Notable Quotes
From Founder, Arnold Stalk
"There is only one way to solve the homeless problem in our country and that is to build additional houses."
"My work isn’t finished until the number of homeless veterans is down to zero."
“It’s about integrating people socially and culturally.”
A SALUTE TO OUR UNITED STATES VETERANS
SHARE Village Las Vegas Community Partner Feature
Findlay Cares- Share Village 2022
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Mission Statement
Share Village Las Vegas is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the elimination of homelessness poverty and hunger in the United States. Share Village Las Vegas houses over 500 veterans and families nightly with both transitional and permanent affordable rental housing, provides comprehensive market fresh food, operates Share Village Las Vegas "Order Ahead" concierge touchless curbside food service, and distributes emergency food boxes, feminine hygiene supplies and dog and cat food supplies for our residents and the community which further enhances our collaborations to provide direct access to medical and mental health, addiction services, employment placement and job training. www.sharelasvegas.org
Federal Tax ID #: 94-3209791
CHAPTER 1 ENDING HOMELESSNESS IN AMERICA VIDEO PRESENTATION
CHAPTER 2 ENDING HOMELESSNESS IN AMERICA VIDEO PRESENTATION
Press Releases
ARNOLD STALK, PH.D, FOUNDER SHARE VILLAGE LAS VEGAS: FIGHTING FOOD INSECURITY THROUGH SHARE VILLAGE COMMUNITY PANTRY
Latest News
- Arnold Stalk, Founder SHARE Village Las Vegas Announces 2023 Emergency Water and Nutrition Services Program
- Arnold Stalk, Founder SHARE Village Las Vegas Announces Milestone, Pantry Distributes Over A 1/4 Million Pounds of Food
- Arnold Stalk Announces SHARE Village To Celebrate 14th Anniversary, Helping Las Vegas Families & Making A Difference
- SHARE Village Las Vegas Partners with Nevada Homeless Alliance to Provide Free On-Site Support at Pop-Up Resource Fair
- SHARE Village Las Vegas Founder Arnold Stalk, Ph.D Announces Platinum Seal of Transparency from Candid Achievement
Urban Land Institute Honors SHARE Village
SHARE VILLAGE LAS VEGAS RECEIVES WYNN RESORTS INNAUGURAL COLLOBORATOR OF THE YEAR AWARD
SHARE VILLAGE LAS VEGAS MOBILE APP LAUNCH
SHARE VILLAGE LAS VEGAS SELECTED AS DISTRIBUTOR FOR NEW “ORDER AHEAD MOBILE PANTRY SERVICE PROGRAM”
SHARE VILLAGE LAS VEGAS ANNOUNCES HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS HOME MAKEOVER PROJECT
SHARE VILLAGE LAS VEGAS FOOD PANTRY NOW OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK
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SHARE Village Las Vegas In The News
November 2, 2022
SHARE VILLAGE Las Vegas Receives Honors at ULI-Nevada Third Annual Placemaking Awards
On Wednesday, November 2, 2022, SHARE Village Las Vegas Founder, Dr. Arnold Stalk, PhD was presented with the prestigious ULI Nevada Placemaking Award for Excellence. The awards ceremony held at the World Market Center in Downtown Las Vegas celebrated a myriad of outstanding projects, achievements and leaders that have made a difference in our community.
Placemaking embraces the creation of spaces that promote people’s health, happiness, and well-being through planning, design and management.
Arnold Stalk, PhD, Founder of SHARE Village Las Vegas, commented on being recognized at the ceremony, saying, “We are truly honored to be selected and recognized by ULI Nevada. SHARE Village is committed to the development of affordable housing with supportive services and ending homelessness in America. SHARE Village has brought many positive changes and improvements to the East Downtown Las Vegas area, making it a safer place for families to live and thrive.” Read More
September 19, 2022
SHARE Village Las Vegas celebrates OrderAhead innovative online ordering milestone 4500+ Curbside Grocery Orders filled.
