Here’s How to Make Meaningful Impact on UNLV Fostering Scholars Program and Play Great Golf

Obviously, there are many worthy charitable causes in the world and Southern Nevada, but one making a deep and meaningful impact and changing the lives of foster kids is the UNLV Fostering Scholars program. You can play the beautiful Conestoga Golf Club April 28, 2025, and improve the lives of deserving young people.

This is the kind of event and program that truly pays it forward because when a student who has experienced foster care goes on to success, a cycle of caring and a new generation of success is cultivated.

The UNLV Fostering Scholars Program is a campus-based support network with dedicated programming to support individuals who have experienced foster care. The program recognizes that the population of students it supports is often navigating their transition from foster care to independence while transitioning to UNLV.

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Conestoga Golf Club in Mesquite, Nevada, is one of the top courses in the area and the event is now an annual tradition. The event lists suggested donations as the entry fee and 95% of everything general goes directly to the cause due to the generosity of Conestoga Golf Club.

Golf Event Suggested Donations*

Basic Needs Donation – $250

• Supports essential gap-filling needs (ex: transportation, food, personal hygiene, etc.)

Future-Building Skills Scholarship Donation – $500

• Enables students to choose future-building opportunities (ex: workshops, coaching)
• Funds one student for one semester

Future-Building Skills Scholarship Donation – $1,000

• Enables students to choose future-building opportunities (ex: workshops, coaching)
• Funds one student for two semesters

Food/Meal Plan Donation – $1,500

• Provides meal support for one student for two semesters

Housing Support Donation – $3,000

• Provides housing support for one student for one semester

Program Support Donation – $5,000

• Provides funding to train five individuals as new support staff

*For each donation of $250 or more, new donors (individual or community) will receive an invitation/s to join the program’s existing donors and sponsors at this sp

UNLV Fostering Scholars strives to assist students who have previously experienced foster care at age 13+ during their transition from high school to university life and throughout their time at UNLV. This program launched in Fall 2021, modeled after other successful national programs, as the first of its kind in the state of Nevada. The program has demonstrated remarkable growth and success with student retention, GPA, and persistence.

The UNLV Fostering Scholars Program draws together resources from across UNLV and the community to address the holistic needs of students who have experienced foster care. By enhancing a student’s sense of independence and connectedness, the retention and graduation rates of participants improve. Students who have experienced foster care are much more than their experiences! In fact, our students’ experiences in foster care have developed our students into incredibly resilient individuals. Though the program is newer, UNLV Fostering Scholars participants as a whole have demonstrated persistence rates that have exceeded state and national rates for same-aged peers.

UNLV Fostering Scholars’ goal is to create an environment conducive to ensuring that students with a history of foster care involvement leave UNLV with the skills and tools necessary to transform their university experience into a meaningful career with social skills & tools necessary that will last a lifetime.