Flightlinez and Fremont Street Experience to hold fundraiser creating Alyssa Otremba scholarship at Arbor View High School and benefiting The Rape Crisis Center
For Immediate Release:
Alyssa Scholarship Fund
WHO:
Flightlinez zipline attraction, Fremont Street Experience and The Rape Crisis Center.
Representatives of The Rape Crisis Center as well as Flightlinez will be available for interviews. All Arbor View High School students will ride free that day to celebrate Alyssa’s memory.
WHAT:
Flightlinez and the Fremont Street Experience will donate all their revenues from zipline rides on Wednesday, Sept. 28 to create a minimum $5,000 scholarship at Arbor View High School in Alyssa Otremba’s name to keep her memory alive and will donate the remainder of the day’s proceeds to The Rape Crisis Center. “We had already been working with The Rape Crisis Center to have our September funds benefit their worthwhile efforts and when we heard about Alyssa’s untimely passing we were also very committed to keeping her memory alive. All involved were happy to work together to make the fundraising efforts on this day benefit both causes and create an awareness of the needs in our Las Vegas community, said Joey Vanas of Flightlinez.
Flightlinez is committed to serving the Las Vegas community by hosting charitable fundraisers throughout the year. In June, Flightlinez and Fremont Street Experience donated nearly $18,000 to the Boys and Girls Clubs of Las Vegas and have donated more than $100,000 to local charities and community groups since launching the new charitable initiative in February.
TIMES:
Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011
Noon until midnight
COST:
Noon until 6 p.m. Flightlinez Zipline rides are $15
6 p.m. until midnight Flightlinez Zipline rides are $20
WHERE:
Flightlinez
Fremont Street Experience
425 Fremont Street
Downtown Las Vegas, Nevada
About the Company:
Flightlinez owns and operates the zipline ride attraction located at the Fremont Street Experience and continuously puts forth fundraising efforts to support charities and worthwhile causes in Las Vegas. For more information on Flightlinez, please visit www.fremontstreetflightline.com.
The Rape Crisis Center
The Rape Crisis Center provides crisis intervention, advocacy, support, education, and counseling to those affected by sexual violence in Clark County and the Las Vegas area. Advocates are available 24 hrs a day, seven days a week to provide support and answer questions. The center also welcomes calls from partners, family members and friends of rape and sexual victims.