Dear Friends, Supporters and Students,
Spring has sprung and with it has brought a number of exciting announcements from ECF, including five brilliant new scholarship recipients, our Inaugural Golf Classic, a confirmed date and location for M.E.N.U.S. 2016, and our 3rd Annual Strikes for Scholarships annoucement. We are excited to share this news with you and look forward to growing our foundation for the best year yet!
The ECF board has taken a good deal of time during the last few months accepting scholarship applications, reading essays and sitting down to interview hopeful candidates. After extensive and careful deliberation, we recently came to a conclusion to award five scholarships to local Clark County high school students. Please join us in congratulating Jasmine Ramos, Diego Salcedo, Maria Miranda, Vianey Ochoa, and Giovanni Saucedo! More about each of the newest ECF scholars is shared below. This year’s recipients have an outstanding combined average 4.206 GPA!
These full-ride scholarships, and others before them, would not be possible without your support at our annual dine-around gala, M.E.N.U.S. (Mentoring & Educating Nevada’s Upcoming Students), which we are very excited to announce will be held at The Beach at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino on Friday, September 16, 2016.
Our 3rd Annual Strikes for Scholarship is returning to South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa on Sunday, August 28. The best part of Strikes for Scholarships is that it is entirely planned and executed by ECF students! More information to come in the upcoming months!
As ECF continues to grow and evolve, we are placing a strong emphasis on expanding beyond food and beverage and into the hospitality world. ECF Board of Director Linda Sim has recently accepted a position as Vice President of Sales and Special Events at Live Nation Clubs & Theaters for House of Blues Entertainment. ECF Board Member Dawn Rawle is now CMO at Station Casinos. We are also thrilled to welcome Kevin Ball, Corporate Vice President of Purchasing and Strategic Sourcing for American Casino & Entertainment Properties LLC. to join Linda, Dawn and others in offering our students a wealth of hospitality experience.
Whether seeking to pursue careers in culinary arts or hospitality, the dreams of our deserving students are our No. 1 priority and we are continually working toward providing the best possible resource for those dreams to come true. It is thanks to the generous support from our sponsors, donors, partners, and board that our actions are possible, and for that we thank you. As always, you can keep up to date with everything ECF at www.ecflv.org or by following on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @EpicureanLV.
Best,
Melissa Arias
Executive Director of Epicurean Charitable Foundation
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEW SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS! |
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Boasting an impressive 4.048 GPA, Vianey plans to pursue a degree in hospitality management, and one day own her own bakery. Vianey is graduating with both her Advanced Honors Diploma from high school and her AA in pastry arts from College of Southern Nevada in June. She is also a member of Student Council and National Honor Society. |
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Boasting an impressive 3.96 GPA, Geovanni plans to pursue a degree in hospitality. In addition to being an AP student, he is the National Honor Society Vice-President, President of Save Club and has volunteered for a number of non-profits including Opportunity Village, Pennies for Patients, and Convoy for Hope, just to name a few. His father is a Convention Operation Assistant Manager at Caesars Palace which allowed Geovanni to become exposed to the hospitality industry at a young age, where his passion is rooted and propelled him to pursue the path he is on today. |
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Diego currently holds an outstanding 4.663 GPA, ranked 9th out of 606 students, and plans to study hospitality management and minor in finance in the fall. Born in Mexico, Diego will be able to attend UNLV through the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) program. In addition to participating in the hospitality program at Valley High School, he is a member of DECA and the National Honor Society, and volunteers as a youth group leader at Saint Anne Catholic Church. He interned at three Marriott International Hotels and hopes to one day give back to students like him. |
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This year we received applications from schools around the Las Vegas valley including: Liberty High School, Chaparral High School, West Career and Technical Academy, Valley High School, Cheyenne High School, South East Career and Technical Academy, Foothill High School, North West Career and Technical Academy, Silverado High School, South West Career and Technical Academy, Durango High School, and College of Southern Nevada High School. |
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ECF’S INAUGURAL GOLF CLASSIC |
Red Rock Country Club’s private Mountain Course hosted the ECF Inaugural Golf Classic on May 9th with breakfast provide by Sambalatte Torrefazione, a putting contest, and an 8AM shotgun start. There was a raffle with great prizes and on course games. This event wouldn’t have been possible without the support of the ECF board and an unstoppable volunteer, Natalie Brown-Thank you! The event raised over $80,000 for student scholarships!
Thank you to our 2016 Golf Classic Sponsors:
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Kevin Ball, Corporate Vice President of Purchasing and Strategic Sourcing for American Casino & Entertainment Properties LLC |
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Dawn Rawle is now CMO at Station Casinos |
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Linda Sim is now Vice President of Sales and Special Events at Live Nation Clubs & Theaters for House of Blues Entertainment |
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Craig Gilbert opened Montecristo Cigar Bar at Caesars Palace |
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