When you live in Southern Nevada, there are certain things that you learn. Things like, avoid freeways at 5 o’clock.
Why? Because there are nearly 2 million people populating this beautiful, unrighteously hot valley: and A/C’s don’t work that well in a car when it’s at a stop on the Spaghetti Bowl.
Think about that the next time you’re stopped in traffic; look around and see how many people—who are mostly decent, even if not polite behind the wheel—live in this town.
That’s 2 million potentials for a stronger community and 2 million happier lives. That’s monumental! And it makes us here, at Professionals in Philanthropy, wonder just why there are more than 300 youth who are waiting for positive mentors at Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Southern Nevada. With 2 million people, for just a few hours a month, we have the opportunity to change hundreds of lives—not the least of which, would be the volunteers who get to work with these incredible youth.
So alright, we’re Sin City—not necessarily as heart-warming as the City of Brotherly Love. But that doesn’t really speak to what we know about our little Valley. The people who live here, the people who fill those cars and pack the spaghetti bowl, they are decent and good people. Why can’t we be the “Sin” City of Brotherly and Sisterly Love? And why don’t we start with the hundreds of youth that are literally knocking at our door and asking for some love? Start here to share some sisterly or brotherly love.