2024
Northern Nevada Wildfire Relief: The Foundation’s Reno office coordinated an office fundraiser to provide drinks and non-perishable snacks to first responders from the Reno Fire Department and Truckee Meadows Fire & Rescue battling the Northern Nevada Davis fire. The first responders continue to work hard to stamp out this very dynamic fire. In two days, generous donations from Holland & Hart attorneys and business professionals totaled $700. Volunteers purchased and delivered the items to Fire Station No. 3 in Reno, which will be shared with both the Reno Fire Department and Truckee Meadows Fire & Rescue to support their continued fire suppression efforts.
Communities in Schools of Western Nevada “Fill the Bus” Program: The Foundation’s Reno office proudly supported Communities in Schools (CIS) of Western Nevada’s 8th Annual “Fill the Bus” school supply drive in July as a partner drop-off location. An annual event in the Reno office, our volunteers collected over $500 worth of supplies. Supplies included pencils, pens, markers, pencil bags, backpacks, and other high-priority items to help local students prepare for the upcoming academic year. The “Fill The Bus” event aims to support over 10,000 students within the Washoe County School District, ensuring students have the necessary tools to succeed in their education.
Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful – Barbara Bennett Park Cleanup: The Foundation’s Reno office partnered with Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful (KTMB) again this year to support the local community by participating in a cleanup event at Barbara Bennett Park in downtown Reno. The team of volunteers worked together and collected close to 60 pounds of plastics, micro-trash, and other litter left at the park. KTMB is a nonprofit dedicated to creating a more sustainable and beautiful region through waste reduction, education, and active community involvement.
2023
Winter Clothing Drive with Washoe County Senior Services Division: The Northern Nevada Foundation team was proud to partner with the Washoe County Human Services Agency’s Senior Services Division this holiday season by hosting a winter clothing drive. Volunteers collected and donated two large bins of new and gently used jackets, sweatshirts, gloves, hats, scarves, and blankets for local community seniors in need. The Senior Services Division helps to provide a variety of direct and indirect support and services to meet the needs of older adults and those who care for them.
Annual Holiday Food Bank of Northern Nevada Drive and Raffle: The Northern Nevada Holland & Hart Foundation committee held a holiday raffle and food drive in December to benefit the Food Bank of Northern Nevada (Food Bank), which helps serve more than 140,000 community neighbors in need each month. The event provided a festive and fun way for the office to gather and support a good cause in our community. The monetary gifts donated were a vital contribution towards the Food Bank’s food programs and distribution services. The Foundation was proud to support the Food Bank with $400 raised through the event, an amount that provided 1,200 meals!
Sparks Marina Cleanup with Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful: The Holland & Hart Northern Nevada Foundation partnered with Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful (KTMB) to celebrate the Foundation’s 25th Anniversary. To support the local community, members participated in a litter cleanup event at Sparks Marina. Covering the entire two-mile circumference of the marina around the lake, volunteers equipped with gloves, trash grabbers, bags, and buckets, worked together to collect the trash left behind along the shorelines, playground area, and near the interstate.
7th Annual Communities in Schools “Fill the Bus” Program: The Holland & Hart Foundation’s Reno office proudly supported Communities in Schools (CIS) of Western Nevada’s annual “Fill the Bus” school supply drive again this year. Office volunteers collected two large bins full of priority supplies needed for students as they return to school and during the upcoming academic year. The school supply drive supports nearly 9,000 students at 13 Washoe County schools.
Boys & Girls Club of Truckee Meadows Clothing Drive: The Reno office volunteers supported the Boys & Girls Club of Truckee Meadows this spring by donating new socks, gloves, and underwear for children ages 6-19 years. The Boys & Girls Club of Truckee Meadows is dedicated to improving the lives of local youth so they may become a productive part of society. The Boys & Girls Club serves nearly 13,000 kids annually at 40+ sites throughout Northern Nevada and provides a safe place for youth, caring mentors, and life-enhancing programs.
2022
U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots: This year for the holiday project, the Foundation’s Reno office was proud to support the Washoe County Chapter of U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program (“Toys for Tots”). Volunteers purchased and donated new toys and also collected $490 in additional donations towards the purchase of more toys. The gifts and monetary donation will be delivered this holiday season to children in the community in need. The primary goal of Toys for Tots is to deliver, through a new toy at Christmas, a message of hope to less fortunate youngsters that will assist them in becoming responsible, productive, patriotic citizens.
