Jesse Gallegos
Public Relations Coordinator
Luna Community College
June 3, 2022
Luna Community College is looking into establishing a Community Support Team that will provide resources to assist our service area in the immense harm stemming from the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon fire. This initiative flows from the college’s commitment to serving the community.
The Luna initiative will seek to develop partnerships with various community institutions and community leaders, including local governments, schools, and community organizations.
Initially, Luna will support the following objectives:
· Provide help in transporting food and water from donors to organizations providing help to affected families and individuals affected by the fires.
· Help families and individuals with applying for disaster relief.
· Help transport pets and other animals to safety.
· Share Luna equipment with other organizations involved in relief efforts.
Luna will contact elected officials to inform them of this initiative and seek potential areas of collaboration.
In addition, Luna will contact community organizations involved with relief efforts to seek areas of collaboration.
Some of these organizations include the Las Vegas Community Foundation, One Hundred Percent Community, the Las Vegas-San Miguel Chamber of Commerce, MainStreet de Las Vegas, and Vecinos Juntos. Vecinos Juntos is an organization that includes educational leaders from East and West Las Vegas School Districts, the United World College, and Highlands University to discuss Luna’s plans and possible areas of collaboration.
The Luna team is led by Dr. Bill Taylor.
Luna’s Community Support Team is in line with Luna’s strategic plan’s Goal 6, objective A which states that the college will support and encourage employee and student engagement in local, regional, state, and national public and professional organizations, which will benefit LCC.
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