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Lance Eliason

Lance Eliason

Jul 8, 2025 | Welcome Aboard

Born and raised in Las Vegas, Lance has always been passionate about giving back to the community that shaped him. With a background in healthcare partnerships, nonprofit leadership and youth mentorship, he brings both professional expertise and a deep personal commitment to serving vulnerable families in Southern Nevada.

Lance currently serves as the Director of Partnerships at Touro University Nevada, where he helps connect students, educators and medical professionals to opportunities that improve lives and strengthen communities. His career has included roles in hospital systems, organ and tissue donation, and higher education – always with a focus on compassion, access and community impact.

Beyond work, Lance volunteers with local youth sports, faith-based service initiatives and civic committees focused on neighborhood improvement and public service.

Joining the board of Serving Our Kids Foundation is a natural extension of his belief that no child should ever go hungry. Lance is honored to serve and looks forward to supporting SOK’s mission to nourish children not just with food, but with hope.

Help Feed Their Dreams Food Drive

Help Feed Their Dreams Food Drive

Jul 8, 2025 | What's New

Three of our incredible community partners are teaming up with SOK for one of our biggest, boldest bagging events ever – Help Feed Their Dreams Food Drive sponsored by Bay Law Injury Attorneys with mighty support from KSNV News 3 and new crusader Don Tortaco Mexican Grill.

From Monday, August 18th through Friday, September 5th, everyone in the Las Vegas Valley can donate some of the most popular and nutritious food items we pack in our weekend meal bags – chicken or beef Ramen noodles and fruit snacks or apple sauce squeezers. Check out the photos of the products we need.

Noodles, snacks and squeezers

Items can be dropped off during business hours at:

Bay Law – 1540 W Warm Springs Rd, Suite 110, Henderson

News 3 – 1500 Foremaster Lane, Las Vegas

SOK Office –  122 Industrial Park Rd Suite 210, Henderson

Or at any/these participating Don Tortaco locations.

#2 – 7140 S. Jones Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 89118
#3 – 1513 W. Craig Rd., North Las Vegas, NV 89032
#4 – 3500 Volunteer Blvd., Henderson, NV 89044
#5 – 7424 S. Rainbow Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 89139
#6 – 4820 S. Eastern Ave., Las Vegas, NV 89119
#15 – 1461 S Boulder Hwy., Henderson, NV 89015
#24 – 360 E Ann Rd., North Las Vegas, NV 89031
#26 – 8295 S. Fort Apache Rd., Las Vegas, NV 89148

You can donate as many items and as many times as you like. Please ask everyone you know to participate.

Then, on September 5th, a huge meal bagging event will take place at Bay Law’s offices. You can volunteer to Help Feed Their Dreams for 5,000 food-insecure elementary and middle school kids. Visit servingourkids.org to sign up for the first shift from 4:00 to 5:30 PM or the second shift from 5:30 to 7:00 PM. Or both!

Volunteer slots are limited, so sign-up today!

Come hang out with the uber-cool Bay Law crew, have some fun and help feed the dreams of thousands of hungry kids. Who knows? You might even see yourself on News 3!

New School Year. New Hope. New Goals.

New School Year. New Hope. New Goals.

Jul 8, 2025 | Community Support

It’s time for kids throughout the Las Vegas Valley to return to the classroom. It’s a time of excitement and hope as they look forward to making new discoveries and new friends that help shape the future they dream about.

But more than 110,000 food-insecure Clark County elementary and middle school students simply hope to get enough to eat, especially on weekends when they can’t access school food programs.
It’s time for SOK to kick-off our new campaign to help meet their needs. Our goal is to provide weekend meal bags to 5,000 kids each week.

That takes more money to buy more food. It takes more volunteers to create weekend meal bags and deliver them to more than 98 schools. It takes more caring, generous people like you to donate the time, energy and money to help reach this goal and feed more hungry kids.

Our recent school survey confirms that SOK weekend meal bags improve student health and wellness, school attendance, and academic performance. Of those students receiving SOK weekend meal bags, the survey revealed:

However, it also shows that 56% of kids who receive a weekend meal bag share their food with family members. We’re making great progress, but needs keeps growing. And so must we.

We’ll be posting lots of new volunteer opportunities for the upcoming school year on servingourkids.org by the end of July. Please ask your family, friends and colleagues to get involved. It’s easy. It’s fun. It’s important.

