SAN FRANCISCO - Black Rock City, LLC, the organization that hosts the annual Burning Man event, is pleased to announce that it is donating $65,750 in proceeds from ice sales at the 2011 event to local community service and art organizations in Pershing County.
Since 2003, Black Rock City, LLC has donated over $395,650 to charities in Pershing County. Each year, the total donation amount has increased. Gift recipients for 2011 include the Pershing County Senior Center, Eagle Scholarship, Pershing County Community Center, Pershing County High School, Pershing County Domestic Violence Intervention, Pershing General Hospital & Nursing Care, Pershing County Humane Society, Lovelock Frontier Days, Lovelock Lion's Club, Friends of the Library, Marzen House Museum, Kids, Horses & Rodeos, Lovelock Food Bank, Lovelock Boy Scouts Association, Lovelock Little League Association, Lovelock Chamber of Commerce, Pershing County Arts Council, Safe Haven Animal Sanctuary, Lovelock Volunteer Fire Department and Project Graduation.
At the Burning Man event, ice is sold to participants and proceeds go directly to local area charities and community groups.
"Gift giving is one of our favorite parts of the holiday season," said Marian Goodell, Burning Man co-founder. "We are pleased that we are able to gift our largest amount ever to neighbors doing such important and productive work for the Pershing County community."
For 20 years, the Black Rock Desert, north of Reno, has been home to the increasingly popular Burning Man event. The annual art event, which began on a beach in San Francisco in 1986, has grown to attract more than 50,000 participants annually, from every state of the Union and 23 countries worldwide.
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