The Shade Tree

Specialties

The Shade Tree has been serving Southern Nevada for 25 years, providing hope and strength to women and children facing crisis. Over the years, Shade Tree has become the largest shelter of its kind in the state, and the only 24-​hour accessible shelter designed specifically to meet the needs of women and children in Southern Nevada. With 364 permanent beds, The Shade Tree provides safe shelter to more than 6,000 women and children annually. Our doors are open to any woman, with or without children, and male and female unaccompanied youth who lack a safe, adequate place to live. From the moment they take that first step of courage to enter the shelter, they are guided on a path to help regain their dignity and identity, while escaping the cycle of homelessness or violence.

Though the core mission of The Shade Tree is to provide safe shelter, the organization also provides additional programs and services to assist with recovery and healing.

All individuals residing at Shade Tree can participate in the shelters unique programming, which includes: Emergency Shelter; Transitional Housing; Life Skills; Job Development; Healthcare; Survivor Services; Mental Health Service Coordination, Noah’s Animal House

History

Established in 1989.

The Shade Tree was established in 1989 as Jubilee Ministries and, at the time, had little more to offer than safety, shelter, and cots in the basement of Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church. In 1990, diocese members, Junior League of Las Vegas, and the City of Las Vegas collaborated to establish a permanent shelter. In December of that year, The Shade Tree opened in a building owned by Catholic Charities.

Within ten years, The Shade Tree had far outgrown this first building. Programs and services that were truly helping women attain self-​reliance were taxing the old building. To address these growing pains, Donald W. Reynolds Foundation made a dream come true with a $ 5 million dollar capital grant to build a new facility at the corner of Owens and Main Street.