Greener Vegas, a 501(c) 3 Public Charity was named as the designated charity for INTERBIKE and received many wonderful donations. On Monday morning after the show, we had the pleasure of delivering 14 cases of Ice Cold SILK soymilk to the Ruby Thomas Parent Center. It was gratefully received and went in many directions in the community. We would like to thank all the vendors for their generosity and support of our programs. It is a goal of every nonprofit to reach a large targeted audience, Greener Vegas’ target is the community of Las Vegas. The donations from INTERBIKE will allow us to reach into the community and introduce the Greener Vegas’ Repurpose AMERICA Program in a very positive light. Thank you to the Interbike Association and the many exhibitors who donated items to us. We are working on creating a couple of contests that we will present to the community so that we can spread the goodies around. We will keep you advised of the progress and results.

On Friday July 31, Greener Vegas donated 1200 sq ft of carpet and pad to Habitat’s latest Las Vegas house. The carpet was originally used at a recent convention and with the impending move of the Freeman, Cheyenne warehouse was slated for the landfill. As part of Greener Vegas’ continuing efforts to help Freeman make the “greenest” move possible, Cynthia Stimple-Chief Operating Officer for GV reached out to Roger Cooper, Project Manager for Habitat for Humanity; to see if they would have use for this very nice grey carpet. Our timing was perfect as Habitat was just putting the last coat of paint on the house. The carpet is scheduled to be installed mid August.

Habitat for Humanity Las Vegas, Inc. is a non-profit Christian housing ministry organization that builds simple, decent, affordable houses with the help of countless people donating time, materials and funds. Each home is sold – at no profit through a 0% interest mortgage – to local working families who other wise might be forced to live in substandard housing. These families contribute “Sweat Equity” aiding in the labor and construction of their own home and the homes of other Habitat families. Through this unique partnership, Habitat for Humanity Las Vegas offers a hand up, not a hand out.
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Greener Vegas is happy to acknowledge that through the cooperation and support of Freeman and their exhibitors these easily repurposed materials will help make a house a home and will be used and enjoyed for many years to come. We would like to commend Freeman for seeking out more environmentally friendly and socially conscious alternatives to eliminating surplus materials. 

Thank You Freeman!

Participating stores and restaurants will prominently display Greener Vegas drop bins for depositing donations to the program. While the focus of the program is primarily copy paper, all donations of school supplies will be gladly accepted.

Last year’s program began in November 2008, when at the end of a convention, Greener Vegas caught 14 cases of copy paper destined for the landfill and donated them to a local school. This spurred the idea that many in the businesses community might be looking for a way to help with the economic challenges that the Clark County School District was facing. A challenge was issued by Greener Vegas for businesses and individuals to contribute to the program, and so the first “Paper for the Schools” Program collected 40 cases of copy paper and 140 rolls of art paper, and then redistributed the paper to over 28 schools and community programs.

This year CVS stores and Jason’s Delis will provide drop off locations for the public to contribute individual donations.
Jennifer Hilderbrand, District #6 store manager for CVS Stores contacted Greener Vegas with an interest in participating in the 2nd Annual “Paper for the Schools” Program. The program at CVS will start with the ‘Back to School Sales’ August 1st and run through September 30. The public is encouraged to support the “Paper for the Schools” Program while doing their own shopping with a simple donation to the education of the children in our community. “At CVS we aren’t just a business in the community we are a part of the community and as such we want to support efforts that make a difference”.
Genie Huff, Director of Marketing and Catering for Jason’s Delis, also contacted Greener Vegas. Jason’s had made a donation to our program last year, and this year wanted to do even more. All five Jason’s locations will have a drop box available for your donations from July 27th - August 20th.
Businesses interested in participating in the “Paper for the Schools” Program can contact Greener Vegas directly through their website www.greenervegas.org or call Cynthia Stimple at 702.431.8037.

This program is open to all donations of school supplies, copy paper, art paper.
We will also accept letterhead or logo paper from businesses that have had address changes or have closed. For more information see www.greenervegas.org/paper_2009.php

Cleared and repurposed! What's next?