OrderAhead touchless online ordering system removes obstacles to access, bringing the convenience of online shopping to the SHARE Village Community Pantry.
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, UNITED STATES, September 19, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- As SHARE Village Las Vegas approaches its second anniversary as a partner in the Feeding America/Three Square Regional Food Bank OrderAhead program we are celebrating having served 4,500 curbside grocery orders.
September 12, 2022
SHARE VILLAGE LAS VEGAS PROVIDING HUNGER RELIEF IN DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS
With a focus on providing fresh, healthy foods to Las Vegas Residents SHARE Village Las Vegas is providing hunger relief in Downtown Las Vegas.
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, UNITED STATES, September 12, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- As families continue to struggle with the increase in costs for food and other necessities SHARE Village Las Vegas continues to provide fresh, healthy foods to Las Vegas residents in need. With the rise in food costs many households are finding the need to make changes in their shopping habits driving more families to seek out assistance.
On Air Interviews
Arnold Stalk- KNPR's State of Nevada
Las Vegas Boosts Homeless Services
Aug 04, 2020 byDoug Puppel
Las Vegas City Council last month voted to spend nearly $30 million for expanded homeless services at its Courtyard shelter.
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Shade Tree Shelter's Transitional Program Returns
APR 10, 2018
Last summer, The Shade Tree women’s shelter closed its transitional housing program due to lack of funding.
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Veterans Village Homeless Effort Draws Interest Of White House
May 22, 2017
Veterans Village, the private Las Vegas-based transitional housing program, caught the eye of the White House — again.
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Veterans Village Homeless Effort Draws Interest Of White House
May 22, 2017
Veterans Village, the private Las Vegas-based transitional housing program, caught the eye of the White House — again.
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Your Future Home or Restaurant is a Cargo Container
JUN 13, 2012
You always see cargo containers at the ports: those giant Lego-like metal rectangles stacked on each other. But reimagine a cargo container as a home.
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Re-imagining a New East Fremont
JAN 04, 2012
The business corridor on East Freemont and Charleston, nearby the Blue Angel Motel, was once a hot center of Las Vegas; about forty years ago. Over the decades it has been in decline.
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News Archives
2021
November 5, 2021
Planet 13 Gives Back to Local Non-Profits SafeNest, Share Village and the Las Vegas Rescue Mission with its 2nd Annual Holiday Food Drive
LAS VEGAS (PRWEB) NOVEMBER 05, 2021
Planet 13 in partnership with Green Life Productions, is kicking off the holiday season by hosting the second annual ‘Stoned Soup Drive’ benefitting the Las Vegas Rescue Mission, SHARE Village Las Vegas and SafeNest.
For two weeks from November 6 – 20, 2021, Planet 13 guests are encouraged to donate canned food generously, and as a thank you they will receive surprise gifts:
- 10 – 19 cans = 1 surprise
- 20 – 29 cans = 2 surprises
- 30 – 39 cans = 3 surprises
Along with Planet 13 and Green Life Productions, the Stoned Soup Drive is sponsored by: TRENDI, ROVE, Dreamland Chocolates, HaHa Edibles, Select, Stiiizy, AMA, Cannavative, Virtue, Verano, Silver State Wellness, Packwoods, KoKo Nuggz and Just Edibles.
“We are grateful to our sponsored vendors and partners along with our generous customers who make our food drives an important event for the local non-profits who benefit,” said David Farris, Planet 13 V.P. of Sales and Marketing. “Last year there were over 50,000 donations and we hope to match or exceed that number this holiday season.”
“I would like to thank Planet 13 and Green Life Productions for this amazing humanitarian donation to Share Village Las Vegas, especially during the holidays,” said Arnold Stalk PhD, Founder of Share Village Las Vegas.
