Helen Nethercutt | |
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Born | Helen Ann Wilkins September 12, 1952 Buckingham, Illinois, U.S. |
Spouse(s) | John Richards (div)Jack Nethercutt II |
Children | 2 |
Helen Richards-Nethercutt (born September 12, 1952) is an American autism philanthropist. [1]
Helen Wilkins was born in 1952 in Buckingham, Illinois and graduated from Herscher High School in 1969. [2] She married U.S. Army specialist John Richards and adopted the name Helen Richards. They had two children, Travis and an autistic son Trent. [3] In 1980 she had a divorce and moved to Las Vegas, where she worked at a grocery store and would meet Jack Nethercutt II whom she later married. The couple operated a luxury restaurant named Boison's near the Las Vegas Strip. [4] She became a financial contributor for the USC Trojans athletic program and donated for the Galen Center, Merle Norman Stadium, USC Trojans beach volleyball, and the Spirit of Troy marching band. [5] [6]
She has donated to several autism schools and charities within California, Nevada, and Illinois. She became a major financial contributor to the Exceptional Children's Foundation (ECF) based in Culver City, California. [1]