The fifth annual Danny Gans Run for Children’s Charities and Champions Run for Life will be held Saturday, October 20th 2007, at Boca Park in Summerlin. The Run is a collaborative partnership with the Nevada Childhood Cancer Foundation (www.nvccf.org), the Lili Claire Foundation (www.liliclairefoundation.org), and the Make A Wish Foundation (www.wish.org). Together, the three Foundations will raise money to benefit the children of our community as well as children around the world. It will be another extraordinary event this year. To register online go to www.Active.com or for further information please call (702) 480-1917.

The Annual Danny Gans Partee Fore Kids Golf Tournament which will be held October 28 and 29, 2007 at Anthem Country Club. Please call (702) 433-0626 ext. 207 for information or visit www.parteeforekids.org. The tournament benefits The First Tee of Southern Nevada, and the Danny Gans Junior Golf Academy, the leading youth golf organization which enriches lives and develops better citizens, ensures that participants learn the fundamentals of golf and its inherent values by providing accessible, affordable golf experiences, including the life skills curriculum-based “Golf Fore Kids” Development Program, the “SNJGA Tour” Competitive Tournament Program for Higher Education.

Danny Gans performs a charity every year to benefit the funding of his Danny Gans Junior Golf Academy, where kids ages 6 – 17 learn to play golf for $10. Located at the Callaway Golf Center, equipment and lessons are provided for each student. Call (702) 433-0626 for information or www.snga.org, space is limited.

On February 15, 2008, Danny will perform a “Concert of Love” to benefit Opportunity Village. Danny’s concerts have raised over $200,000. Opportunity Village is a not-for-profit organization that serves people with intellectual disabilities by providing them with vocational training, employment and social recreation services that make their lives more productive and interesting. Through Opportunity Village’s programs and services, hundred of people with disabilities are learning vocational skills and being places in jobs throughout the community. For more information please call (702) 880-4000 or visit their website at www.opportunityvillage.org.

The Lili Claire Foundation was established to inspire a new awareness of Williams Syndrome and other neurogenetic disorders and to enhance the lives of children living with neurogenetic birth defects. Over $250,000 was raised to build The Lili Claire Family Resource Center in Las Vegas. Call (702) 862-8141 to volunteer or make a donation, or visit the website at (www.liliclairefoundation.org).

The Nevada Childhood Cancer Foundation works side by side with the medical community to provide social, emotional, education and psychological support services to families of ALL children who are diagnosed with a life threatening or critical illness such as Cancer, HIV/AIDS, Sickle Cell and other immunological diseases. For more information please call (702) 735-8434 or visit their website at www.nvccf.org.

The Las Vegas Rescue Mission has been serving the Las Vegas Valley’s most needy for more than 35 years. Every day they provide more than 400 hot meals, 100 warm beds and dozens of items of clothing. The Mission also provides an addiction recovery program to people who are serious about changing their lives and have no where else to turn. For more information please call (702) 382-1766 or visit their website at www.vegasrescue.org.

The Second Chance Foundation of Nevada’s mission is to expand organ and tissue transplantation in Nevada, to increase the number of Nevadans who are registered as organ and tissue donors and to provide support services to Nevada organ and tissue transplant patients. For more information please call (702) 369-5876 or visit their website at www.secondchancefdn.org.

United Blood Services exists to make a difference in people’s lives by bringing together the best people, inspiring individuals to donate blood, producing a safe and ample blood supply, advancing cutting-edge research and embracing continuous quality improvement. For more information, or to set up an appointment to donate blood call (702) 233-9620 or visit their website at www.unitedbloodservices.org.

I'm A Kid Foundation was founded to help children that are suffering from medicinal hair loss from such conditions as alopecia, cancer and AIDS. For more information visit www.ImAKid.org or call (702)269-5437.