Annual “Fill the Bus” School Supply Drive: The Holland & Hart Foundation’s Reno office supported Communities in Schools (CIS) of Western Nevada’s 6th annual “Fill the Bus” back-to-school supply drive that aims to ease the financial burden of buying school supplies and clothing for more than 8,000 at-risk students at 12 high-needs schools in the Washoe County School District. The office collected needed school supplies for students to have during the upcoming academic school year.
Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful Great Community Cleanup: The Foundation’s Reno office members and families were proud to volunteer again this year for the Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful (KTMB) Great Community Cleanup event. Volunteers met at Bartley Ranch Regional Park to help restore common areas, replace/add new plants, and remove invasive weeds. Some volunteers also picked up trash within the park. After the cleanup, KTMB hosted an appreciation picnic for all the volunteers. There were 23 different sites throughout the community with over 900 volunteers, the biggest event of the year for this local nonprofit.
Eddy House Clothing Drive: The Foundation Reno committee members, along with their office building neighbors, together supported the Eddy House by collecting more than three large donation cans, additional bags, and boxes with men’s and women’s jeans, coats, and other winter clothing items. Eddy House is a daytime drop-in center and overnight shelter for homeless, runaway, foster, and other at-risk youth. Eddy House works with youth to develop life and job skills necessary for sustainable independence with the goal of ending youth homelessness in Northern Nevada.
2021
Fill the Bus School Supply Drive with Communities in Schools: As part of the Holland & Hart Foundation’s 2021 School Supply Drive, our Reno office supported the Communities in Schools (CIS) of Western Nevada’s 5th annual “Fill the Bus” school supply drive for students in Washoe County School District. The collected school supplies and cash donation will go towards helping students and their families get needed supplies and resources the new academic school year. CIS of Western Nevada is an affiliate of the nation’s leading dropout prevention program that helps eliminate barriers for Nevada’s underserved students. In Washoe County, CIS of Western Nevada supports over 6,700 students in 12 schools.
Spring Project with Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful: The Foundation’s Reno office members and families were proud to volunteer with Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful (KTMB) at Idlewild Park for a park, trails, and open space clean-up event in June. KTMB is a nonprofit dedicated to creating a cleaner and more beautiful Truckee Meadows region.
2021 Winter Drive with the Salvation Army of Washoe County: The Reno office supported the Salvation Army of Washoe County for the firmwide Winter Drive initiative by collecting and delivering 81 winter clothing items for men, women, and children. Donated items included jackets, vests, gloves, hats, snow pants, ponchos, and scarves. The donations are sold in thrift stores to fund vital programming to help serve the most vulnerable members of our community.
2020
Holiday Raffle Fund Drive for Food Bank of Northern Nevada: The Northern Nevada Holland & Hart Foundation participated in a Virtual Raffle Fund Drive to benefit the Food Bank of Northern Nevada (Food Bank) for this year’s holiday project. It was a great way to engage our co-workers, families, and friends to raise funds for the Food Bank to secure the food they need. Each month, the Food Bank helps feed more than 106,000 neighbors in need in our community, and food and monetary gifts donated by caring community members are a vital part of making that happen. Local businesses and artists donated items for the raffle and raffle tickets were purchased for $5 each. On December 18, the Foundation members hosted a Virtual Raffle Happy Hour live via WebEx. This event was a great opportunity for us to reconnect as a group for the Holidays, and provided a way to announce the winners of the raffle items while social distancing. The office raised $1005 in cash and checks. In addition to this amount, we also received two donated $300 gift cards (one for Target and one for Whole Foods). The Foundation was proud to support the Food Bank with a donation total of $1,605.00, which equates to 4,815 meals!
2019
National Wreaths Across America Day: Wreaths Across America is a National event, which happens simultaneously across America, honoring our fallen service-members by having volunteers place wreaths on the markers of fallen heroes. This year the Holland & Hart Foundation Reno office members again worked with the Carson City Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol to sponsor Holiday Wreaths for the annual Wreaths Across America event. The Holland & Hart Foundation collected donations and sponsored 16 wreaths to be placed on the markers of fallen heroes.
Hope for the Holidays Adopt-a-Family: The Northern Nevada Holland & Hart Foundation volunteers worked with the Northern Nevada Children’s Cancer Foundation (“NNCCF”) and “adopted” a family of four children in need of holiday cheer. While NNCCF provided information as a guide to help us fulfill each child’s wishes, the Holland & Hart Foundation provided assistance to the NNCCF by accepting donations for gifts and helped shop, wrap, and deliver the gifts to NNCCF for distribution.
