El Dorado County Community Service & Support Digest

In their May 9 meeting, the Lake Tahoe Unified School District announced the award of a $4.7 million community schools grant, to be used for funding counseling and intervention support programs.

Gov. Gavin Newsom launched the community school initiative with $4.1 billion in grants to connect students and their families to medical care, counseling and other services.

The month-long event will highlight 21 titles, with proceeds benefitting local nonprofit Clean Up the Lake.

The Sacramento Region Community Foundation announced the May 2 Big Day of Giving had raised $13.2 million in donations to 826 nonprofits in El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo counties.

A call is out for volunteers to work with theGeorgetown Divide Fire Safe Council.

Tom Watts has been announced as the featured artist of the Tahoe Art League spring event.

The City of South Lake Tahoe is accepting applications until May 15 for grants funded from cannabis revenues for local projects which mitigate the impact of the cannabis industry.

Untethered Workspace announced it would match up to $25K in donations to the Boys & Girls Club of Lake Tahoe through the end of May in support of the its community playground campaign.

The family of two men attacked by a mountain lion in El Dorado County released an update of the survivor and fundraising details for those who wish to contribute to funeral and medical costs.

Local agencies and nonprofits are working with the Marcella Foundation to offer free monthly books to local children up to 5 years old as part of the Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library initiative.

Local legislators named two El Dorado County women as 2024 women of the year.

The El Dorado County Senior Nutrition Program is seeking volunteers to support its services in the community.

Child Advocates of El Dorado County is holding its 28th annual Box Lunch fundraiser on April 18, to support CASA’s advocacy services for El Dorado County youth.

While the San Francisco 49ers may have lost on Super Bowl Sunday, Cameron Park youth scored big by collecting 2,936 pounds of food for the Food Bank of El Dorado County.

Members of the American Legion Post 119 made time to recognize the WWII veterans among them during their February meeting and dinner.

New Morning Youth & Family Services, offering 24-hour, 7-day emergency youth shelter in Placerville, has served as a safe haven in El Dorado County since 2011.

In his speech at El Dorado County Chamber of Commerce’s awards and installation dinner, Mark Luster drew inspiration from risk takers like Wilbur and Orville Wright.

A fundraiser for Nicole Marsel—a former TV host with stage 4 cancer—is selling merchandise with a logo that’s grabbing attention, with the U in “F*** Cancer” replaced with the shape of Lake Tahoe.

The Nevada City Rancheria Nisenan Tribe has a time-limited opportunity to purchase 232 acres on a Nisenan Village site called Yulića—the tribe’s best opportunity to re-establish a homeland in more than half a century.

The El Dorado County Health and Human Services Agency, Family Caregiver Support Program, Marshall Medical Center and the Alzheimer’s Association of Sacramento will present a free, three-part series in February on senior caregiving.

El Dorado Transit is looking for transit riders and members of the public to become part of the Transit Advisory Committee.

Court Appointed Special Advocates El Dorado County dedicates services to support, empower and provide a voice for abused, neglected and at-risk youth.

Snowline Hospice has introduced the CompanionPets Program, featuring robotic dogs and cats that provide comfort and emotional support for patients facing the challenges of cognitive impairment.

Nonprofit agencies serving El Dorado County’s western slope are now invited to apply for grant funding.

“Progress remains slow,” according to a recent report on faculty diversity at California’s community colleges. For Nikia Chaney, the sole full-time Black faculty member at Cabrillo College, the experience is personal.

Emery Unified took a targeted approach, including paying teachers extra to stay after school and tutor students.

State audits of the University of California and the California State University found both systems have failed to comply with decades-old state and federal laws mandating the return of Native ancestral remains and cultural artifacts. Only UCLA and Cal State Long Beach have returned a majority of their collections.

The financial aid application for undocumented students is cumbersome and confusing, and many students aren’t completing the forms. A new law streamlines the process.

Federal funding for domestic violence shelters and housing programs is declining. Advocates want the state to step in, but with a record projected deficit new spending is unlikely.

All but two California counties are delaying their implementation of a new law that makes it easier for a court to place someone in involuntary confinement if they can’t care for their own medical needs or personal safety.

Smiling volunteers and seniors teamed up for the 12th Senior Santa event hosted by Friends of El Dorado County Seniors.

How do you thank someone who has dedicated 45 years of their life to the needs of Georgetown Divide’s pets? That is what Irene K. Sakaishi has done since opening the Black Oak Animal Hospital in 1979.