March 28, 2021
SW Carpenters Union Volunteer Event
Las Vegas Review Journal
https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-las-vegas/carpenters-volunteer-to-remodel-veterans-village-apartments-2316194/
Las Vegas Sun
https://m.lasvegassun.com/news/2021/mar/27/lending-a-hand-volunteer-project-spruces-up-homele/
NBC 3 KSNV (2x):
http://archive.tveyes.com/18120/3631116-43982/cffda6cc-bcfc-460a-88b5-e1f6f88f08ed/KSNV_03-28-2021_06.07.03.mp4
ABC 13 KTNV (4x):
http://archive.tveyes.com/18120/3631116-43982/810fca87-10c4-4330-97c6-0a8fa49f5ef5/KTNV_03-27-2021_23.09.46.mp4
CBS 8 KLAS (4x):
http://archive.tveyes.com/18120/3631116-43982/bf443901-f93e-4352-b5f0-f69d118fe848/KLAS_03-27-2021_18.07.20.mp4
March 18,2021
SHARE Village launches app, linking homeless with emergency services, resources
News 3 Las Vegas by Denise Rosch
LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — It’s an enormous social problem that needs forward-thinking. This week, a new mobile app to link homeless people to social services went live here in Southern Nevada. It’s called Share Village Las Vegas and is available for both iPhones and Androids. Read more.
February 2021
Home for the Brave
With financial help from Freddie Mac Multifamily and Berkadia, one nonprofit is providing homeless veterans with housing—and newfound hope.
News 3 Las Vegas | Arnold Stalk Covid-19 Long Hauler
2020
December 17, 2020
An architect reworked disused delivery containers right into a tiny home village for the homeless in Las Vegas, the place greater than 1,800 folks have lived.
October 15, 2020
Rock legend John Fogerty sends positive vibes to homeless advocate
John Fogerty has levels of “falutin,” and Arnold Stalk is above even the highest level.
“The stuff we do, all this highfalutin stuff in life, there is an area that’s greater than yourself, greater than you and greater than me,” Fogerty said this week while checking on his friend’s health. “People like Arnold are in that area, doing stuff out of the goodness of his heart.
April 25, 2020
Wynn Las Vegas Donations Over 7,000 Meals to Local Charities
LAS VEGAS (April 23, 2020) – Wynn Las Vegas is continuing its community outreach by once again partnering with local charities to donate meals to individuals and families who are food insecure. Beginning April 23, the resort will supply 1,032 total meals per day to Share Village, U.S. Vets, Ronald McDonald House and The Shade Tree for one week. Read more.
March 24, 2020
Share Village Las Vegas Food Pantry Now Open 7 Days a Week
March 23, 2020
Share Village Las Vegas' food pantry now open 7 days a week
LAS VEGAS (FOX5) -- Share Village Las Vegas is extending its food pantry to seven days a week to service and provide emergency food to support those affected by COVID-19 furloughs and layoffs.
March 17, 2020
An architect turned disused shipping containers into a tiny house village for the homeless in Las Vegas, and more than 1,800 people have lived there.
March 16, 2020
An architect turned disused shipping containers into a tiny house village for the homeless in Las Vegas, and more than 1,800 people have lived there
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March 3, 2020
Abandoned shipping containers transformed into affordable homes for veterans
by Faith Jessie/KSNV Tuesday, March 3rd 2020
LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — On Monday, the City of Las Vegas welcomed a new village, made of re-purposed shipping containers aimed at providing affordable housing for veterans and those in need. Read more.
March 2, 2020
Shipping containers to provide Las Vegas affordable housing
Washington Times
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A Las Vegas businessman plans to develop affordable housing units from the large shipping containers that are normally used to transport merchandise.
KEYC News March 2, 2020 at 8:49 PM CST - Updated March 2 at 8:53 PM
LAS VEGAS (KSNV/CNN) - Las Vegas city officials joined one activist Monday to welcome a new community of homes made from re-purposed shipping containers.
March 2, 2020
Shipping containers to provide Las Vegas affordable housing
Washington Times
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A Las Vegas businessman plans to develop affordable housing units from the large shipping containers that are normally used to transport merchandise.
