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How to Find Great Venues for Corporate Events in Las Vegas
Choosing the right venue can make or break your event. If chosen carefully, the right space can make your purpose shine, whether it’s a gala, conference, benefit, or team-building meeting. In this article, we’ll outline the nine most important considerations
The Importance of Workforce Training Programs for Adults with Disabilities
According to The Century Foundation, poverty and unemployment still follow people with disabilities in the United States even decades following the Americans with Disabilities Act being signed into law. As of 2021, people with disabilities are still twice as likely
Everything You Need to Know About Volunteering at Opportunity Village
Our mission at Opportunity Village relies on our dedicated volunteers. When you volunteer with us, your efforts empower and uplift people with disabilities. Not only that, you also help build a more inclusive and welcoming community where we value everyone
Best of Las Vegas: Visit Our Award-Winning Holiday Events
The Best Of Las Vegas 2023 saw an incredible 9.9 million votes cast, and we’re honored to have won Bronze for the best holiday experience in Las Vegas. If you’ve never been to our Las Vegas events, HallOVeen and Magical
OV Spotlight: Bob Burnett, OV Volunteer
It’s not often that a TV segment motivates you to become a volunteer when you live more than halfway across the country, but for Opportunity Village’s True Blue volunteer, Bob Burnett, that’s exactly what happened. In 2011, while watching a
A Roadmap to Transitioning to Adulthood with Cerebral Palsy
Cerebral palsy is a lifelong condition. So, for children with cerebral palsy, adulthood will present unique challenges but also new opportunities to live independently and thrive. With the support of their parents or guardians and community, the transition into adulthood
OV Spotlight: Ashlee Cooper, Manager of Advocacy & Government Affairs
When it comes to nonprofit work, tracking state and federal policies is all in a day’s work for Ashlee Cooper, Manager of Advocacy & Government Affairs. With a diverse professional background in human services, supported living arrangements, teaching preschool, even
OV Spotlight: Christine Derringer, DSP Lead
When Christine Derringer was little, she was amazed when she saw people helping others with disabilities. “Having had a disability myself, knowing the impact you can have on another person’s life,” she knew she wanted to help, too, someday. “I
Why We Celebrate Disability Pride Month in July
2024 marks the 24th anniversary of the passing of the Americans with Disabilities Act, a landmark piece of legislation that broke the barriers and opened the world to Americans with disabilities in 1990. The act went into effect on July