Winning Spirit Magazine March-April 2020 | Page 12

LHM Volkswagen Tucson employees gathered around to proudly present a donation to Bald Beauties Project to further its mission in helping teens facing cancer look and feel their best. LHM Charities Donations for January, February, and March 2020 ARIZONA U.S. Vets – Phoenix Society of St. Vincent de Paul Phoenix WHAM Art Association Bald Beauties Project Central Arizona Shelter Services (CASS) Helen’s Hope Chest New Life Center Save the Family of Arizona COLORADO Denver Dumb Friends League IDAHO Junior Achievement of Idaho Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) UTAH Shelter the Homeless Utah Assoc. for the Edu. of Young Children Five.12 Foundation NeighborWorks Salt Lake Kane Education Foundation Autism Council of Utah Summit Land Conservancy Boys & Girls Clubs of Weber-Davis 10 LHM Winning Spirit March/April 2020 Your “Give Us 5” Donations at Work A Glance at LHM Charities at Work in January, February, and March L arry H. Miller (LHM) Charities donates toward 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations that focus on assisting women and children who live in the communities where LHM Group companies are based. Emphasis is placed on funding programs that address the issues of health and education. More than $150,000 has been contributed in recent months. In Arizona, a grant to Bald Beauties Project in Tucson is helping teens facing cancer. Donations granted in Phoenix are feeding the hungry at St. Vincent de Paul and providing mental health services to female veterans via U.S. Vets – Phoenix. Youth transitioning out of foster care are receiving support services from Helen’s Hope Chest, and homeless children are benefiting from early childhood development programs provided by Central Arizona Shelter Services (CASS). Funding is also aiding domestic violence victims at New Life Center and supporting a Save the Family Arizona program that teaches homeless families how to overcome poverty. A grant to Denver Dumb Friends League is assisting a bullying prevention program that uses animals to teach Colorado students compassion and respect. A donation to Junior Achievement Idaho is educating Boise students about financial literacy and entrepreneurship, while funding contributed to MDA is helping Idaho kids with muscular dystrophy attend summer camp. In Utah, a contribution to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Weber-Davis is supporting an after- school program at Odyssey Elementary School, where 100 percent of students qualify for free lunch and 41 percent are learning to speak English. A donation to Five.12 Foundation is providing hungry children with food on weekends, and funding given to NeighborWorks Salt Lake is enabling at-risk youth to access employment and life skills training. Summit Land Conservancy received a grant for its Kids Outdoors program, which helps underprivileged children get outside and connect with nature. Support was also provided to the Utah Association for the Education of Young Children and the Kane Education Foundation. Employee donations to LHM Charities play a vital role in enriching the communities where we work and live. Through your support of Give Us Five, you are making a difference. ◆