The Shade Tree women’s shelter kicked off a fundraising push Thursday to revive its transitional housing program, slated for suspension next week.

Project Aqua members want to pass out the units to single women like Smith, who are most vulnerable to attack. Boland already distributed one to Erma Hernandez.

A Las Vegas shelter for women and children is asking the community for food donations to benefit its clients.

The Shade Tree, a local shelter dedicated to supporting women and children in crisis, is calling on the community for donations as summer begins.

The Shade Tree is a shelter in North Las Vegas for women and children escaping domestic violence, and Perez says their calls for help peak in January after the holidays.

Before the Las Vegas Rescue Mission was remodeled, the downtown homeless shelter had just one bathroom to serve 88 guests in the women and children portion of the facility.