Fifth graders from Henderson International School helped make the season a little brighter for some people in need by collecting food for the Las Vegas Rescue Mission.

The students gathered 3,500 non-perishable food items for the mission. The students also helped load the items onto the truck Friday afternoon.

The fifth-grade class have been learning about global poverty and decided that the best way to make an impact on the issue would be by tackling the problem right here in Las Vegas.

Doing something for someone else will never be as easy, or delicious, as it will be at Town Square Las Vegas during the month of September.

For the second year in a row, many Town Square restaurants are helping to spread awareness of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month in September.  Many restaurants are donating proceeds from a specific menu item, or a percentage of the total bill to Cure 4 The Kids Foundation.  The proceeds will go directly to the foundation’s Charity Care Plan ensuring children without medical insurance or whose family cannot pay for treatment, get the treatment they need.

Cure 4 The Kids Foundation operates the Children’s Specialty Center of Nevada treating children with specialized medical conditions -- things like cancer, rheumatological conditions including Lupus, Scleroderma, Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, rare and ultra rare diseases, genetic and inherited bleeding disorders.

Local radio DJs collected pajamas all day Friday as part of the annual DJs for PJs drive.

They started collecting the pajamas at 6 a.m. at four Kohl's stores around southern Nevada, including the stores at Charleston Boulevard and Durango Drive, Durango Drive and Deer Springs Way, Blue Diamond and Arville roads and 215 beltway and Valle Verde.  

The bedtime clothes will be donated to kids in need in the Las Vegas valley. Last year, more than 8,000 pairs of pajamas were donated to the cause and then distributed to dozens of local charities.