KEYC News March 2, 2020 at 8:49 PM CST - Updated March 2 at 8:53 PM
LAS VEGAS (KSNV/CNN) - Las Vegas city officials joined one activist Monday to welcome a new community of homes made from re-purposed shipping containers.
Abandoned shipping containers transformed into affordable homes for veterans
LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — On Monday, the City of Las Vegas welcomed a new village, made of re-purposed shipping containers aimed at providing affordable housing for veterans and those in need.
This new village made of shipping containers is located at Share Village, formerly known as Veterans Village.
Founder Arnold Stalk says the newly converted homes are a step towards tackling the valley’s homeless issue; combating it with affordable housing.
2019
December 27, 2019
From tents to tiny houses, advocates get creative to address Nevada’s affordable housing shortage
The Nevada Independent https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/advocates-and-nonprofits-work-to-address-nevadas-affordable-housing-shortage
Amid a global pandemic and an unforgiving job market that's contributing to an impending eviction crisis, and as politicians in Reno and Las Vegas grapple with ways to address homelessness in the long term, individuals and nonprofits are developing creative solutions to address an affordable housing crunch.
December 25, 2019
Las Vegas Veterans Village to change name, add services
Washington Times
By - Associated Press - Wednesday, December 25, 2019
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Veterans Village has announced plans to add 150 affordable units to the Nevada housing community and change its name to SHARE Village Las Vegas.
KOLO 8 News Now Reno
https://www.kolotv.com/content/news/Las-Vegas-Veterans-Village-to-change-name-add-services-566478951.html
FOX 11 Reno
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Veterans Village has announced plans to add 150 affordable units to the Nevada housing community and change its name to SHARE Village Las Vegas.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported the master-planned community will also be opened to non-veterans.
2 News Wednesday, December 25th 2019, 3:18 PM PST
November 11, 2019
John Fogerty "Proud Mary" Container Home
November 8, 2019
MULTIFAMILY EXECUTIVE INTEL
Home for the Brave
With financial help from Freddie Mac Multifamily and Berkadia, one nonprofit is providing homeless veterans with housing—and newfound hope.
November 8, 2019
Veterans Village II in downtown Las Vegas vandalized
Fox 5 News JACLYN SCHULTZ POSTED
According to the property, the vandalism happened around 9:30 p.m. on Nov. 7.
In security footage, a man is seen using a large rock to smash windows and a glass door on the container home. The home was meant for a veteran. Read more.
November 7, 2019
Veterans Village to Hold 8th Annual Veterans Day Celebration Featuring Rock ‘n’ Roll Legend John Fogerty
September 23, 2019
20 million people fed through Starbucks FoodShare program
By Michael Ko September 13, 2019
Arnold Stalk, the founder of Veterans Village and the son of a World War II Navy veteran, also said many who are homeless or in need are invisible. “People who are couch surfers or living in their cars or trucks, that number is indefinable,”
2018
December 11, 2018
Las Vegas nonprofit converts shipping containers into homes for vets
In lieu of a ribbon-cutting, Rick Rainey went to work on a 20-by-8-foot shipping container with a cutting torch.
The Builders United project manager proceeded to slice a “window” in the side of the steel container, the first step toward converting it into a rectangular home for a military veteran. Read more.
November 30, 2018
Veterans Village 5’s Shade Tree Women & Family Campus Ribbon Cutting
By Veterans Reporter News
Our traditional Veterans Day Ceremony began at 5:00pm with Senator Elect Susie Lee, the Honorable Carolyn G. Goodman, Mayor of Las Vegas and Clark County Commissioner Lawrence Weekly followed by a ribbon cutting for our 5th campus, Veterans Village Women & Family Campus. The addition of the 20 units will assist Women transitioning from The Shade Tree as well as Female Veterans & Families. Read More.
September 2018
Affordable Housing
Las Vegas is the No. 8 City in the Country with the most number of homeless people.
