The Newmont Mining Company kept giving over the holidays with an $8,500 check to the Wendover Recreation District last week.
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The funds will be used for the re- felting of pool tables and the purchase of a new pool table, eight new video chairs, folding chairs and tables, a new foosball table, a new air hockey table, and new weights, explained Newmont Public relations Director Pamela Smith.
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The new owner of the Long Canyon Mine project located just 25 miles west of Wendover, Newmont officials told the West Wendover and Wendover city councils in November that the company would be committed to supporting the communities it impacted.
The day before the Recreation district donation Newmont presented a $5,000 check the the local thrift store/food bank possibly saving the charity from going out of business.
The check presented by Pamela Smith of Newmont Gold to Frank Sharp, Pastor Chris Lund and Deira Esparza will go toward offsetting operating costs of the thrift store/food bank.
Until the funding from Newmont there was rampant speculation that the charity might be closed. Times are especially tough in the winter when many Wendover casino workers see their schedules cut down to two or three working days a week.
And for many of Wendover’s working poor the Sharp’s food bank has meant the difference between a meal or going hungry.
A businessman in Wendover for over 30 years, Sharp started the thrift store and food bank in memory of his wife to cancer several years ago.
As a child growing up in Wendover we had nothing to do, and no major business willing to help provide us kids with healthy entertainment. I am glad to see that someone is trying to help. No thanks to the Casino’s who have been there many years and have no regard towards the children. Thank you Newmont