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Making a Difference: Hakkasan Las Vegas Restaurant and Nightclub Fights Hunger with Three Square
I’m hungry. We say it in different forms all of the time, but how many of us truly know what it is to have “hunger” without the means to satisfy it? In Southern Nevada, over 340,000 people, 130,000 of which are children, have had to know what it’s like to be hungry and insecure as to if and when they will be able to eat. Three Square, along with its many partners in the community, work to provide meals to these men, women and children daily.
As a kickoff to it’s “Hakkasan Gives Back” initiative, Hakkasan Las Vegas Restaurant and Nightclub donated $5 to Three Square for each diner over the course of December 2013. In addition, employees individually raised contributions for the campaign resulting in a donation of more than $50,000 to the local food bank in January. “I was just talking to my 6-year old son this evening about having a snack before dinner,” said Three Square’s Chief Development Officer Matt Muldoon “and I realized how lucky he is to have that basic need, as so many others do not,” he continued. “One in six are struggling with hunger in our community. What Hakkasan has given us today will allow us to serve more than 150,000 meals to those in need. It’s a huge step towards helping us achieve our goals.” Hakkasan staff also volunteered at Three Square’s South Warehouse in mid-December, where they packaged a total of 10,000 meals to-go for the Kid’s Café©, 1,500 bags of food for “Backpacks for Kids,” and 130 Senior Share Boxes.
For more information on Hakkasan visit www.hakkasan.com/lasvegas. For more on Three Square visit www.threesquare.org.