Communities in Schools – Fill the Bus School Supply Drive: Communities in Schools (CIS) of Western Nevada serves 4,408 students, in 8 schools. They are a dropout prevention organization that supports vulnerable students. The Reno and Carson City office volunteers joined forces this year to collect school supplies during the firm-wide Holland & Hart Foundation School Supply Drive, to donate to CIS’s “Fill The Bus” supply drive. We are proud to report that this year the Foundation, along with our Northern Nevada community, helped CIS collect over $60,000 in school supplies for local students enabling them to be more prepared than ever!
Rancho San Rafael Spring Clean: Rancho San Rafael is a treasure for residents of the Reno area. A Holland & Hart Foundation Reno office team of 18 volunteers of various ages spent a half day on the spring clean effort. The team met with Park Rangers at the North side of Rancho San Rafael Park for a short informative hike along the “Nature Trail.” The Nature Trail is an approximately one-mile path through areas of common sagebrush scrub and a unique wetland, primarily used for hiking and trail running. The volunteers proceeded to clean up and maintain portions of the trail – by picking up litter and trimming bushes and pulling weeds. Some volunteers were fortunate to see an owl take flight.
2018
National Wreaths Across America Day with Carson City Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol: Wreaths Across America is a National event, which happens simultaneously across America, honoring our fallen service-members by having volunteers place wreaths on the markers of fallen heroes. Wreath-laying ceremonies took place at Arlington National Cemetery, as well as at more than 1,400 additional locations in all 50 U.S. states, at sea, and abroad. The Holland & Hart Foundation members in our Reno and Carson City offices participated with the wreath-laying ceremony located at Lone Mountain Cemetery in Carson City by placing 14 wreaths on markers of fallen heroes. A total of 342 wreaths were placed at Lone Mountain Cemetery. Several volunteers who were not able to participate donated funds to sponsor wreaths. The mission of National Wreaths Across America Day is to Remember, Honor, and Teach.
Hope for the Holidays Stocking-Stuffer Program: The Holland & Hart Foundation Reno office members worked with the Northern Nevada Children’s Cancer Foundation (“NNCCF”) to donate gift-filled stockings to children in need of some holiday cheer. The firm “adopted” children with NNCCF, by purchasing a stocking for each child and filling it with fun stocking stuffers that the child might like based on the information provided by NNCCF about the child’s age, size, favorite color, interests, etc. While NNCCF provided this information as a guide to help us fulfill each child’s wishes, the items did not need to be based just on the information provided. Participants got creative. Each stocking contained about $25 of goodies – some may be more. As a result, the Reno office filled 36 stockings for the children at NNCCF, for over $1,000 in total donations!
Volunteer Day at the SPCA of Northern Nevada: The Reno office continues celebrating the Holland & Hart Foundation’s 20th Anniversary with a productive half day of volunteering by 29 members of the office and family. The group learned about dog and cat behavior, made treats, cleaned storage containers, and interacted with a variety of adorable dogs, cats, kittens and puppies. SPCA of Northern Nevada was established by volunteers in 1998 as Nevada’s first no-kill animal shelter. Its mission is to be an innovative regional leader in responsible treatment of homeless dogs and cats, primarily through their rescue and placement in forever loving homes, and by promoting spaying and neutering to control pet overpopulation.
Communities in Schools – Fill the Bus School Supply Drive: As part of celebrating Holland & Hart Foundation’s 20th Anniversary this year, the Reno office collected school supplies to donate to the Communities In Schools of Western Nevada “Fill the Bus” drive. Communities in Schools is a dropout prevention organization that supports vulnerable students. The annual “Fill the Bus” campaign collects school supplies for 4,500 at-risk Washoe County students so they can start the school year with the tools they need to learn.
2017
Northern Nevada Children’s Cancer Foundation and Catholic Charities Adopt-a-Family Program: The Reno office partnered with the Northern Nevada Children’s Cancer Foundation and Catholic Charities to donate 39 gift-filled stockings for children during the holidays. Members of the office donated $1,000 in cash and gift items to create stockings tailored for each child based on the information provided by NNCCF. Each organization was extremely grateful, as our efforts and contributions brightened the holidays for many families.
2017 Annual Firm-Wide Food and Sock Drive with Evelyn Mount Community Center: Members of the Reno office donated $200 in cash and over 360 pairs of socks to Evelyn Mount Community Center, which provides food and clothing to the needy all year. Volunteers shopped for socks and purchased Wal-Mart gift cards delivered just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday!
