The Children's Cabinet - October 2023 Newsletter

October 2023

Bring on October

Fall is in the air and as the days become shorter, we can look forward to the beautiful leaves changing colors and the excitement this season brings. Fall shifts us into thinking about the upcoming holiday season and the quickly approaching Nevada Day and Halloween celebrations. There are many activities happening throughout October, please check out the list of ideas below for you and your family.

October has two public awareness distinctions that are important to The Children’s Cabinet's mission of keeping children safe and families together. It is National Bullying Prevention Month and National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. In Nevada schools, SafeVoice is an anonymous reporting system that students can call, or use digitally, to submit tips concerning their safety or the safety of others. You can find SafeVoice at www.safevoicenv.org, by calling 833-216-SAFE, or download the SafeVoice app to a mobile device.

The Children's Cabinet's Safe Place program in Northern Nevada is a 24/7 resource for youth in crisis. We partner with area businesses (all marked with bright yellow signs) to provide a network of "safe places" where youth can go for immediate help. Youth can also dial our Safe Place hotline at 1-800-536-4588 or TEXT "SAFE" with their current location to 4HELP (4457) to reach a Children's Cabinet Case Manager. You may see our Safe Place team out in the community doing school and street outreach making sure youth know about Safe Place and the safety and counseling resources available to them.

Thank you for your support and for helping spread the word about The Children’s Cabinet’s mission and programs.

Kim Young

Chief Executive Officer

Halloween At The Children's Cabinet

Monday, October 30th

4pm - 7pm

777 Sinclair St.

Join us for an evening of family fun at the Wilbur D. May Youth Center for Halloween at The Children's Cabinet!

The evening will include activities for children of all ages including trunk-or-treat and interactive games. Costumes are encouraged!

We hope you can join us!

More Halloween Events

Fall in Nevada is the perfect time to get outdoors with your family! There are so many great places to visit. If you are a lover of pumpkin patches, there are quite a few throughout the state.

Northern Nevada:

You can also visit Virginia City for Hauntober for a variety of spooky and enchanting events. Visit here.

The Nevada Day Parade will be at the State’s capital on Saturday, October 28th! Visit the website to stay up to date on details and the schedule of events.

Southern Nevada

Halloween Town at LV Pumpkin Patch

Halloween Town is in many different locations around Las Vegas (Boca Park, Silverado Ranch, and Southwest – visit their website for more details)

Halloveen at the Magical Forest

Check out more activities and events here!

Ways to Give:

Toy Table & Adopt A Family

The holidays can be a challenging time for many. To help make the season a little brighter for children and families, consider donating toys or gift cards to our Toy Table or Adopt A Family and bring holiday cheer to our clients throughout Nevada.

Visit our web page for more details and how to get involved. Even though it is only October, we are making all of our giving plans NOW!

Please email family@childrenscabinet.org or call Gilly at

775-856-0347 to participate today.

Community Resource Fair

Wobble Before You Gobble

Get the whole family together for Wobble Before You Gobble on Thanksgiving morning and support The Children's Cabinet!

Use code 23childrens20 for 20% off your registration!

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library is expanding to include all 13 counties across Northern Nevada!

The Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails FREE high-quality, age-appropriate books to children from birth until their fifth birthday. This incredible program helps improve children's reading skills, promotes family bonding time, and fosters a love for reading that will last a lifetime.

The Imagination Library is made possible by the Northern Nevada Reading Coalition and the Nevada State Legislature.

To learn more about Dolly Parton's Imagination Library and enroll your child, click the button below.

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Thank You Pioneer Center!

We would like to give a big thank you to the Pioneer Center for hosting a Hygiene Product Donation Drive benefitting The Children's Cabinet during the run of TINA - The Tina Turner Musical!

Hygiene products can be incredibly expensive for families struggling to make ends meet and we are grateful to be able to provide these items at no cost to local families thanks to the generosity of our community and our partners.

Our Mission

Since 1985, The Children's Cabinet's mission has been to keep children safe and families together by providing services and resources that address unmet needs through a unique and effective cooperative effort between the private sector and public agencies in Nevada.

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