Opportunity Village and Business Enterprise of Nevada Celebrate the Grand Opening of the Kitchen Creations Café
The business partners welcomed the community down to the Clark County Government Center on April 11 to sample Café offerings and enjoy OV Elvi Entertainment
Opportunity Village and Business Enterprise of Nevada (BEN) celebrated the grand opening of the Kitchen Creations Café on Thursday, April 11 at 11 a.m. The partnering organizations welcomed the surrounding community down to sample Café offerings and enjoy exclusive entertainment from the OV Elvi. County Commissioner Steve Sisolak officiated the event as Opportunity Village’s Executive Director Ed Guthrie and Benita McHenry, Business Enterprises of Nevada (BEN) Operator cut the “ribbon” that was made out of linked smoked sausages. “Opportunity Village would like to thank everyone who was a part of our grand opening celebration,” said Opportunity Village Executive Director, Ed Guthrie. “We are looking forward to a promising future with our partners, as well as the success Kitchen Creations Café.” The Kitchen Creations Café is a joint venture between Opportunity Village and Business Enterprise of Nevada (BEN) that brings people with intellectual disabilities and people with visual impairments together. This particular establishment has provided five jobs for OVIPS, as well as other jobs for students of the Culinary Institute. The Kitchen Creations Café is just one of the many business projects Opportunity Village has been involved with that allows for its OVIPs to have a source of stable income.
- Opportunity Village and Kitchen Creations Café staff celebrate the grand opening of their most recent division.
Photos from Opportunity Village
About Opportunity Village
Mission: Opportunity Village is a not-for-profit organization that serves people within our community with significant intellectual disabilities, to improve their lives and the lives of their families.
Opportunity Village was founded in 1954 by seven families who were determined to give their disabled children the best lives possible. Now, 60 years later, Opportunity Village is one of the most recognized and respected Community Rehabilitation Programs in the United States. Nevada’s largest employer of people with disabilities, Opportunity Village serves nearly 3,000 individuals annually, providing vocational training, employment, habilitation and social recreation programs and services that make their lives more productive and interesting. Opportunity Village OVIPs – individuals who were previously considered unemployable – work in jobs throughout the community and at Opportunity Village’s Employment Resource Centers, collectively earning wages amounting to more than $7.6 million in 2012. They are hard-working and diligent, proudly paying taxes and happily leading more engaged, fulfilling lives. Primarily a self-funded organization, Opportunity Village generates the majority of its operational funding through its employment contracts and fundraising efforts such as the Magical Forest and Great Santa Run, saving Nevada taxpayers $33.7 million annually.
###
