Project 150 Receives Donation of More Than 8,000 Pairs of Socks from Wynn Las Vegas
For the third consecutive year, Project 150 partnered with Wynn Las Vegas to collect new socks for disadvantaged high school students during an annual month-long drive (Photo credit: Wynn Las Vegas).
Pictured above: Don Purdue, co-founder, Project 150; Karolyn Graves, executive director incentive sales, Wynn Las Vegas; Meli Pulido, executive director, Project 150; Chris Flatt, EVP hotel sales and marketing, Wynn Las Vegas
With donations quadrupling since the first year, more than 8,000 pairs of socks were donated to Project 150 on November 20. In addition, Wynn Las Vegas donated one dollar per pair collected and presented Project 150 with a check for $8,254.
There are more than 3,300 registered homeless, displaced and disadvantaged high school students in Clark County. Project 150 helps these students stay in school by providing clothing, food, hygiene items and school supplies.