On April 18, 2021 Shine City Project visited the All Friends Animal Sanctuary just outside of Las Vegas, NV. They worked with Tara Pike-Nordstrom who founded the sanctuary, and is also the University of Nevada, LV (UNLV) Recycling Manager and Sustainability Coordinator. She was also the faculty advisor for Shine City Project when it was still a registered student organization at UNLV! The group’s most memorable cleanups back then was with Ms. Pike-Nordstrom and their late-night cleanups at Sam Boyd Stadium where they collected all of the bottles, cans, plastic cups, and other recyclable materials from the bleachers. All of these items filled hundreds of bags which then filled several large dumpsters.
On this Sunday afternoon, sixteen volunteers, including members of Collegiate Association for the Research of Principles Las Vegas (CARP LV) and Generation Peace Academy (GPA) met at Ms. Pike-Nordstrom’s home where she runs the All Friends Animal Sanctuary. The sanctuary’s mission is to rescue and provide a safe, lifelong home to animals in danger of being slaughtered, neglected and/or mistreated in Las Vegas. It currently is home to more than fifty animals, including chickens, cows, goats, pigs, turkeys, turtles, sheep, and a sulcata tortoise. After a tour of the sanctuary the volunteers got to experience up close and personal encounters with many of the animals as they helped with removing manure in several areas and cleaning then refilling food and waters bins.
Learn more about the sanctuary at allfriendsanimalsanctuary.wordpress.com