The Las Vegas Public Affairs Show
Oct 3, 2026 · 57 min · 12 segments
The Las Vegas Public Affairs Show, hosted by Heather Vale, highlights charity events, non-profit initiatives, and social issues around Southern Nevada. This week’s topics: Power in Pink & Purple…
Ingeborg HochmairGuestWendy BrooksGuestAshish SaxenaGuest
Erwin HochmairGuestOkay, so Winning for a Cause, basically it exists to unite local businesses, nonprofits, as well as the community members by hosting uplifting events throughout Southern Nevada in an effort to raise awareness, build relationships, and of course, support meaningful causes here, right here in Southern Nevada.
Why do you feel it's important to support nonprofits and raise awareness about what they're doing?
I feel it's important because there's a lot of nonprofits here who are doing amazing work.
However, there's a lot of people who don't really know all of the different nonprofits that are here or the resources that they provide.
So I think it's super important for as many people as possible to help shine a light on the many things that the different nonprofits that are right here in our backyard are doing to support the community and help the community.
So we're supporting and raising awareness for breast cancer as well as domestic violence.
Bring our community together and help raise and spread awareness for both of these two amazing causes throughout the entire month of October.
Yeah, so for one with breast cancer, I had a grandmother who was diagnosed with breast cancer and actually had to have two mastectomies for both her breasts.
And I know several people who have gone through domestic violence, unfortunately.
And these are super important causes to myself and to many people here in our area and literally across our country.
In fact, about one in eight women in the United States will develop breast cancer during their lifetime, according to the American Cancer Society.
Okay, so Winning for a Cause, basically it exists to unite local businesses, nonprofits, as well as the community members by hosting uplifting events throughout Southern Nevada in an effort to raise awareness, build relationships, and of course, support meaningful causes here, right here in Southern Nevada.
Why do you feel it's important to support nonprofits and raise awareness about what they're doing?
I feel it's important because there's a lot of nonprofits here who are doing amazing work.
However, there's a lot of people who don't really know all of the different nonprofits that are here or the resources that they provide.
So I think it's super important for as many people as possible to help shine a light on the many things that the different nonprofits that are right here in our backyard are doing to support the community and help the community.
So we're supporting and raising awareness for breast cancer as well as domestic violence.
Bring our community together and help raise and spread awareness for both of these two amazing causes throughout the entire month of October.
Yeah, so for one with breast cancer, I had a grandmother who was diagnosed with breast cancer and actually had to have two mastectomies for both her breasts.
And I know several people who have gone through domestic violence, unfortunately.
And these are super important causes to myself and to many people here in our area and literally across our country.
In fact, about one in eight women in the United States will develop breast cancer during their lifetime, according to the American Cancer Society.
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