Project: H2O, See Where The Water Goes

It's no secret that it's hot in Nevada.

It seems that throughout the summer months, the National Weather Service issues severe heat warnings every other day.

As the dry heat looms and gets more excessive throughout this season, many of us will huddle back into our air-conditioned homes and nurse drinks filled to the brim with ice.

However, there are many people in our community who don't share the same privilege. For some, the Vegas summer is a one-way ticket to dehydration, heat stroke and other heat-related aliments.

This is why we started Mike & Carla's Project: H2O! Our mission is to collect as much water as we can. And this year was no exception.

We were able to collect over 1,600 cases of water, and we're so thankful for every one of our listeners who contributed to this mission.

Now you may be asking: What happens to these donations? This is what we're here to tell you!

This year, we worked with Port of Subs and The Salvation Army to wrangle up water for our community. These two are a major part in the success behind our water drive.

After Mike & Carla's Project: H2O comes to a close, we subsequently arrange for the water's pick-up! The Salvation Army comes with their truck and collects all of the amazing water.

The second aspect of this is the dispersion of water within the community.

After collection, The Salvation Army then works to disperse the pallets of water throughout their social service campuses. People are free to utilize the plethora of resources and amenities throughout their Vegas campuses, while picking up any essential items they may need. And this includes water.

The Salvation Army campus offers a sanctuary for people who need shelter from the heat, the streets and more.

We once again want to thank everyone who helped our community through these water donations. Check out the photos below to see your donations helping the wonderful people in our city!

After this weekend, all we can say is THANK YOU for your amazing water donations.

Mike and Carla's Project: H2O party was a complete success, and we couldn't have done it without YOU, our amazing community. This party was dedicated to raise water donations for our city of Las Vegas and the people who'll need it this summer!

The whole 96.3 KKLZ team partied it up at our radio station. Listeners were able to easily drop off water donations and in return, they were give Port of Subs gift certificates.

We also had a great giveaway (no donations necessary) for a Virgin Hotels Las Vegas staycation, which our lucky listener Barbi was able to win.

Barbi, who came to our Project: H2O party before her work shift, donated TONS of water cases. Her donations will make a major difference in the lives of many.

However, Barbi wasn't the only listeners who donated. We also had Russ, Liz and a few other lovely members of our KKLZ family generously donate many cases of water, too!

It was overall an amazing day where the KKLZ crew did what they love to do: Helping our community of Southern Nevada.

We also want to send our deepest gratitude toward Joe Arevall from Premium Waters who donated 20 pallets of H2O!

We are so thankful for the sheer amount of donations that were given to us. Although water is often a resource that many individuals have direct access to, there’s a great deal of people in our community who simply don’t share that privilege, which makes Mike and Carla’s Project: H2O even more important.

According to the NevadaCurrent.com, there were 186 deaths among the homeless population in Clark County. Thirty out of the 186 deaths involved heat or dehydration-related factors, even if it wasn't the main cause of death.

If you weren’t able to make it to our major Project: H2O party then don’t worry. Port of Subs has provided other store locations across the Vegas Valley that will be intaking donations of water this week. Project: H2O runs until Friday, May 27.

This means we have ONE FULL WEEK LEFT. So, if you've been wanting to donate to this wonderful cause then now is your chance.

Port of Subs Remaining Drop Off Locations:

Vegas, we spoke to you and you spoke back in a BIG way. Thank you for not just hearing but listening to us. The 6th Annual Mike & Carla‘s Project H2O, in partnership with The Salvation Army sponsored by Port Of Subs, comes to an end Friday, May 27.

Our 6th Annual water drive has been a joyous and rewarding experience to say the least. The Mike & Carla Morning Show gave listeners the chance to give back to to the community of Southern Nevada. All of the cases of bottled water collected will help The Salvation Army just in time for summer. Locals and tourists a like understand just how hot Vegas can get. It's important to raise awareness on heat related deaths due to dehydration that takes place in Las Vegas and all around the globe.

We posted at four water drop off Port of Subs locations across the Vegas Valley. We were off to a slower start in the very beginning but the more we pushed the message the more that you showed up and showed out. Our final Port of Subs drop off location was our best stop with an intake of 30 cases of water. Our first ever water donation party that took place at the Beasley Broadcast Group building on Saturday, May 21 was a HUGE success. It was a lot of fun getting to hang out with each and every one of you that stopped by to donate water. If you donated four cases or more, we hope you enjoy your FREE Port of Subs lunch.

We also want to highlight Joe Arevall and Premium Waters for donating 20 pallets of water. There were 72 cases of water per pallet. That is A LOT of water! The Mike and Carla 6th Annual Project H2O will help impact many of our neighbors lives thanks to our friends at Port of Subs.

Together we raised over 1,600 cases of water! We hope to continue this water drive for many more years to come and we will see you in 2023 for Mike and Carla's 7th Annual Project H2O.