lots of life left in this crate

In our continuing efforts to help facilitate the “greenest” possible move from the Freeman Cheyenne warehouse to its new location in Mojave Arizona, Greener Vegas has just finished clearing and empting 53 crates left from DTS Coast Management. The crates, filled with various materials left from an RV and Boat tradeshow sometime ago were destined for the landfill. The crates alone were a thing of beauty as they were all either made out of ¾” birch plywood or all one size with steel reinforced rails. Not materials that should be casually sent to the landfill as there is life left in their usefulness. And so, Greener Vegas worked with David Phillipi at the North West Career and Technical Academy to repurpose not only some of the materials; shelving and gridwalls, but also 14 of the crates. This was an enormous task as the metal shelving is very heavy and the crates huge, more than 7’ long. The gridwall is going into a store at the school that the students are designing and the crates will be used in various building projects throughout the school year. Ahern rentals partnered with Greener Vegas by delivering and donating the use of a 6’ tine forklift to facilitate the move.
Five of the birch crates, which were built like workshop storage cabinets, complete with special security locking systems, went to Mojave High School, where they will serve their purpose for many years to come.
Greener Vegas wishes to thank DTS Coast, Freeman and Ahern Rentals for working with us to make a difference with the environment and the community. As a 501(c)3 public charity we are dependent on your cooperation and support. We are happy to work with companies who practice Social Corporate Responsibility. Thank you.

Peaceful planning, Labyrinth Works!

The summer session at University of Nevada, Las Vegas offered students majoring in Hotel Management a month long program on event planning. The culmination of the session was held on Monday June 29, at The Springs Preserve when the students, led by Tetsu Sato presented the seminar-Peaceful Xeriscape - The Path of Labyrinth. Lectures were presented by horticulturist; Linn Mills and UNLV Professor Gael D Hancock.
For over 4,000 years labyrinths have been found in cultures throughout the globe and are used for reflection, stress relief and meditation. The workshop presented historical and creative ways to develop a personal labyrinth design that included using water conservation, desert adapted plants, and the layout and design of the labyrinth itself.
Attendees were greeted with welcome signs created using repurposed foam core board provided by Greener Vegas, who also supplied pens, paper, name badges and cups for the event. Tetsu Sato contacted GV for a few simple supplies that allowed a ‘professional and organized presentation at the seminar’. “We were happy to work with Greener Vegas as a focus of our green conservation efforts in our presentation. The supplies were very helpful. I hope that Greener Vegas will receive positive recognition as a result of working with our class.”
Our thanks to our partners; both business and convention partners, who send small and LARGE amounts of office supplies our way. They are always put to good use.
For more information on this event contact Tetsu Sato Hotel Management Major, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Supplies were provided by Greener Vegas’ Repurpose AMERICA Program

Thanks Skip for including Greener Vegas. It was a terrific event.

One of the things that Greener Vegas has been able to repurpose from this massive house cleaning is a very large stage complete with walls, stairs and runway. The stage had been stored for years and rather than see it go to the local landfill, Cynthia Stimple, COO for Greener Vegas worked diligently to find a suitable new home for this wonderful, well built stage. We are happy to announce that GV successfully delivered the stage to Mojave High School on Monday, June 15.
Greener Vegas has been working with the Clark County School District, Project Facilitator for Theater and Dance, Gary Sessa to get the word out to teachers about the resources that Greener Vegas is working to repurpose. Michael Tucker, Director of Instrumental Music at Mojave had worked with GV before and thought that the stage would be a perfect fit for the needs at the school. Principal Charity Barnado, and Vice Principal Vaida Henniger were onsite to take procession of the stage donation.
Greener Vegas wishes to thank Brenda Jones and her crew at Freeman for the opportunity to work with them to repurpose these valuable resources and for all the assistance that was needed for the load out.(three forklifts) A special thank you once again goes to the team at Ahern Rentals for the donated delivery and use of a forklift to move this massive stage.
Greener Vegas is dependent on the help of the business community to accomplish its goal of repurposing such valuable materials from the convention industry into the Las Vegas community.
Thanks to Freeman and Ahern Rentals for another Greener Vegas Win-Win in the Las Vegas Community!

Ahern delivers!

Celebrating our new warehouse location

Greener Vegas received the keys to their new warehouse located at the West One Business Center #4- 3350 W Ali Baba Lane 89118. Before we could even open the door, Walter of Ahern Rentals was delivering a forklift to help us move into our new facility.
Ahern has supported Greener Vegas with the use of a forklift to deliver repurpose materials to NW Career and Technical Academy, and will be lending a forklift for the delivery of a stage to Mojave High School. Greener Vegas is a 501(c) 3 charity that works to repurpose materials from the convention industry into the community and schools. The stage was left after a convention and was destined for the landfill. Greener Vegas has been working on finding a home for this stage and will be delivering it to Mojave High School on Monday June 15.
Greener Vegas sends a personal thanks to Dan, Dean, Walter and the great team at Ahern Rentals. Without your participation these donations would not have been possible.
Thank you Ahern Rentals for your commitment to community, corporate social responsibility and for partnering with Greener Vegas on these endeavors.