Our Community Commitment

Los Angeles Regional Crime Stoppers & Nix Financial Partner to Fight Crime

Nix Financial is excited to announce a new partnership with Los Angeles Regional Crime Stoppers to facilitate anonymous reward payments for anonymous tips leading to an arrest.  Through the program, tipsters selected to receive rewards will be directed to one of 12 Nix Financial branches outlets throughout Los Angeles County, where a secure system has been set up for them to receive their payout.

Crime Stoppers is a non-profit organization working with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Los Angeles Police Department and 38 other law enforcement agencies in Los Angeles County as well as the community and new media to help solve crimes.  Through the program, anyone with knowledge about crimes that have occurred can anonymously call a hotline at 800.222.TIPS (8477), text or log into the Crime Stoppers website at www.lacrimestoppers.org and provide crime tip information.  The tipster’s identity is always encrypted, and a private code is assigned to the tipster.  If the information leads to an arrest, the tipster is eligible to receive a reward up to $1,000.

Crime Stoppers receives 500-600 anonymous tips monthly. Through September 2011, Crime Stoppers received nearly 5,700 tips, which resulted in 258 arrests and the seizure of over $1.7 million in narcotics.

Fathers of the Community
Nix Financial pays tribute to five special men for their positive efforts to improve conditions in their communities. The 2011 "Fathers of the Community" honorees are:

Robert Yanez
Robert has always felt the need to ensure the communities where he lives, as well as where he works are safe and an area where youth can flourish. He regularly reads to young children at local schools, whether it's at his daughter's school or ones in the area he works in. He uses his free time to help collect toys for needy children that he and his coworkers and hedistribute at Christmas time and volunteers at local school carnivals with children. He has made this theme of giving back, a lifestyle choice for himself as he is alsoa tenured member of the Los Angeles Police Department, wherehe currently serves as a Senior Lead Officer, which is a community liaison position , in the area of South Los Angeles. The many lives impacted over the last 20 years, make Officer Robert Yanez a Father of the Community and truly someone special.

Erich C. Nall
Erich is Owner and Founder of Ultimate Transformations Training in Los Angeles. Erich, known fondly as Coach E, has been a prominent figure in the Los Angeles community throughout his life as an educator and promoter of health, physical fitness and self-improvement. Erich left corporate America in 1986 to follow his passion to help more children in South Los Angeles become higher achievers in elementary school. A product of South Los Angeles himself, his desire led him to become the Founder of Collegiate Search Youth Organization. The organization offers tutorial support and academic assistance, including preparation for standardized tests, to students. The goal of the program is to help students successfully matriculate through elementary school and on to receive their college degree. To date, Collegiate Search has assisted more than 5000 students into colleges and universities across the country. Erich has served as a mentor and father figure to several hundred young men and women throughout the Los Angeles area. While Erich was offering a fitness program to the youth, he felt compelled to bring health and wellness to the community at large. He created Ultimate Transformations Training and has coached and trained many successful professional athletes, actors, models and others in the entertainment industry for over 18 years. Erich is passionate about the health and wellness of the community and his own parents are part of his clientele. Erich is the author of 21 Days to Ultimate Health and Wellness. His desire is to share the message of mental, spiritual and physical wellness with the world.

He is afrequent guest host on KJLH, 102.3 FM, in Los Angeles, California. He is a contributing writer of a weekly column in Our Weekly Los Angeles as well as a contributor to Volleyball Magazine, and The Los Angeles Sentinel. He is both a certified trainer and nutritionist who has spent the last 25 years studying and learning from the best in sports training and conditioning. Erich holds his BA and MBA in Business and Economics. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and three daughters.

Coach E's commitment to the education and health of our youth and community make him "Someone Special."

 

Ernie G
Ernie G is one of the hottest, multi-talented, young Latino entertainers in the country today. His comedy has been seen by millions of TV viewers on shows, such as Comedy Central's "Make Me Laugh," B.E.T.'s "Comic View," Ed McMahon's "Next Big Star," & Sí TV's "Funny is Funny!" He is one of the original stars of Galavisión's hit comedy show "Qué Locos!" hosted by George Lopez, - appearing six times, along with two appearances on "The Best of Qué Locos!" He has appeared on HBO Latino's "Habla Again," MUN2's "Loco Comedy Jam," as well as Sí TV's "Latino Laugh Festival!" and their hip new show, "Inside Joke!" Currently, you can catch him on MTV Tr3s' "Los Super Icons" and you might also remember him as the "Angry Angelino" from the Channel 13 News in Los Angeles!

A graduate of Loyola Marymount University with his B.A. in Psychology and a minor in Chicano Studies, Ernie has developed his own unique form of Comedy he calls "Latino Edutainment - Educating and Entertaining with a Latino Flavor!" and has performed for many of the country's top organizations and corporations, including Disney, Pepsi-Co, General Mills, U.S. Armed Forces, National Council de la Raza, Latin American Educational Foundation and the Hispanic College Fund. He was honored by the City of Los Angeles with the 1st-ever Mario Moreno "Cantínflas" Award for "...representing the Latino community with the same humor and distinction as the legendary Mario Moreno "Cantínflas" and who, like Cantínflas, utilizes his power to help those most in need."

