Wednesday, May 4, 2011 | 8:30 p.m.
The city’s two Hard Rock Cafes are gearing up for 40 straight days of do-gooding! No, the company didn’t screw up their liturgical calendar for Lent. They're celebrating Hard Rock International’s 40th birthday with a philanthropic marathon they’ve dubbed 40 Charitable Acts in 40 Days.
Acts include cleanup at Mt. Charleston, a coloring book and crayon collection for Coloring for Chemo, dinner service at Shade Tree, a feral cat spay and neuter clinic with Heaven Can Wait, a Zumba Dance-Off with the Southern Nevada Burn Foundation and 35 others. A full list of the charitable events can be found below, with details to appear on the Hard Rock Cafe’s official Facebook pages. The heartfelt fun begins May 6—ahem, the day after the Weekly’s bitchin' music issue party at the Strip location—and runs until June 14. Hard Rock International was non-coincidentally founded on June 14, 1971.
In addition to the company’s commitment to more than three-dozen different charitable organizations, Hard Rock Café guests will have the ability during the same 40-day period to donate money through their checks to VH1’s Save the Music Foundation. The goal is to raise $30,000, enough to outfit one school with an entire music program. We can only hope it winds up being one here in the Valley, as locals know our public school music programs are facing devastating budget cuts.
40 Charitable Acts – Complete Calendar
Friday, May 6th – Special Olympics Nevada Track Meet sonv.org
Saturday, May 7th – March of Dimes March for Babies marchofdimes.com
Saturday, May 7th – Mt. Charleston Clean Up
Monday, May 9th – Create a Change Now Rose Warren Elementary Tool Shed Build createachangenow.org
Tuesday, May 10th – Cases for Smiles Sewing Day conkerrcancer.org
Wednesday, May 11th –Coloring for Chemo Coloring Book & Crayon Drive facebook.com/coloringforchemo
Thursday, May 12th - Spread the Word Library Opening & Book Distribution spreadthewordnevada.org
Friday, May 13th – Make a Wish Foundation Wish Grant snv.wish.org
Saturday, May 14th – Boys & Girls Clubs of Henderson Fundraising Event bgchenderson.org
Saturday, May 14th – The Movement Blue Jeans & Blazers Party
Sunday, May 15th – Nathan Adelson Hospice Foundation Annual Butterfly Release nah.org
Tuesday, May 17th – American Cancer Society – Coaches vs. Cancer Bag Assembly acsevents.org
Wednesday, May 18th – Three Square Food Bank Kids Café threesquare.org
Thursday, May 19th – Chefs for Kids Breakfast Service chefsforkids.org
Thursday, May 19th – Las Vegas Rescue Mission Feed the Homeless vegasrescue.org
Friday, May 20th – Catholic Charities St. Vincent Lied Dining Facility catholiccharities.com
Saturday, May 21st – Families for Effective Autism Treatment Fitness 4 A Cause featsonv.org
Saturday, May 21st – Three Square Food Drive at the Blue Man Group Theater
Saturday, May 21st – Break dancing for a Cause with donations going to the Red Cross
Tuesday, May 24th – Southern Nevada Burn Foundation Zumba Dance Off burnfoundation.org
Wednesday, May 25th – Blue Man Group Music Workshop with 5th-6th graders
Thursday, May 26th – Public Education Foundation Tee Up for Kids Bag Assembly thepef.org
Thursday, May 26th – Baby’s Bounty Vendor Fair babysbounty.org
Friday, May 27th – Horses for Heroes Red White & Blue Jeans Spectacular horses4heroes.org
Saturday, May 28th – Animal Foundation Adoption Event w/Friendly Ford animalfoundation.com
Wednesday, June 1st – American Parkinson Disease Association Support Group apdaparkinson.org
Thursday, June 2nd – Sunrise Children’s Hospital Blanket Drive
Friday, June 3rd – Down Syndrome Org of Southern Nevada Golf Tournament dsosn.org
Saturday, June 4th – Habitat for Humanity Group Build Day habitatlasvegas.org
Monday, June 6th – Speedway Children’s Charity Greens & Guitars Benefit Concert speedwaycharities.org
Tuesday, June 7th – Westcare Women & Children Campus westcare.com
Wednesday, June 8th – Shade Tree Dinner Service theshadetree.org
Thursday, June 9th – CASA Foundation Piggy Bank Assembly casafoundationlv.org
Thursday, June 9th – Lullaby Connection Packing Night lullabyconnection.org
Friday, June 10th – Ronald McDonald House Dinner Program rmhlv.com
Saturday, June 11th – SAFY Cottage Painting Day safy.org
Sunday, June 12th – Heaven Can Wait Society Feral Cat Spay & Neuter Clinic hcws.org
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