Angel Kiss Foundation (AKF) is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping families with children who are being treated for cancer. AKF provides financial assistance for medical expenses, insurance deductibles, uncovered procedures, household living expenses, mortgage payments, rent, food, utilities, travel expenses related to treatment, and additional expenses the families need assistance with during the child’s treatment. AKF also works with other agencies to ensure the families’ needs are effectively met in a timely manner, and to ensure that services do not overlap preventing duplication of funds.
For more information about Angel Kiss Foundation, please see www.angelkissfoundation.org or call (888) 589-KISS or (775) 323-7721.

Tahoe Pyramid Bikeway is a non-profit endeavor to build a foot and bicycle path along the Truckee River from its source at Lake Tahoe to its desert terminus at Pyramid Lake. The route will descend over 2000 feet in 116 miles, using a combination of existing dirt and paved roads plus some sections of new trail and bridges. Some sections will suit families out for an hour, others horseback riders, and the entire route will entice adventure cyclists and runners traveling the distance. To learn more, please see www.tpbikeway.org or call (775) 825-9868.
 

Avon Foundation has established a program to benefit victims of domestic violence.  Every year, up to 10 million children witness some form of domestic violence, and they need your help.  You can raise funds through Avon Foundation's Need for Speed Against Domestic Violence campaign.  Avon Foundation is teaming with select relays in different states across the country.  The Reno-Tahoe Odyssey is one of those relays.  The money that is raised will directly benefit domestic violence charities in the communities of the relays. 

For more information about how you can help and the prizes that you can win for raising funds, click on www.needforspeedrelay.org/renotahoe.

In 1994, Safe Embrace was established as “providing a choice” for battered women seeking shelter that would benefit them and their children and not as a duplication of services. Safe Embrace is a full service family violence program that provides services to victims of domestic violence and their children in Washoe County. The mission of Safe Embrace “…is to recognize the profound, social and individual problems caused by family violence and we are dedicated to stopping the cycle of violence in families. To this end, Safe Embrace provides intervention and prevention services to facilitate the opportunity for all people to live free from violence.” Services offered by Safe Embrace to fulfill its mission include:

  • Domestic violence shelter services housing up to 5 women and their children
  • Victims Advocacy/Case Management/Counseling
  • Kids Klub Children’s Program
  • 24-hour crisis hotline
  • Legal Advocacy
  • Educational Groups
  • Community Outreach