…Opportunity Village was named one of the nation’s top five rehabilitation service providers in the U.S. by the Social Security Administration in 2004.

 

…Opportunity Village saves taxpayers more than $17 million a year by lessoning the burden of state support for programs for people with disabilities.

 

...Opportunity Village shreds nine thousand to twelve thousand pounds of paper documents a day.

 

...Opportunity Village clients serve over 500,000 meals annually to our troops at Nellis Air Force Base.

 

...Opportunity Village clients clean more than 7.8 million square feet of office, clinical, community centers and parking lot space each year.

 

…Opportunity Village has become a national model for its aid to those with intellectual disabilities, prompting solicitation for advice from numerous national and international organizations.

 

…Programs and services offered by Opportunity Village are free of charge to people with intellectual disabilities and their families.

 

… Opportunity Village was the official manufacturer of Elvis’ scarves, our clients made the buttons that welcomed countless thousands to see “Elvis Live at the Hilton,” and we made the ribbons for the hound dogs that became popular trinkets of the King’s stay in Las Vegas.

 

…The Magical Forest at Opportunity Village draws more than 100,000 people each year and has been featured on the Discovery Network, NTV Japan, and was named one of HGTV’s “Top Holiday Destinations”.

 

…Opportunity Village owns stock in the Empire State Building due to the generosity of an Opportunity Village Legacy Society Member.

 

…Opportunity Village made 250,000 Reagan/Bush campaign buttons in 1984.

 

…Former President Bush and Senator Elizabeth Dole toured Opportunity Village, leading a long list of celebrities and dignitaries who’ve shown their support for what we do.

 

…Opportunity Village clients in the shredding department returned more than $40,000 in cash and checks slated to be shredded back to its customers.

 

…An Opportunity Village client working at the Thrift Store returned a stolen Green Valley bronze statue valued at $45,000.

 

…An Opportunity Village client who was placed at a hotel after completing the Job Discovery Program found Evander Holyfield’s disconnected ear lobe after the notorious 1997 fight with Mike Tyson.

 

…That people with intellectual disabilities are the largest disability group in the world and that 33 percent of all people with intellectual disabilities become disabled after birth due to accident or illness.

 

…People with disabilities were experimented on with vaccines and radiation and were used as the first human trials for the polio vaccine in the United Sates in the 1950s and 60s.

 

…People with disabilities were victims of eugenics and forcibly castrated or made infertile into the early 1980s.

 

…Each individual with severe disabilities cared for by therapeutic respite programs like P.R.I.D.E. at Opportunity Village saves the state and taxpayers more than $110,000 each year for each person served.

 

…Nevada is ranked 49th in the country for funding programs for people with severe disabilities.

...In 2000, nationwide spending on programs for people with severe disabilities reached $29 billion, including $22 billion for community services. The same amount was spent on the purchase of Coca Cola products.