Thank you for your continued support of LSSN. Our Fiscal Year ended June 30 so this is the time for us to publish all the amazing things that we did over the last year! Here goes:

• In the month of June, 2024, we served 2393 households, about 9572 individuals with all of our services! We now average serving between 8,000 and 10,000 people every month!

• LSSN Digimart served 30% more people in this fiscal year than last year. LSSN recently set a record serving over 800 people in a single day. Last year about a million pounds of food were distributed, equating to 838,000 meals for those in need.

• LSSN had 20 Mobile Markets bring nutritious foods into food deserts in the previous year. In the 2024 fiscal year, LSSN had 32 Mobile Markets serving 9600 households about 38,400 individuals.

• LSSN served 28% more seniors than the previous year and served 11,050 hot nutritious meals through the senior meal program.

• 209 households received housing assistance, enabling them to avoid homelessness or become rehoused after short-term homelessness and many other services; this was 23% more than the previous year. LSSN also served 175 individuals with Employment Services.

• 2456 children were served for Back to School, Christmas, Thanksgiving, and Easter programs-the most in our history!

• LSSN started two new locations including a satellite at Holy Spirit Lutheran Church and at a location in North Las Vegas in partnership with Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield.

• LSSN recently began providing services to Searchlight Nevada.

• JOURNEY Senior Services Center broke ground at the LSSN Headquarters and is expected to be operational by the end of October.

Lastly, the Digimart is now open 7 days a week! Check out our recent Grand Opening video on Channel 8 featuring councilwoman and LSSN board member Carrie Cox, councilwoman Victoria Seaman, and CEO Tim Bedwell!

Renovation of Marble Manor

We are thrilled to announce our partnership with SNRHA, City of Las Vegas, and several other entities for the renovation of Marble Manor on the Historic West Side of Las Vegas! LSSN is the People Entity and will provide case management and relocation services to 600 or more Marble Manor residents for the next 8 years. Together, we are committed to making a positive impact and serving the people of the West Side. Stay tuned for updates and program launch!

2024 Peanut Butter Wars

The Peanut Butter Wars competition is coming to a dramatic conclusion on August 5 at midnight! We already have a lot of peanut butter and 41 donations for a total of $8,893 designated towards combating food insecurity in the Las Vegas metro area. There are a lot of groups still collecting peanut butter but here is tally so far:

1. Robert Stoffel Family Law 8423 Pounds

2. Vitality Restored Chiropractic 3,084 Pounds

3. Beegi AI Company 670 Pounds

4. Maid Brigade 300 Pounds

5. RSVP Luxury Post Cards 180 Pounds

6. Resolute Ministries 150 Pounds

7. Diana Joseph Riley with Arbonne 75 Pounds

8. Team Coaching 30 Pounds

9. New Song Lutheran Church 13 Pounds

10. Community Lutheran Church

11. Holy Spirit Lutheran Church

12. BNI Foundation

13. Good Samaritan Lutheran Church

14. Grace Lutheran Lutheran Church

15. Mountain View Lutheran Church

16. Saint Andrew Lutheran Church

17. BNI Power Partners

18. First Good Shepherd Lutheran Church

To join the wars or arrange a peanut butter pickup, email martin@lssnv.org. To see the live tally or give towards food insecurity, check out the Peanut Butter Wars page below:

PEANUT BUTTER WARS LANDING PAGE

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