Millennium Commercial Properties
We are proud to work with SHARE Village Las Vegas 501c(3), Berkadia, and Freddie Mac to provide affordable housing units in our local community.
July 12, 2018
Raiders donate $150K to Veterans Village in Las Vegas
On Thursday, the Raiders Foundation donated $150,000 to Veterans Village in Las Vegas.
Representatives from the Raiders gave a check to Veterans Village CEO and founder Arnold Stalk. The donation will be used to help veterans with housing and other needs. Read more.
KTNV
https://www.ktnv.com/sports/raiders/raiders-foundation-makes-donation-to-veterans-village-las-vegas
KSNV Raiders donation helps Veterans Village expansion https://news3lv.com/news/local/raiders-donation-helps-veterans-village-expansion
May 19, 2018
New Veterans Village Park may be a game-changer for local veterans
LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — In this Downtown Las Vegas neighborhood are the homes of a quiet group of tightly-knit brothers and sisters.
This is Veterans Village number two, and Dr. Arnold Stalk is the founder.
"My father was a veteran of World War II, and asked me to do something for our vets before he died almost eight years ago,” Stalk said. “I think he would be pleased so far with what's going on."
May 3, 2018
March 2, 2018
Tiny House Village' aims to turn shipping containers into affordable veteran housing
ABC News 13
A ceremonial groundbreaking for "Tiny House Village" in Las Vegas was held on Monday. The initial plan would start with 11 units.
"It takes vets off the streets and provides permanent housing for them," said Founder Arnold Stalk told KSNV-TV. "This is a precursor to next development of 100 homes, hopefully right next door." Read more.
Stalk estimates there are about 7500 vets who are either homeless or on the verge of homelessness in Southern Nevada.
January 7, 2018
FINDLAY GOOD WORKS:
Veterans Village offers assistance to nation’s heroes
What does your organization do?
Veterans Village Las Vegas is dedicated to the creation of an environment that is home to United States veterans. This is a unique and innovative approach to holistic and comprehensive housing, with 24/7 year-round crisis intervention intensive support services.
2017
December 23, 2017
Addicted Appreciates & Veterans Village.
Working for a better community.
In honor of the holiday season, the friends, clients, and Realtors® of Addicted Realty came together to support Veterans Village of Las Vegas. As part of the Addicted Appreciates movement at Addicted Realty, donations were collected during our First Annual Thirsty Thursday: Holiday Edition party to help brighten the holiday season for those who have served. Our heartfelt thanks to those who were able to support such a special program. Most noteworthy, a donation of $20 provides housing to a Veteran for a day. A $5 donation provides a Veteran food for a day. To make a donation, or to find out how you can help, click here. Read More.
November 10, 2017
New veterans facility in downtown Las Vegas was built in a week
September 28, 2017
John Fogerty helps break ground on veterans crisis center in Las Vegas
Las Vegas Sun By Thomas Moore
John Fogerty, whose music helped define the late 1960s and early 1970s and the resistance to the Vietnam War, said he always understood people who hated the war, but he couldn’t comprehend why they hated the soldiers who fought in it. Read more.
June 9, 2017
May 26, 2017
Cortez Masto visits Veterans Village, addressing veterans' needs as a priority
by Gerard Ramalho, Friday, May 26th 2017
April 12, 2017
A new approach to housing Las Vegas’s homeless
‘The really creative ideas come out of necessity’
January 29, 2017
An angel for homeless veterans
The Nevada Independent By: John L. Smith
No one will confuse the jolly green Veterans Village 2 apartments at 50 N. 21st Street with a boutique hotel, but a fresh coat of paint does wonders on the deep end of downtown.
It’s safe to say the amenities planned for the complex, the working dream of longtime Southern Nevada affordable housing advocate Arnold Stalk, wouldn’t be found in the concierge directory of a Strip resort. But a regular visit from the 3 Square Food Bank truck and ready access to medical and mental health services can go a long way to accomplishing a goal that Stalk has chased like a sinking star for three decades: To provide a clean, safe, sober place to live for the valley’s homeless veterans population. Read more.
