The Dr. Joel and Carol Bower School-Based Health Center (SBHC) was founded in 2004 as a partnership between Nevada State College School of Nursing and Basic High School to address significant unmet health needs of Henderson children. The center provides services such as immunizations, emergency care, chronic disease management, sports physicals and health education. To date, The SBHC has provided healthcare to more than 10,000 low-income and under served children in the community who may have otherwise gone untreated. In 2017 Nevada Health Centers assumed operations of the SBHC replacing Nevada State College School of Nursing. The center was then renamed Nevada Health Centers Bower School-Based Health Center at Basic Academy. In 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic as well as looking at the needs of the local community, it was determined to broaden the allocation of the funds generated through the annual golf tournament. The proceeds from the tournament will go toward the Bower Fund which supports education and health opportunities as well as other essential needs of children in Southern Nevada.
