Every day The Shade Tree is changing lives...
The mission of The Shade Tree is to provide safe shelter to homeless and abused women and children in crisis and to offer life-changing services promoting stability, dignity, and self-reliance. Since 1990 The Shade Tree has served homeless and abused women and children, victims of domestic violence, victims of elder abuse, victims of street violence, female veterans, homeless youth and the physically disabled.
Using programs offered by The Shade Tree, women can rebuild their lives. They can find employment, secure permanent housing and become productive members of the community. The shelter provides immediate safety from the harshness of the streets, street crime and domestic violence. Each person is provided accommodations that ensure the dignity and respect of everyone utilizing the Shade Tree services.
The Shade Tree is the largest shelter of it's kind in Nevada, and is the only 24-hour accessible shelter designed specifically to meet the needs of women and children. With 364 permanent beds, The Shade Tree provides some 80,000 nights of shelter each year. On average, 33% of our clients are children under the age of 18. Senior citizens represent the fastest growing segment of our population.
The second and third floors of our 38,000 square foot facility are residential areas with sleeping rooms, libraries, training rooms, rest rooms, and children's play rooms. The main floor has our "Dayroom," kitchen, laundry, restrooms and showers, and services for victims of violence. The full basement is used for storing donations and shelter supplies.
The Shade Tree is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. This means that most donations are tax deductible. We are a local 'grassroots' agency with no national affiliation or support. To remove any barrier that might prevent a woman from accessing necessary services for herself and her children, 100% of our services are provided completely free of charge, regardless of the length of stay.
Homelessness Knows No Boundaries
Women are sad and fearful when they first come to The Shade Tree. Family and friends sometimes bring women and children to the shelter when they can no longer care for them. Some women and children are brought to the shelter by our Metro Police. Local doctors, nurses, and hospitals refer people to The Shade Tree. Other social service agencies and churches refer women and children to us. Sometimes they just come in off the streets.
It doesn't matter how they come to us; we care for them all. We provide services for homeless and abused women and children, victims of domestic violence, victims of street violence or gang violence, victims of elder abuse, the physically and mentally disabled, female veterans, the working poor and homeless youth.
Our residents represent all ages, races and ethnic groups and educational levels. Last year we provided shelter and services for 17 women who had graduate degrees and 91 who had undergraduate college degrees. No one is immune. Our youngest residents last year were the new born babies that came to The Shade Tree directly from the hospital. Our oldest resident was the 1 woman who was over 85 and the 10 who were between 75 and 85.
Ways to Help:
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Provide items from the Wish List. Please direct all questions regarding donations to: (702) 385-0072
Source: The Shade Tree
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