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Causes: Federated Giving Programs, Philanthropy
Mission: Opportunity village foundation is organized to raise, invest, and distribute funds to promote the interests of persons with severe intellectual disabilities, and to promote capital campaign drives.
Programs: Opportunity village foundation provides millions of dollars per year in operating subsidies for opportunity village arc that enable opportunity village arc to provide vocational, training and employment services to over 3,000 youth and adults with intellectual and other related disabilities in fiscal year 2014. Every one of these individuals (no matter how severely disabled) wasable to experience the sense of pride and purpose that comes from earning a paycheck. Opportunity village foundation has also raised millions of dollars to build three campuses of "world class" facilities where people with intellectual disabilities receive day habilitation services from the p. R. I. D. E. & project enable programs, create works of art, participate in musical performances, bake cookies and gourmet popcorn. Opportunity village is able to provide all these services because they use the buildings "rent free" thanks to the efforts of the opportunity village foundation and the generosity of our donors. The special events organized by opportunity village foundation are our way of giving back to the community and raising money for essential services. Whether it's the magical forest (for 20+ years), the great santa run, camelot, hall-ov-een, the barbeque @ the bitterroot ranch or any of our other events, the citizens of southern nevada get to participate in "family friendly" events while they help people with disabilities have the chance to live, work and play in their community.