Ernie performs his rip-roaring, high-energy comedy as Host and Producer of "Ernie G's Comedy Fiesta!"- a National Comedy Tour featuring the country's top Latino comedians performing in venues, colleges and universities throughout the nation. He was the Key Note Speaker at UCLA's 32nd Annual RAZA Graduation, and continues to spread his message of Empowerment & Transformation through Laughter as the National Spokesperson for the Hispanic College Fund and Inspirational Comedian nationwide! For more information, or to order his first Comedy CD entitled, "Mama's Boy!" please visit: ErnieG.com.

Ernie G's dedication to encouraging education and community development through laughter make him "Someone Special."

 

Pastor Todd -
Dr. Todd W. Grant of the Watts Powerhouse Church, affectionately called "Pastor Todd", walks the walk and talks the talk. He enjoys canvassing the community, promoting vital youth services that his church provides in education, health, life skills, and reducing gang violence. A strong advocate of the "One church-One child Adoption Program," Pastor Todd shows makes his church and home and a sanctuary to children in need.

Pastor Todd has adopted three children to go along with his four biological children. He feels that if every able family adopted at least one child, all of the 50,000 children in our court system would have a home.

Outside his extensive pastoral and family duties, his regular activities include teen pregnancy prevention and education, free dental and medical care to community residence and home repair assistance. Pastor Todd and other church leaders give special attention to the gang problem that plagues his community. His daily activities can include gang intervention, mediation and counseling. Pastor Todd seeks to replace their Gang Family with a Christian Family. To that end he formed a fellowship for young men called Iron Men Ministries. He also encourages their participation in athletic and social activities that create a bond of brotherhood in place of rivalry. He his Co-President of the Watts Saints Pop Warner Football Team, and sponsors several young men to The Fellowship of Christian Athletes and The Oaks Christian Camp and Conference.

Pastor Todd is one of many men of God who go the extra mile for their church, community and family and is "Someone Special."

 

Keith "Sarge" Gibbs
Keith "Sarge" Gibbs is a native of New York City, the South Bronx to be exact.He graduated from William Howard Taft high school in the Bronx and there after enlisted in the United States Marine Corps.

Gibbs' first tour of duty was Okinawa, Japan where he spent 18 months learning the military supply system. Upon leaving Okinawa he toured manylocations around the globe. In the early 80's, Gibbs requested to become a Drill Instructor.This was a very rewarding and challenging duty assignment. Training 90 men on a quarterly basis and being responsible for their total being was a tremendous task to be accomplished. Gibbs also spent several years as a Marine Corps Recruiter. Enlisting men and women from all walks of life, and from different levels of education, he was the number one recruiter for Los Angeles County in 1987.

After spending 13 years in the Marine Corps, Gibbs made a bold move and enlisted in the United States Army. There he continued to apply his expertise as a top level medical recruiter. His job was to work his way into the hospitals and employ nurses and doctors into the Army/Nurse Corps. Gibbs also had the pleasure of attending the Master Fitness Training course in Helena Montana where the air was thin and the mountains high. With over 22 years of dedicated and faithful service to his country, Gibbs retired from military service on June 30, 2000.

As a civilian, Gibbs took on the task of completing his college degree while maintaining a full time job. Successful balancing the demands of his work, his family and night school was not easy by any means. But the determination and hard work paid off and Gibbs graduated with a Baccalaureate Degree in "Computer Information Technology". Gibbs went on to work for a number of top organizations including Lockheed Martin Information Technology Group, Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA, and Deloitte.

While his career in Information Technology was professionally rewarding, Gibbs realized his true passion was to work with individuals to improve themselves and their communities. It is this passion that led Gibbs to form Sarges Community Base, Inc. (Non-Profit) (www.sargescommunitybase.org). Sarges Community Base is dedicated to training the youths in under-serve communities.

Sarge has the ability to motivate our youth and their families with a blend of tough love and compassion, which makes him "Someone Special."

Nix Annual Food Drive

For more than 30 years, Nix Check Cashing continues to sponsor its annual Thanksgiving Food Drive which helps more than 1,200 families each year. Nix Check Cashing has received numerous awards and recognition for their active leadership in charitable and social causes. Nix has received awards and letters of recognition from the California State Board of Education, the Department of Labor, the United States Congress, the Los Angeles Urban League Headstart Program, the California State Senate, the Superintendent of Banks, the Brotherhood Crusade, the Los Angeles Unified School District, the Al Wooden Jr. Heritage Center, the Shell Oil Youth Academy, the Southern Clergy Council, Para Los Niños and Mexican American Opportunities Foundation. In March 2006, Nix Check Cashing was recognized by the Los Angeles City Council.

Nix Check Cashing Community Outreach Foundation Scholarship Program

Nix Check Cashing Community Outreach Foundation (NCCCOF) believes that education is the key to the future. Our goal is to assist students in the communities that we serve in their effort to pursue higher education. These scholarships will help unlock brighter futures for deserving and dedicated students.

To apply for the Nix Check Cashing Community Outreach Foundation's Scholarship, students must be a high school graduate and show proof of acceptance to attend a four-year accredited college, community college or trade school; and must reside within a 3 mile radius of a Nix Check Cashing branch.

Scholarship recipients are selected based on GPA, SAT or equivalent, essay (grammar and content will be graded), community involvement, awards, financial need, achievements and extracurricular activities. Transcripts are required. Essay and application must be written in English. Click here for further details regarding our scholarship program.