The Holiday Season is upon us and with it comes a wonderful opportunity for our university and community to come together to provide holiday cheer to those less fortunate in our community!

In what has become a university tradition, UNLV, United Movement Organized Kindness, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, and many community sponsors and resource providers will join together to host the annual President’s Holiday Village, on December 12, 2026, in Lot R on UNLV’s Maryland campus.

The primary purpose of this community-wide event is to provide holiday cheer and ensure no child in Southern Nevada goes without a holiday gift. The secondary purpose is to help connect campus and community resources with those who reside in underserved households.

In addition to the toy distribution and resource fair components, the event will also include a holiday festival, complete with bounce houses, face painting, balloon artist, music, holiday characters, a mobile farm animal yard, and several opportunities to interact with first responders and their vehicles.

There are three ways to support this event, as follows:

1. Host a Resource Table - Resource tables will provide a platform to share information about your organization’s resources with event attendees, with a particular emphasis on resources for youth and/or for those who reside in underserved households. Register to host a resource table.
2. Host an Activity Table - Activity tables will provide a platform to facilitate table-top activities appropriate for youth and/or adult attendees. These activities need to be simple and short in duration, and can be educational and/or fun. Register to host an activity table.
3. Volunteer – More than 100 volunteers are needed to greet and direct event attendees, staff registration and information tables, facilitate games and other event-related activities, and to help set-up, maintain, and clean-up the event. There are three volunteer shifts to choose from. Register to be an event volunteer.

Please consider what you can do to support this effort and then formalize your commitment by completing the registration process via one of the portals above, no later than November 12th.

If you have any questions, please reach out to the Office of Government and Community Engagement via email, UNLVCommunityEngagement@unlv.edu.

Thank you, in advance, for helping us bring holiday cheer to our youngest community members!