True to the bank’s core value of Community, Nevada State Bank colleagues were busy with volunteer activities across Nevada this spring. April was an especially busy month, as nonprofit groups throughout the state celebrated the spring weather with outdoor fundraising events, as well as projects to help their communities and their neighbors.
During the pandemic, in-person volunteer activities were limited, so NSB colleagues welcomed the chance to get out and show their community spirit. Here is just a brief rundown of some of the volunteer activities that took place in April.
April 22: Las Vegas colleagues assisted at the Green Our Planet Giant Student Farmers Market at Downtown Summerlin in Las Vegas. At the annual Farmers Market, students sell produce they’ve grown at their schools, which teaches them important financial lessons, including how to run a business, price goods, keep track of money, and more.
April 23: Reno and Carson City colleagues teamed up to support the Reno Rodeo Foundation by working the concession stand during the Reno Aces baseball game. NSB also donated money to the foundation through a grant for the Washoe County Court Reading Rooms, which provide a safe place for kids to wait during court appearances.
April 23: Southern Nevada colleagues participated in the Children’s Heart Foundation’s “Walk With the Heart of a Child” to raise funds for children born with heart defects. (See accompanying photo.)
April 23: For Community Service Day in Elko, NSB’s Colleague Engagement Team (CET) arranged for bank volunteers to participate in the City of Elko’s annual Take Pride, Green-up, Clean-up Day. Bank colleagues, plus friends and family members, pulled weeds from the Horizon Hospice Memorial Rose Gardens at Elko’s Main City Park. Sarah Stevenson, AVP/Branch Manager of NSB’s Spring Creek branch, said, “Being a small rural community, there aren’t many opportunities to volunteer as a group, so we were happy to participate. The kids really liked it, and it’s very important to teach children about volunteering and about caring for their community.”
April 23: A team from NSB joined in the Make-A-Wish Foundation’s Walk for Wishes in Las Vegas. Funds raised by Walk For Wishes events support the organization’s mission of granting the wishes of children who have been diagnosed with a life-threatening medical condition.
April 30: The Private Bank by Nevada State Bank was a sponsor of the 18th Annual Runnin' for the House 5K Run and 1M Fun Walk at Floyd Lamb State Park. A team from NSB participated in the fundraising event to benefit Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Las Vegas in its mission of providing a temporary “home away from home” for families who travel to Las Vegas so their child can receive critical medical care.
April 30: The CET Community Service Day in Southern Nevada featured a partnership with Rebuilding Together Southern Nevada, which provides critical home repairs to low-income seniors, veterans, and persons with disabilities. NSB adopted a home in Henderson where 36 colleagues, friends and family members came together to help an 89-year-old widow by painting the exterior of her house and cleaning up the yard.
Nevada State Bank CEO Terry Shirey, EVP Craig Kirkland and other members of the bank’s Executive Management Committee joined in the work of painting, pulling weeds, trimming overgrown bushes and trees, and taking down a broken-down shed. Because the house belonged to a military family, they took down an old, tattered flag that was hanging on the garage, installed a new flagpole bracket, and hung a new flag.
“This project was a great demonstration of the bank’s core value of Community,” said Kirkland. “The best part of the experience for me was knowing that we were helping a person who really needed it and seeing the smile on her face when her house and yard were transformed. It was also a chance for the volunteers to see a different side of the people we work with every day and to get to know each other better.”
April 30: On the same day in Reno, CET’s Community Service Day saw colleagues partnering with Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful (KTMB), a non-profit organization dedicated to creating a cleaner, more beautiful region. The bank’s team joined in the KTMB Great Community Cleanup, helping clean up Bicentennial Park in downtown Reno by pulling weeds and picking up trash. They also planted bushes native to northern Nevada.
“Characteristic of our organization, our colleagues organized quickly and utilized their gardening skills to clean, weed, and plant along a section of the Truckee River, beautifying the area for others to enjoy,” said EVP Rick Thomas, NSB’s Northern Nevada Executive. “Our colleagues and their friends who participated in the Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful project represented and demonstrated Nevada State Bank’s commitment to community service.”
NSB’s Colleague Engagement Team continues to coordinate volunteer opportunities in the communities where the bank has offices. For more information, please visit the bank’s Community Involvement page.