From SITS to ALL,

We hope that this season of celebration brings you good health, much love, and gratitude. The mission statement sums up our hearts, we work to enhance the lives of others. Our community, like those all over the world, is blessed to have service organizations that work towards these same ends. Service clubs, along with so many other non-profits, work to lift others up, to help them change their immediate circumstances and their futures. It's so exciting to be a part of change for others that we want to encourage everyone reading this newsletter, to get involved in someway to make a difference.

It's wonderful to provide funds to organizations around the holidays but everyone, no matter what your background, can always do more. YOUR talent is needed and the reward you'll receive is far greater than anything you could ever provide. As you're considering resolutions or personal growth for 2024, check into some of the organizations that could benefit from your participation. There is something for everyone!

Soroptimist International of Tahoe Sierra (I'm partial to this one!)

Soroptimist International of South Lake Tahoe

Kiwanis Club of Lake Tahoe

Kiwanis Club of Tahoe Sierra

South Lake Tahoe Optimist Club

Tahoe Douglas Rotary Club

Rotary Club of South Lake Tahoe

How can you be an active part of positive change all year through SITS (Soroptimist International of Tahoe Sierra) ? You could attend our Thursday morning meetings and participate in committees you hold closest to your heart. We meet weekly and during each month, we host one business meeting, one team-building-how could you not feel good! social meeting, and we invite amazing speakers the remaining two meetings. Follow our busy calendar here! If you can't attend or become a member, there are other ways your efforts will make a difference in the lives of others.

You can become a Club Sponsor or Club Donor. Your participation on this level helps our club throughout the year with events such as our Mad Hatter Tea Party and Online Auction fundraisers in the spring. You can donate an item, a talent, or an opportunity to our online auction!

Do you have a new item and want to "regift" it with a purpose? We can take that off your hands. If you are an excellent chef, share your talent by donating a Cooking Class and Meal for 6! If you have a boat, donate a Champaign and Appetizer ride to Emerald Bay. If you are an excellent skier (Ski Patrol, I'm talking to you!), donate a private Ski Lesson. It you love to sew, perhaps do a lesson for a teenager and teach them how to sew themselves a pair of pajamas. Are you an artist or do you work with pottery? Offer a class to someone and share your love for your art. Do you have a property somewhere wonderful that you could offer to the highest bidder for a week's stay? Host a Murder Mystery or a Cocktail Party, the ideas are endless.

EVERYONE has something to offer, not just our business community. We will take that item and turn it into money which will support the women and youth in this community and the world. Keep thinking outside the box, including sending this information to friends and family that have items or opportunities they can share anywhere in the world! Our auction is geared towards anyone, anywhere! If you've just thought of something, go to our site and donate it directly! It's easy and we'll be in touch. Click here!

Purchase tickets to events that are held! Tickets for our 2nd Annual Mad Hatter Tea Party at Valhalla (May 19, 2024) and Raffle Tickets for vacation stays will be available soon. Follow our information on our fundraiser site, www.Sits2024.com.

Register to bid on our online auction which opens May 14 and closes at 5 PM on May 24, 2024. Here you can win something wonderful for yourself or for someone you love. They'll appreciate that besides a great gift, that the money worked towards the benefit of others.

Of just donate money! You can do that here! No matter how you do it, just involved. Our service clubs make things happen because we work from the bottom up. We are and will always be the grassroots of change. The question is, how will you be a part of that change?

SITS Member Items & Our Projects

From our TECH Committee!

If you need tech help, contact: techhelp@sitahoesierra.org

For anyone who wants extra, hands on, help, with all that's going on in town and the holidays, Laurie F will provide a personal, private tech lesson for you! Simply contact our SITSter and she'll get you in the know! Please check your "SITS Calendar" and make sure you can access it, if not, call or email Laurie.

From SITS COMMITTEE Signup!

Our SITS club and all that we do are driven by the committees that we maintain. All members are asked to join at least ONE Service Committee and ONE Technical Committee. Service is what we do and Technical is how we roll! Please signup for your committees here. And remember, you are not limited to participating in any of the fun. YOU can attend any committee meeting or event!

FROM THE MIDDLE SCHOOL PROJECT COMMITTEE: This year, this committee, in addition to supporting the Challenge Day and Challenge Day Assembly also instituted an Essay contest. We received 50 Essays from the kids on what Challenge Day meant for them. What a wonderful way to help kids reflect on the change they can make in the world and in their fellow students lives.

