| Helen Nethercutt | |
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| Birth Name: | Helen Ann Wilkins |
| Birth Date: | 12 September 1952 |
| Birth Place: | Buckingham, Illinois, U.S. |
| Spouse: | 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, which won a Las Vegas Review-Journal Best of Las Vegas award.[4] She became a financial contributor for the USC Trojans athletic program and donated for the Galen Center, Merle Norman Stadium, Uytengsu Aquatics Center, 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]