San Manuel tribe boosts Three Square with donation

On Thursday, the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians donated $100,000 to Three Square Food Bank successful Las Vegas.

The donation helps boost the BackPack for Kids program, which gives nutrient to children connected weekends and breaks from schoolhouse who would different spell hungry.

In a statement, the people said it has fixed implicit $9.3 cardinal to acquisition institutions and charities successful Las Vegas since January 2020. It said Wednesday’s donation “will supply implicit 300,000 meals to individuals and families who are being impacted by nutrient insecurity successful the Southern Nevada community.”

“It is important to our Tribe that we enactment to interaction and alteration lives of those who are successful request and facing economical challenges,” San Manuel Band of Mission Indians Chairman Ken Ramirez said successful the statement. “Our Tribe is arrogant of the assemblage engagement and enactment we person provided successful Southern California and crossed Indian country, and we are humbled and honored to proceed this contented of giving present successful Las Vegas.”

In May, the people announced it had struck a woody with Red Rock Resorts to bargain the Palms off-Strip resort successful Las Vegas. The $650-million merchantability is expected to adjacent aboriginal this year.

Also, the people is rebranding its flagship casino successful Highland, California, arsenic the people eyes aboriginal growth.