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SAVE THE DATE! Three Square Food Bank Announces Dates for 18th Annual Las Vegas Restaurant Week: June 2-13, 2025
LAS VEGAS, Feb. 18, 2025 – Attention Las Vegas food service industry: mark your calendars! Three Square Food Bank is announcing the dates for this year’s highly anticipated Las Vegas Restaurant Week – June 2-13, 2025.
Restaurant owners, chefs and food service businesses interested in participating can contact the Las Vegas Restaurant Week team at 702.909.5519 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
The 12-day event showcases Southern Nevada’s restaurants, providing a platform to highlight their unique spaces and menus, while inviting the public to enjoy familiar favorites or explore new tastes – all in support of food-insecure residents throughout the valley.
"Las Vegas is known for its incredible dining scene, but food insecurity is still a real challenge for our community," said Beth Martino, President and CEO of Three Square Food Bank. "Las Vegas Restaurant Week celebrates our local culinary talent while helping our neighbors in need. We're grateful to the restaurants, foodservice businesses, and participants who make this event possible, and we invite others to join us in making a lasting impact."
The USDA cut $500 million in funding to food banks. Here’s how they’re coping.
“These reductions don’t just affect people facing hunger — they also hurt the retailers, farmers, and businesses that supply fresh, local food to our region,” says Beth Martino, CEO of Three Square Food Bank in Southern Nevada.
NBC News, Apr. 9, 2025 — As President Donald Trump’s administration attempts to lower inflation by reducing government spending, Americans are finding out the very programs putting healthy, affordable foods on their plates are on the chopping block.
A pair of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs — one that funds the purchase of local farm-fresh foods for school cafeterias and another that funds much of the product available in food banks — were cut for 2025, amounting to more than $1 billion in purchasing.
Three Square Food Bank Announces Strategic Leadership Changes
LAS VEGAS, NV – (Apr. 15, 2025) – Three Square Food Bank has announced Elizabeth Hunterton as Chief Development Officer and Lisa Segler as Chief Operations and Strategy Officer, bringing their extensive expertise to help the nonprofit in its mission of fighting food insecurity in Southern Nevada for a hunger-free community.
Formerly serving as Three Square’s interim Chief Development Officer since December 2024, Elizabeth Hunterton has become a permanent member of the leadership team. As Chief Development Officer, she is responsible for annual budgeting and enabling continued operational growth to close the meal gap in Southern Nevada. In addition to philanthropy and grants administration, Hunterton oversees marketing, communications and brand awareness for Three Square.
Southern Nevada food bank faces rising need amid shrinking federal support
Las Vegas Sun, Apr. 27, 2025 — Three Square food bank is already feeling the effects of President Donald Trump’s cuts to federal programs, having received 1.5 million fewer pounds of food this year compared with the same period a year ago, the organization said. That equals about 1.25 million meals, it said.