Cleaning, organizing, and getting books ready for Washoe County School District’s new school year. Office and family members met at a Washoe County School District warehouse to clean each page of an abundance of children’s books for all ages. The books will be sorted by age group and delivered to a variety of Washoe County schools to assist with increasing literacy and build local school and home libraries. A variety of books that were not appropriate for children will also be delivered to local senior centers. Following several hours of cleaning and organizing the books, most of the volunteers gathered to enjoy a “thank you” lunch.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northern Nevada AND Step2 Clothing Drive: Most members of the Reno office participated in our annual clothing and household item drive gathering donations from friends and family to benefit Step2 and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northern Nevada. We broke our record this year, collecting and donating 2,403 pounds of clothing and household items! Hundreds of women struggling to overcome abuse, poverty, and family violence will benefit from our donations.
2016
Adopt-A-Family: As part of the annual Adopt-a-Family program, in 2016 the office adopted five local families who were in need referred by Big Brothers Big Sisters, Children’s Cabinet, Boys and Girls Club of Truckee Meadows, Give Hope Foundation, and Children’s Cancer Foundation. Marcia Filipas and Melissa Paschal delivered gift-filled stockings to the Children’s Cancer Foundation. As part of this event, we held numerous fundraisers including potlucks and a bake sale, and received a large amount of cash and gift donations. Our holiday elves shopped for gifts for each individual based on wish lists and items they need. The gifts ranged from clothing/shoes to bunk beds and dressers. This year was a huge success and we were very happy to be able to assist these families in our community.
Evelyn Mount Community Outreach – Food Drive: Reno Holland & Hart lawyers, paralegals, staff, and their family members donated food and money on behalf of the firm-wide food drive. We had several potluck fundraisers to raise money for the purchase of food for the needy. An office competition was organized among the lawyers. The “food fight” consisted of 1/2 of the office (blue side) competing with the other 1/2 of the office (green side); the blue side was the winner, and the total competition brought in $788 of cash for food purchases! Our total food count was 1,509 (or 33 pounds per person) for the Reno office food drive, which food was delivered to Evelyn Mount Community Outreach.
Shoe Drive to Benefit Canine Rehabilitation Center and Sanctuary: The Reno office of Holland & Hart participated in a shoe drive hosted by Canine Rehabilitation Center and Sanctuary, which organization donated the funds raised from the shoe drive to businesses who support micro-enterprises in developing nations. These enterprises are typically operated by one person or family and friends, depending on the size. Employees brought in nearly 50 pairs of shoes to donate to the cause.
Veterans Administration BBQ Social: Holland & Hart partnered with Nothing To It Culinary Center to host a delicious BBQ in the courtyard of the Reno VA Hospital for 60 VA residents. Jay Bushman, the owner of Nothing To It, prepared all the food; and five partners and staff members from Holland & Hart set up, served the meal and cleaned up afterwards. The most memorable experience was visiting with the veterans and hearing stories from their days of service.
Following is a portion of the thank you letter from the VA: “Your organization’s hosting of a BBQ is an important part of the effort to improve the quality of life for our hospitalized Veterans. … it is through generous donations such as this that the quality of life is improved for Veterans being cared for at the VASNHCS.”
Washoe County School District Book Drive: The Reno office collected children and teen books during our 7th annual Read and Succeed Book Drive! The mission of this event is to promote literacy and healthy living by distributing books to the Washoe County School District schools that are in need of books for their libraries. This year, we were able to collect 585 books.
SPCA of Northern Nevada and Big Brothers Big Sisters Clothing and Household Item Drive: Over 40 Reno employees and their friends and family members contributed over 1,000 pounds of clothing and household items, which were donated to Big Brothers Big Sisters and SPCA of Northern Nevada during the 3 months. Hundreds of underprivileged families in our community were benefited with numerous clothing items, shoes, and accessories. Household items donated included lamps, dishes, cookware, utensils, bedding, and towels.
2015
Adopt a Family 2015 Program: This year, we adopted 7 local families who were in need during the holidays. We had a wrapping party at the office and delivered or scheduled pickups of the gifts at our office before the holiday.
VA Medical Center: Five members of our Reno office delivered six gallons of ice cream – donated by Baskin Robbins – and toppings to the VA Medical Center on a hot July day. Nearly 100 sundaes and cones were served to disabled veterans, VA staff members, and several children of the patients and staff. Volunteers visited one-on-one with veterans and were moved by their stories of combat and injury. Other office members donated money to purchase the supplies.
Washoe County School District Book Drive: During the Reno Washoe County School District Book Drive, the Reno office collected 1,255 books. The office’s collection was delivered to young children in the community who need help with reading.
Additional Projects:
- Annual Firm-wide Food Drive benefitting F.I.S.H. (Friends In Service Helping)
- Clothing and household items drive benefitting High Sierra Industries/Washoe Abilities Resource Center and SPCA of Northern Nevada
- JDRF Fundraiser