El Dorado County Community Service & Support Digest

Learn how Kings Meats and community partners donated turkeys to over 700 underprivileged families this holiday season.

Read on for information about the local businesses working with the League to Save Lake Tahoe.

November has been designated by Tahoe Youth and Family Services as a time to focus on runaway or homeless youth in the community. Read on to learn more.

Read on for details about the new disaster response sponsorship program launched by the West Slope Foundation.

Learn how you can help the Boys & Girls Club of Lake Tahoe provide Thanksgiving family meals in the community.

Applications are open for California Department of Fish and Wildlife Vamos a Pescar grants to support outdoor multi-lingual outdoor programs.

Learn more about the annual fundraising day on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, this year falling on December 3.

Local nonprofit Bread & Broth is asking the community for donations to support their annual Thanksgiving dinner.

Not content with just saving lives and protecting property, South Lake Tahoe firefighters have started a nonprofit foundation to raise funds to make the community better.

The Marcella Foundation is hosting its first Friendsgiving Fundraiser potluck feast on November 20 at South Lake Brewery Company. Bring a dish to share.

In their October 10 meeting, the Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority distributed $75,000 to 26 local nonprofits, part of the over $120,000 in donations generated by this summer's American Century Championship event.

The Hands4Hope – Youth Making A Difference school supply drive was a huge success, collecting and distributing backpacks and supplies to nearly 650 local students.

The Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe is putting out the call for volunteers to help at its Lake Tahoe Boulevard facility in South Lake Tahoe.

Bread and Broth, the nonprofit organization working to alleviate hunger in the Lake Tahoe South Shore area, is seeking volunteers for several positions.

The public is invited to a community conversation about the future of El Dorado Hills to be held on September 24.

With the generous support of their community of donors, the Tahoe Arts Project announced that all public performances of their 38th season will be free of charge.

The Tahoe Beach Club sponsored Alpenglow Festival raised over $50,000 to be granted to local artists and nonprofit Clean Up The Lake.

The Boys and Girls Club is hosting the 31st annual Golf Classic on October 13 at the at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course, with proceeds to benefit the club.

Applicants are sought for Live Your Dream continuing education grants offered by the Soroptimist of Cameron Park/El Dorado Hills nonprofit.

A $6,000 donation for new playground equipment was presented to the Boys & Girls Club of Lake Tahoe by the The Optimist Club of South Lake Tahoe and the recently formed Junior Optimist Club of South Tahoe High School.

A partnership of the Marcella Foundation, MountainHouse and Soroptimist International of Tahoe Sierra worked together to and distribute almost 200 backpacks and school supplies to local students in need.

Learn how the Ski Run community came together to build South Lake Tahoe's newest community park, celebrating its grand opening on September 6.

The Flaherty IMPACT Foundation donated $5,000 in gift cards to the Rescue Unified School District for distribution to needy families.

The El Dorado Community Foundation has opened applications for emergency assistance to evacuees of the Crozier Fire.

On August 3, a number of volunteers and staff from the Tahoe Resource Conservation District came together to clean up discarded debris in the Johnson Meadow in South Lake Tahoe.

185 participants joined organizers Boarding for Breast Cancer on July 20 and 21, raising $70,000 for breast cancer research.

Three bands are featured in the August 3 benefit concert at Sugar Pine Point State Park in Tahoma.

Hands4Hope – Youth Making A Difference is seeking donations of school supplies and backpacks for local students.

Beginning Monday, 150 households in Fresno County are expected to receive a $500 prepaid card to spend on anything they’d like — no strings attached. It will be the first of 12 monthly recurring payments those Southwest Fresno and Huron residents will receive as part of a guaranteed basic income program for low-income families.

Over 700 volunteers helped clean Lake Tahoe beaches following the July 4th celebrations and reported trash volume was significantly lower than the previous year.

In their June 18 meeting, the South Lake Tahoe approved distribution of over $400,000 in cannabis tax revenue to local nonprofits.

In their May 21 meeting, the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors approved a proposal to develop a permanent homeless shelter on a 1-acre lot on Forni Road in Placerville.