LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — A Las Vegas charity that helps put food on the table for Nevada families is now asking for help themselves after their U-Haul truck was stolen following a Thanksgiving event, taking around $30,000 worth of supplies and donations.
Charity needs your help to find stolen truck
Yesterday, Channel 13 showed you volunteers from The GiveBack charity gathering in downtown Las Vegas to help hundreds of locals at their annual "Gobble Gobble Giveback" event, handing out food, clothes, hygiene items and resources for shelters and support programs.
Today, the charity reached back out to Channel 13 to tell us their U-Haul truck was stolen later that night. It included all their rentals, merchandise, signage, donated items and essential supplies.
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police are investigating and reviewing surveillance video after the 20-foot U-Haul vanished sometime between midnight and 9 a.m.
"As a small, volunteer-driven organization, this loss has devastated us. Everything we worked so hard to gather for months disappeared overnight," said Adan Van Dam, president of The Giveback.
The theft also jeopardizes the charity's upcoming Christmas toy drive scheduled for Dec. 19, which relies on the equipment and donations that were inside the truck.
The charity estimates the total loss to be anywhere between $25,000 and $30,000, representing months of preparation and donated resources meant to help Nevada families in need.
The truck has Arizona plates, AH76886, and a green, white and red butterfly on the passenger side.
If you have any information on the whereabouts of the truck, you can contact the LVMPD non-emergency line at 311, or contact Crime Stoppers at (702) 385-5555, or online at www.crimestoppersofnv.com.
