On March 19, 2022 and March 20, 2022, Shine City Project held back-to-back service projects at the Las Vegas Rescue Mission! On Saturday evening, our five Shine City Project volunteers helped out with dinner service for residents of the Mission! As residents lined up, we greeted them and helped to serve out rice, beef, salad, and other food items onto trays. Afterwards, we cleaned up by wiping down tables and chairs, sweeping the floor, and stacking chairs on top of the tables. Afterwards, we went out and enjoyed some dinner together for our hard work!
On Sunday afternoon, Shine City Project returned to help out with the community dinner service! The Las Vegas Rescue Mission dining hall opened up to those outside of the Mission. Although we only had two Shine City Project volunteers, there were other volunteers from other groups and individuals who came to help out as well. For our duo, our responsibility was to help refill water pitchers on the tables. As there were many who came to the Las Vegas Rescue Mission for dinner, the dining hall was busy, and we had to quickly do our job. We constantly had to go back and forth from the dining hall and the kitchen to get more water. Additionally, we also had to help out with any spills and fulfill requests from diners. It was a lot of work, but we did our best!
On March 26, 2022, Shine City Project returned to cleaning up the corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Windmill Lane! Our focus for this morning was to help pick up litter outside a fenced dirt lot behind the 7-Eleven. Though there was trash inside the enclosed area as well, we were unable to have access to it. Nevertheless, our ten Shine City Project volunteers were able to fill fourteen bags of trash! Additionally, we also had the opportunity to try out our new Shine City Project grabbers! It was a warm morning, but we got the job done!