Joy Prom Las Vegas Inc

The experience recognizes the individual guest first and then their disability, while providing a positive environment free of judgment or negativity.

Guest enjoy this experience along with their peers in a protected, safe, controlled, and comfortable environment. The JOY PROM experience empowers guests to be confident, fosters inclusion, builds self-esteem and inspires friendships.

This event is facilitated by passionate and dedicated Board and Committee Members from across the community who are motivated to create an event executed with integrity and excellence. Some of the supporters and volunteers of JOY PROM Las Vegas are parents of young children who have a disability. A particular parent said she would participate in this event every year until her current toddler daughter was old enough to attend herself. The Board and Committee desire to ensure the legacy of JOY PROM Las Vegas in an effort to fulfill these types of dreams.

JOY PROM Las Vegas creates an exclusive opportunity to unite community and promote the common good in society. The universal thread tying everyone together is the fact that we are all more alike than different. This event promotes the joy in selfless giving, breaks through any previous stereo types or anxiety volunteers may have and shifts possible negative paradigms that have possibly been formed. JOY PROM provides a training session previous to the event for all the volunteers in which it educates and enlightens them by recognizing the value in uniqueness, teaches and promotes social awareness and compassionate sensitivity.

In Las Vegas, JOY PROM occurred consecutively in 2009 and 2010 and inspired the guests, volunteers and community partners in life -long memories. The first two years JOY PROM Las Vegas occurred due to the facilitation of a small, local church. Because of explosive demand, it was quickly discovered that the event needed to become a separate entity and turned into a 501(c)(3) to ensure its legacy and continue to be hosted in the most efficient manner.