Jordan, chief financial officer at Clark County CU, along with her daughter and daughter’s friends volunteered recently at the Southern Nevada Chapter “credit union night” at the Magical Forest at Opportunity Village, a Las Vegas, NV-based not-for-profit organization serving children and adults in the southern Nevada community with intellectual disabilities. The Magical Forest at Opportunity Village kicked off its 30th season Friday evening with a tree-lighting ceremony and the usual sparkling array of festive lights and decor. of Monument Valley, walk through magical Antelope Canyon, and hike the desert hills of Sedona. “Although many of our individual credit unions have volunteered in the past, we liked the idea that we can show the community that credit unions support each other and stand united with our community involvement efforts,” said Southern Nevada Chapter Treasurer Christie Jordan, chief financial officer with Clark County Credit Union in Las Vegas.Īt right, from left, Creson Oakley, Clark County CU Windmill branch manager Julie Goe, Clark CU marketing Marlo Hankins (friend of credit unions) and Crystal Price, America First CU marketing were among those volunteering recently at the Southern Nevada Chapter “credit union night” at the Magical Forest at Opportunity Village, a Las Vegas, NV-based not-for-profit organization serving children and adults in the southern Nevada community with intellectual disabilities.īelow, from left, Daena Jordan, Addie Hall, Tiana Ferra and Christie Jordan. Grand Canyon Road Trip: 5 Itineraries from Las Vegas. “It’s wonderful to have our local credit unions support this long-standing organization that contributes so much to the community,” said Southern Nevada Chapter President Janeen Hodgson, branch manager with Silver State Schools Credit Union in Las Vegas. Credit union staff, family, and friends sold and scanned tickets, worked at the different attractions, helped man the information booth, and served as greeters. Make sure you hand them your tickets one at a time so they don't accidentally scan two at once and if you go at Halloween- get your bag and your map.The volunteers did various jobs around the event-popularly known as a winter wonderland featuring a forest filled with hundreds of dazzling trees, holiday activities and rides, entertainment, and food. Hopefully they train their volunteers better and we will stick to going at Christmastime. I understand they probably do have people scam them so I shouldn't take it personally but I feel like it is worse to treat innocent children as criminals than to just give them candy. That's a lot of money to pay to then scam opportunity village out of $.50 worth of candy. We bought extra tickets for the train and ended up paying $98. The Magical Forest is a winter wonderland with millions of sparkling lights, exciting rides, great food and endless holiday cheer. There weren't a lot of stations, seems like a lot of work to get a few pieces of candy. After we made it half way through the "forest" those giving out candy straight up accused us of trying to go through twice. We brought our own and didn't notice they were giving them out. Today’s Groupon Las Vegas Daily Deal of the Day: Magical Forest at Opportunity Village: 16 for Passport Package for One, 32 for Two, or 62 for Four at Magical Forest (Up to 27 Off) Buy now from only 16 Value 22 Discount 27 Off.
We get that worked out and were never given trick or treat bags.
First I bought my tickets ($82 for 5 people) and the person held all the tickets at once as she scanned and told me one of my tickets had previously been scanned. Understanding most of the people helping are volunteers we had some hiccups this visit. I know this is such a great cause but I was a little disappointed.
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