NON-SITS Fun and Opportunities in Tahoe

There's actually so much going on so you're going to want to check out the EVENTS tab on www.southtahoenow.com, but here's a few to get you started!

South Tahoe High School SENIOR PROJECT JUDGING: We would like to invite you to judge the single class of Senior Projects. We will have our usual June presentations later this school year but for now, we have a class of 35 excited seniors who need some judges to present to and we would love to have you. It is a very easy and positive program.

This term's presentations are on January 26, 2024. Arrival time to STHS is between 1:45pm and 2:00pm with a start time of 2:15pm.

We need around thirty judges this term so if you are interested or know anyone who would like to see our young adults and their final project, please email us at seniorproject@ltusd.org! 

South Lake Tahoe High School

Senior Project Coordinator

1735 Lake Tahoe Boulevard

South Lake Tahoe, California 96150

Important information for your family from TASK (Tahoe Alliance for Safe Kids)

A Guide to Healthy and Responsible Practices for Families During the Holidays.

This month TASK www.tahoesafekids.com has collaborated with our partners at Barton Health to share a guide for responsible holiday practices around substances. Aislynn Soave, the Substance Use Navigator at Barton, has put together some tips for parents and children to remember during this holiday season.

Click here for the full article

How would you like to make 100x the difference with your donation!

Great way to spend your donation tax deduction dollars or make a huge difference donating on someone's behalf for Christmas!

Click here for full details and to donate

Saint Joseph Community Land Trust has changed their Motel to Home (MTH) program from a loan program to a grant program and we're hoping this will attract families living in substandard housing, who would like to live in a more permanent and adequate home. Please click here for more details

Dear Tahoe Learning Haven supporters,

SAVE the DATE for our next great forum:

A-G Requirements

WEDNESDAY, January 10th!!!

7-9pm Girls and Boys Club.

Feel free to register now…open and free to all!

Hope you have a wonderful holiday season with family and friends…see you in 2024! Thank you for your support in 2023, our inaugural year!

Kathy Haven

Full details here

Tahoe Learning Haven - Click here for all their information and a link to each month's newsletter.

League to Save Lake Tahoe's Keep Tahoe Blue Volunteer Portal!

For all of those who want to help keep our Lake Tahoe prestene, here's a portal which you can now see the events and programs which are available to volunteer for! SHARE this with your family and friends! Portal here!

Tahoe Coalition for the Homeless seeks community support in keeping people cared for.

Our South Shore community has been able to sleep better knowing that our homeless population has an indoor option. This winter season marked the seventh anniversary of the Tahoe Coalition for the Homeless (TCH) providing warm beds to the most vulnerable in our community.

They are also in great need for warm clothing items and will accept donations at their office

The office hours are Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 12-4 at the Red Lodge, 1137 Emerald Bay Rd.

More details here

Blood Donations are Needed!

Our Nation continues to have a blood shortage everywhere. Giving blood is giving life. So GIVE!

Vitalant Blood Donations. Click here to find a blood draw near you!

Wed - Mon Carson City Vitalent Donation Center

256 Winnie Lane, Carson City, NV.

Click here to find more dates and locations

Upcoming Blood Drive Locations

Wednesday, 01/17/2024

DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT - Bloodmobile

500 East 3rd Street

CARSON CITY, NV, 89713

Open 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Get Directions

Friday, 01/19/2024

Tahoe Douglas Fire District - Kahle Center Tallac Activity Room

236 Kingsbury Grade Road

STATELINE, NV, 89449

Open 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Get Directions

Saturday, 01/20/2024

CA Whole Foods South Lake Tahoe - Bloodmobile

3600 Lake Tahoe Blvd

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CA, 96150

Open 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Get Directions

Monday, 01/22/2024

South Lake Tahoe Fire Department - SLTF Training Center

1195 Rufus Allen Blvd

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CA, 96150

Open 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Between Horses and Humans continues to grow! If you're a lover of youth and a lover of horses, this is a program for you! You can keep up on their information by reading their newsletters here! Volunteers and donations are always needed. BHH Update-they are soon relocating to the Amacker Ranch!

Food Assistance Guide for So. Lake Tahoe. If you know of anyone in need, please share this information. Click and print!