families have already been
housed through this program since
mid-December. Our efforts continue,
including the collection of donated
furniture and household items that are
required to make the housing fully
functional for each family. For more
details or to discuss household goods or
furniture donations, contact: Donna
Coleman, phone number 702-450-7450
or email donnalcoleman@aol.com
PROGRAM SUMMARY: FRIENDS is assisting
Help of Southern Nevada ("HELP") by finding
furniture donations for needful families. Through
this program, the assisted families are required to
pay 30% of the rent and HELP will pay 70%. The
families are being housed in Henderson and the
housing must be functionally furnished to qualify.
Included among the 30 families already housed
through this program are current and prior dining
guests of Friends.
About Our HOOD...
4/28/16, 3:51 PM
Grab Hold! Non-profit Friends, Powered by Volunteers, Makes Strid...
to know that one life has
breathed easier because
you have lived.
This is to have succeeded.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Contribute Today
Friends is a 501 (c) 3
organization which means
your donation is tax
deductible.
CLICK BELOW TO MAKE A
DONATION
https://ui.constantcontact.com/rnavmap/email/action/print?agentId=...
Friends takes a walk and
meets some great neighbors
like Paul Christiance at Coo
Coo's Gourmet Coffee Café.
Paul Christiance is the owner and operator of
Coo Coo's Gourmet Coffee Café, 19 West Pacific
Ave in Henderson. Paul was born in
Philadelphia and came to Nevada in 1990. He is
married and enjoys traveling when he is not
working. Due to his wife's roots, he has been to
China and Thailand several times.
Newsletter Archive
Friends in the Desert
43 W.Pacific Ave.
Henderson, Nevada 89015
(702) 565-8742
SEND US AN eMAIL
The name Coo Coo's came from the original Coo
Coo's Nest Beauty Salon. Besides doing hair the
owner sold coffee and smoothies. When Paul
took over the café 15 years ago, there was a
bookstore next door. Recently, when the
bookstore closed, Paul took over that space and
expanded his business. He now employs 8
people, and business is booming. Paul is most
proud of his very loyal customers, who frequent
Coo Coo's regularly. Paul selected Henderson
due to its small town ambience. Prior to being an
owner, Paul got his sandwich shop experience
from when he worked for Dagwood's and Chatter
Box.
Paul boasts a big catering business. Available
also is online ordering at CooCooscafe.com and
delivery service (702 568-5069). Breakfast is
3 of 5
4/28/16, 3:51 PM
Grab Hold! Non-profit Friends, Powered by Volunteers, Makes Strid...
https://ui.constantcontact.com/rnavmap/email/action/print?agentId=...
served at 6am Monday thru Friday and at 6:30 on
Saturdays. Coo Coo's serves a Sunrise melt that
comes highly recommended. For lunch,
sandwiches and wraps are wonderful. Just a
note: I order a wrap with turkey, ham and
American cheese; it drives me Coo Coo because
it is so big and sooooo yummy. It comes with a
side and a cookie. Don't forget to get a smoothie
or even the famous Funky Monkey Frappe.
Friends In The Desert Foundation, Inc. would like
to congratulate Paul on his 15 years in
Henderson and thank him for being our neighbor.
"We keep them on their
feet, till they can get back
on their feet"
Muriel Dufendach, Operations Manager
Please LIKE us on
Facebook and
forward this
Newsletter to
those who may be
interested
Dan McElhattan (March 2016)
Friends Trustee Dan McElhattan is also actively
participating with City and community leaders as
a member of the Henderson Homeless
Community Partners.
Friends guests are focusing
on nutrition and health by
taking advantage of:
Generous and innovative community
health services offered by the
following, CLICK each Logo for more
information:
Searchlight Healthcare with a clinic
located at 98 E. Lake Mead Parkway,
Suite 305
CLICK the forward link
below
Touro University affiliated healthcare
providers delivering onsite services at
Friends. Touro University Nevada is
4 of 5
4/28/16, 3:51 PM
Grab Hold! Non-profit Friends, Powered by Volunteers, Makes Strid...
https://ui.constantcontact.com/rnavmap/email/action/print?agentId=...
located at 874 American Pacific Dr,
Henderson.
Nurses providing onsite services from
Everest College Henderson. Everest
College Henderson is located at 70 N.
Stephanie Street, Henderson.
Fresh produce donations from a
community oriented grocer, the
Albertsons at Taylor Plaza Shopping
Center, 190 North Boulder Highway
(Boulder & Lake Mead).
Friends in the Desert Foundation | 43 W. Pacific Avenue | Henderson | NV | 89015
5 of 5
4/28/16, 3:51 PM