On March 12, 2022, Shine City Project participated in the semi-annual Las Vegas Wash Green-Up. Since 2001, hundreds of volunteers have been gathering twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, to help re-vegetate areas of the Las Vegas Wash. Water from the city makes its way to the Las Vegas Wash where it will eventually reach Lake Mead. Along the way, the Las Vegas Wash flows through the Clark County Wetlands Park which has an important role of helping to filter the water.
On that morning, Shine City Project volunteers met at an area near Sunrise Trailhead where the Green-Up was took place. Their task was to help plant more than 5,000 shrubs and grasses across approximately nine acres of land. Some of the types of plants that were being planted were globemallow, brittlebush, desert marigold, and alkali sacaton. These plants are native to the Mojave Desert.
Fifteen volunteers represented Shine City Project, with one volunteer joining for the first time. Shine City Project made up almost half of the total volunteers who came to support the event. The volunteers did their best to plant as much as possible. In the end, with the help of everyone who was present, a majority of the plants were able to be planted. They hope that all the plants in the area can grow well and help make the Wetlands Park more beautiful.
