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Opportunity Village Hosts Several Themed Events Throughout the Fall and Holiday Season for Families and Adults  Enjoy the 4th annual HallOVeen, 2nd annual HallOVino, the Magical Forest, the Las Vegas Great Santa Run and more WHAT:           Opportunity Village is hosting multiple fall and holiday season themed events throughout the end of the year, including the 4th annual HallOVeen, 2nd annual HallOVino, Camelot at the Magical Forest, the Magical Forest, The Las Vegas Great Santa Run, and Santa Paws. EVENTS:        Opportunity Village’s 4th annual HallOVeen will showcase the Magical Forest transformed into a spooky land of goblins and ghosts. This child...

The perfect pairing, 63 stories high! Admission fees benefit Opportunity Village, and include a complimentary En Fuego cigar and Maker's 43 cocktail.  For more information: ovevents.org  

Brat to you by Lee's Liquor and Opportunity Village. For more information: ovevents.org

This past weekend, we at Opportunity Village lost another great friend and hero. Thalia Dondero was, for all intents and purposes, an Opportunity Village founder, When seven families came together in 1954 to create what is now OV, Thalia was there to help.At OV’s very first fundraiser, Star Shine, Thalia called on many of  her friends to volunteer and shine shoes. The event raised desperately needed fund for what was then a struggling charity. When I arrived in town and took the job as OV’s fundraiser, we created the Meatball Festival. Thalia, now a County Commissioner, led the charge to...

You may have heard that one of the most influential men in Nevada history Mr. E Parry Thomas passed away two weekends ago.  E. Parry’s son Tom is a 25 year member of the Opportunity Village Foundation Board and we send our condolences to Tom, the Thomas family and to the community for the loss of this great man.   Without E. Parry Thomas and his partner, Jerome Mack, Las Vegas wouldn’t be the great city it is today. They, together, changed Las Vegas’ course in history and,  while doing so, changed the history of Opportunity Village. Their belief in the...