2016
December 15, 2016
Veterans Village doubles down on bid to house homeless vets in Las Vegas Valley
October 27, 2016
We're LIVE at Veterans Village in downtown Las Vegas - a community project to help homeless United States veterans. Ahead of the final presidential debate, we're asking Cynthia Dias and Glenn Noll, who both served in Vietnam, who would make the best commander-in-chief #FacebookLive
Post your questions and comments below
Posted by BBC News on Monday, October 17, 2016
The Story Behind A Formerly Homeless Veteran’s Invitation To The State Of The Union
http://www.lasvegasnow.com/news/once-homeless-vet-to-be-among-michelle-obamas-speech-guests
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/homeless-vet-michelle-obamas-speech-guests-36193615
· Blog: http://go.wh.gov/SOTU-Guests
· Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2MxuWtZuuU
· President Obama’s SOTU Trailer: https://www.whitehouse.gov/sotu
http://sincitypresents.com/once-homeless-vet-to-be-among-michelle-obamas-speech-guests/
http://sincitypresents.com/once-homeless-vet-to-be-among-michelle-obamas-speech-guests/
August 21, 2016
July 4, 2016
No hero should be homeless: tackling our community's homeless veteran problem
LAS VEGAS (KSNV News3LV) — Being home for the holidays is the American ideal.
But hundreds of Clark County veterans who defended our nation's freedom have no place to call home on this 4th of July.
Arnold Stalk dedicates his life to the community's homeless veterans problem.
"There's a whole society that's a silent problem. You don't visually see a lot of it," said Stalk, founder of Veterans Village.
2015
December 29, 2015
Founder of Veterans Village receives call from White House
LAS VEGAS (KSNV News3LV) - Finding housing and services for every homeless veteran in the country is a problem that the founder of Veterans Village Arnold Stalk believes it can be solved.
What Stalk did not expect was receiving a phone call from the White House last week. Read more.
November 20, 2015
Wynn Las Vegas Partners With Habitat for Humanity Las Vegas to Rehabilitate Veterans Village in Downtown Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS, November 20, 2015 /3BL Media/ — In honor of Veterans Day, Wynn Las Vegas and Habitat for Humanity Las Vegas joined together to help rehabilitate Veterans Village in Downtown Las Vegas on Nov. 14 and 15.
More than 200 Wynn employee volunteers came together to provide critical repair and renovation to Veterans Village, a transitional and permanent housing facility for United States veterans. Volunteers spent days repairing and providing an all-over facelift to the 125-unit complex with fresh paint on the exterior of the building; installation and updating of the flooring and molding; and maintenance in plumbing and bathroom fixtures.
November 9, 2015
October 9, 2015
February 17, 2015
February 12, 2015
February 1, 2015
January 12, 2015
2014
November 8, 2014
Surprise Squad honored to surprise Las Vegas' Veterans Village
2013
April 21, 2013
Housing advocate pursues transitional residences for homeless vets
Forgive Arnold Stalk for not wanting to talk about homeless veterans.
He’s been talking about them for decades, ever since Las Vegas and Clark County hired him to assess Southern Nevada’s housing issues 23 years ago. We had a homeless veteran problem then. We still have a homeless veteran problem. Read more.
2012
July 25, 2012
Old motel converted into housing for homeless veterans
Private and public organizations collaborate on converted Econo Lodge
By Tovin Lapan
Wednesday, July 25, 2012 | 2 a.m.
Hundreds of veterans homeless in Nevada
KSNV reports that a study indicates more than 70,000 veterans are homeless across America, including hundreds in Nevada, July 24.
The sand-colored Econo Lodge on Las Vegas Boulevard just south of Charleston has offered budget-priced rooms for tourists and visitors looking for longer stays since the 1960s, but now it will serve a higher purpose: providing shelter to some of Southern Nevada’s homeless veterans.
