Holiday Crawl to benefit Holiday with a Hero
Submitted by editor on Mon, 11/09/2015 - 11:23am
The Holiday with a Hero committee is sponsoring a Holiday Crawl — a festive pub crawl through downtown bars — to raise money for the annual shopping spree for children who classify as homeless in Carson City.
Event Date:
December 5, 2015 - 6:00pm
“Because of funding we’ve had to cut back on the number of kids we’ve served in the past few years,” said Carson City Sheriff’s Sgt. Daniel Gonzales, who serves on the committee. “We’re trying to get more kids served.”
Gonzales was a founding member the program 11 years ago where children are paired with a cop, firefighter, serviceman or other volunteer to spend $100 on Christmas gifts at Walmart for themselves and their families. He said the first year 55 students qualified for the program. Over the years, it has grown to nearly 300 children in the Carson City School District’s McKinney-Vento Students in Transition program.
Children who qualify for the program live in motels, cars, campgrounds, grandparents or double up with other families.
“If it wasn’t for Holiday with a Hero, these kids would not have a Christmas,” said Peggy Sweetland, director of Students in Transition.
As the number of students who qualify for the program has increases, Gonzales said, the range being served has decreased.
“We started with all kids, K-12,” he said. “Then we went to K-8. Now, we serve kids in the first through fifth grades.”
That comes out to 187 kids so far this year, Sweetland said.
The crawl will be 6 to 11 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 5 in downtown Carson City. The square of streets from Proctor to Plaza and Telegraph to Curry will be closed with bands performing on each corner.
Booths will be available for businesses outside that perimeter that would still like to participate.
Tickets will be $20. Participants will receive a cup and wristband. The first drink will be free, then discounted drinks and food will be available at participating bars and restaurants.
Gonzales is hoping to raise at least $20,000 through the Holiday Crawl for the Dec. 16 shopping spree, with any excess going back to the Students in Transition program to buy gifts for the older children.
“That would take care of everything,” Gonzales said.
Tickets are available at the Carson City Visitors Bureau, 716 N. Carson St., or online at visitcarsoncity.com.
If you go WHAT: Holiday Crawl
WHEN: 6 to 11 p.m. Dec. 5
WHERE: Downtown Carson City
TICKETS: $20; Get them at the Carson City Visitors Bureau, 716 N. Carson St., online at visitcarsoncity.com or during the Nevada Day parade Saturday on the east corner of Robinson and Carson streets.
You can help Donations to Holiday with a Hero may be mailed or dropped off at the Carson City Sheriff’s Office, 911 E. Musser St.; Carson City School District’s McKinney-Vento Students in Transition office, 604 W. Musser St.; or at Bank of the West.
Checks should be made payable to Holiday with a Hero.
See the flier below.
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