For more than 50 years, the Silver Dollar Court has been a steady source of love, advocacy and community support in northern Nevada. For 28 of those years, it has stood shoulder to shoulder with Northern Nevada HOPES — not just as a partner, but as chosen family. Together, they share a mission to uplift, support and care for people who have too often been overlooked.
This partnership wasn’t built overnight. It grew through decades of consistent acts of service — shows, fundraisers, community gatherings and moments of showing up when it mattered most. What began as collaboration has become a powerful alliance rooted in compassion, resilience and unwavering allyship.
Among the leaders who shaped this legacy is Empress Felicia Jewel-Halston. As Queen Mother III of All Nevada, she carries forward the work of the local legends who came before her. Through her dedication to the Silver Dollar Court, she has helped raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for the community she serves.
The impact of this partnership is visible across the region. Together, the Silver Dollar Court and HOPES supported the former Residence Program, helped launch Hope Springs and created the Rose Garden at the 5th Street Clinic. The garden is a quiet space of remembrance, honoring those lost and reminding the community why this work continues.
These moments — the shows, the fundraisers, the garden, the decades of showing up — tell a story of what can happen when people come together with purpose and heart. A story of chosen family. A story of love in action.
This shared purpose is what shapes Summer of Love — a season celebrating the power of community, the strength of those who lead with compassion and the love that continues to move Northern Nevada forward.
Sometimes love shows up in a clinic garden, in a decades long partnership, in the steady work of people who refuse to let anyone stand alone.