It’s time to join our crusade to end child hunger and help feed the dreams of food-insecure kids throughout the school year.

SOK Welcomes David Archer

SOK Welcomes David Archer

Mar 31, 2025 | Volunteer Profile

We‘re thrilled to welcome David Archer as the new Executive Director of the Serving Our Kids Foundation. David’s genuine passion for SOK’s mission and his proven executive skills will help us improve our overall operations, fundraising and FUN!

David’s two careers span the non-profit and for-profit. For more than 14 years, he served as President and CEO for several Chambers of Commerce across Southern California. David honed his leadership, networking, fundraising and event production expertise, and brought residents, businesses and government together to strengthen and grow their communities. Prior to that, David was a finance professional with Fortune 500 companies, such as Northrop Corporation and Bank of America.

“When I met Laurie and started learning about how food-insecurity threatens the health and the future of thousands of kids in our community, I knew I had to get involved,” said David. “I’m ready to do what I can to help people understand why Serving Our Kids is essential to fighting this problem and why they should join the fight.”

David is also our Executive Crusader who champions our mission and messages in public and in the media. He inspires people to join our crusade and builds new business and community partnerships that continuously increase our impact on food-insecure kids throughout Southern Nevada.

“Everyone at Serving Our Kids and every child we serve is going to benefit from David’s talent and leadership,” said CEO Laurie Tanakaya. “He has the experience and a track record of success that will help us grow and support children in our community for years to come.”

Bay Law Joins Our Crusade

Bay Law Joins Our Crusade

Mar 31, 2025 | Partner Profile

Serving Our Kids is honored to welcome Bay Law Injury Attorneys as our newest community partner. This Henderson law firm shares our deep commitment to helping children and is joining our fight to end child food insecurity in the Las Vegas valley.

Bay Law Injury Attorneys is a family-owned firm, built by Gokalp “Alp” Bayramoglu, his son Deniz, and daughter Nazly. Dedicated to serving their community, their commitment to excellence has been recognized with awards, such as Best Car Accident Lawyers in Henderson by Expertise.com and Best Accident Firm by the Sin City Chamber of Commerce.

“At our very first meeting, Bay Law agreed to become the Presenting Sponsor of our 17th Annual Bowl-A-Thon, and they scheduled a team bagging event,” said CEO Laurie Tanakaya. “They’re already making an important contribution to our mission.”

“We’re looking forward to a long-term partnership with this incredible organization,” said Deniz Bayramoglu, Managing Attorney of Bay Law. “We wanted to expand our outreach to the community, especially to children in need. And when we heard about how Serving Our Kids helps feed thousands of hungry kids every week… How could we not get involved?

“It’s always been important to us that our work extends beyond the courtroom and into our community,” Deniz added. “We built our business here and raised our families here. And we have a responsibility to give back to the people who make our community so special. Supporting Serving Our Kids lets us do this in a truly meaningful way.”

Calling All Pin Heads!

Calling All Pin Heads!

Mar 31, 2025 | Events

OK, maybe that isn’t the best headline. But it’s time for all Vegas valley keglers to polish your balls, whet your pencils and plan to attend the 17th Annual SOK Bowl-A-Thon.

Even if you don’t know the difference between a 7–10 split and a banana split, bowling is tons of fun for everyone. And our Bowl-A-Thon is a great way to support SOK’s mission to end child hunger in Southern Nevada.

This is one of our most popular events and only a few lanes are still available. So, register now and reserve your lane before they’re gone.

Save The Date:

Sunday April 27th

Become A Sponsor

A $3,000 Event Production Sponsor gets your company an extra-large name and logo banner, recognition on our website and social sites, shout-outs during the event, and a lane for your team of up to five bowlers.

A $1,500 Raffle Sponsor gets your company a name and logo banner, recognition on our website, social sites and at the event, and a lane for your team of up to five bowlers.

Sponsor A Lane

$600 reserves a lane for your team of up to five bowlers and gives you on-site and online recognition as a Lane Sponsor.

Register Your Team

$350 reserves a lane for your team of up to five bowlers.

Make The Scene:

Sunset Station Strike Zone
1301 West Sunset Road in Henderson
From 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Sign-in begins at 10:00 AM

Register Here

Whether you’re Sergeant Strike, Captain Hook or Major Gutterball, join the fun at the 17th Annual SOK Bowl-A-Thon and help feed the dreams of thousands of hungry kids.

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