2023 FUNdraiser: Wow, do we have a lot to offer in the way of fun! We must be bonkers! We have FOUR things going on at once!

Come to the inaugural Mad Hatter Tea Party from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, April 30, 2023 at Valhalla! Only 100 tickets will be sold. Dressing up is not required but would certainly be fun: Create a Mad Hatter hat with ideas from Pinterest and the internet, or come in costume and join them down the rabbit hole where being “bonkers” is quite alright. Tickets are available at www.sitsfundraiser.org to purchase. Remember only 100 will be sold! You’ll enjoy an array of tasty treats, tea, and fun activities, and you’ll have a chance to bid on Signature Soroptimist Baskets all within the beauty of the Grand Hall at Valhalla Tahoe. Raffle tickets for our exciting vacation opportunities will also be on sale at the Mad Hatter event. (see below)

Our club has started two (yes two) raffles for exciting vacations. One is a week's stay in a Kihei, Maui condo, and the other is a week's stay at a timeshare anywhere in the world!

Your odds are great too, just 200 tickets will be sold for each vacation location! Tickets are $50 each and include six nights and seven days of accommodations (no airfare). To purchase raffle tickets, please email us at raffle@sitahoesierra.org. Let us know how many and which raffle tickets you wish to purchase. We will then make arrangements for payment and delivery of the tickets. . Winners will be drawn at 5 p.m. on May 12, 2023. No need to be present to win, and the club's president will call the winners that night!

Check out our club's famous ONLINE AUCTION We post new donations almost daily (we end up hosting about 350 donations annually!) and you can begin your bidding on April 30th as well! The generous business community is donating so there are many items to bid on, and they can be viewed HERE.

Our Raffle and Auction Winners will be announced on May 12, 2023 at 5PM! In order to purchase any of our items, you will need to REGISTER to bid, so do so now! Thank you to everyone who makes this possible. TOGETHER we are changing the lives of many.



Do your want great advertising and to help keep our community strong? You can be a CLUB Sponsor for SITS. Learn more about sponsorship here and partner with us for the good of others!

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SITS Member Items & Our Projects

Doing what we do best!! Having the SITS members at Bread & Broth's Monday Meal yesterday was a real treat. With Wendy, Linda, and Lydia on the cook's crew; Amy, Lisa, Lois, and Margie on the AAD sponsor crew, and Carol G. as the AAD coordinator, SITS members made up almost half of the Bread & Broth Monday Meal crew.

YOU ROCK LADIES!!

The Scholarship committee met last night and did the hard work of evaluating the 12 candidates from STHS and the 6 candidates from George Whittell. We'll be giving a lot of scholarship help at our meeting on April 20th!

Challenge Day for the Junior high will be held on May 3rd, we will need many volunteers to help with this worthwhile anti bullying program. Expect more information soon and please sign up if you can.

SITS Committees - Chairs please update your descriptions! 

All Members:

New Committees to sign up for... Live Event Team and Online Auction Team. Please click on the link below and choose which committee you want to help out. It's gonna get going very soon!!

Please sign up for your committees of choice here. It's through our committee work that we accomplish so much for the community of Tahoe and the world. We ask that all members select one Technical (how our club operates) and one Service (what our club does) committee. Remember, we can jump in on all committee meetings and activities as desired! For your viewing pleasure see the committee videos we made with Tahoe Production House for full explanations. 

                  Many hands make light work!

NON-SITS Fun and Opportunities in Tahoe

Attention, ALL NON Profits!



Tahoe Womenʻs Community Fund, a collective giving organization , will be giving away $100,000 this granting cycle, because of the amazing donations we had from all of our returning and new members, plus of course our matching money from Lisa Maloff, our Angel of Tahoe! Her legacy lives on!!!!

Any nonprofit serving the South Shore of Lake Tahoe may apply during our granting cycle (From Feb. 13- March 9), but nonprofits may ONLY APPLY for ONE grant in ONE area of need, and as always, nonprofits who received a grant in 2022 are ineligible to apply for this cycle (they can reapply in 2024).

Polar Plunge!!

Join or donate!!

March 11th

The Big Dip!

Join us for the 5th Annual Big Dip, Strange Bikini’s annual polar plunge charity event sponsored by Wandering Wyld + Black Rabbit Mead Co.

ALL FUNDS RAISED WILL GO TAHOE WOMENS COMMUNITY FUND

Click here for full details

The women's status committee of Soroptimist International of South Lake Tahoe hopes to educate the SLT community by holding informational sessions on various topics impacting Women’s Status & Advocate for improvement of Women’s status in our community. We are excited to announce our kickoff session, Advocacy 101, on March 15 to be held at the South Tahoe Public Library starting at 5pm. 

Cristi Creegan, South Lake Tahoe Mayor 

Joe Irvine, City Manager

Jennifer Lukins, Manager Lukins Brothers Water Co

Diane Rees- Brought Firewise to South Lake Tahoe

Mark and Liz Aneloski- Successful Neighborhood Advocates

Future sessions will cover topics such as wage discrepancy, equal access to healthcare, Title IX, right to family leave and childcare, and more. If you're unable to make our first meeting, please visit https://www.sislt.org/status-of-woman/ and sign up for our mailing list for more information.

REGISTER NOW HERE

On behalf of the Kiwanis Club of Tahoe Sierra, I would like to ask for your support for our 2^nd Annual “Meat Raffle”. 

With the support of Victor Gomez, the NEW owner of Overland Meat and Seafood Co., Tahoe Sierra Kiwanis is offering the winner an opportunity to select from one of the three $300 Family Meat Packs (https://overlandmeatco.com/family-packs/). Please take a look at the attached flier which explains just about everything you will need to know. Raffle tickets are $5 each AND for every $25 you donate, you will receive one extra ticket! You have several options as to ‘how’ to pay for your tickets. 

 In addition, we will have a very nice ‘2^nd’ prize which is a $200 food voucher at the Ciera Steak and Chop House inside Bally’s Lake Tahoe (formerly MontBleu). You can pay for your donation by going to our website www.tahoesierrakiwanis.org/fundraiser). Or, if you prefer, you can call me (530-573-2273 or 530-308-5215) and I can run your credit card through Square.com. Also, believe it or not, we do still accept cash and checks. If you have any questions, please feel free to call me. Good luck and thank you in advance for supporting the Kiwanis Club of Tahoe Sierra!

 Tom Millham, Secretary/Treasurer

Kiwanis Club of Tahoe Sierra

TECH TREK - STEM CAMP APPLICATIONS

Nominations for seventh grade girls interested in STEM camp. The date for camp at UC Davis is July 9-15 this summer. Any girls now in 7th grade, granddaughters, parents of girls to inform, please spread the word and have them contact Jan directly and she will see about getting them applications. Contact details below.

Jan Lynds

Tech Trek coordinator for SLT branch of AAUW

jlynds@gmail.com 530 318-5903

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Tahoe Coalition for the Homeless seeks community support in keeping people warm this winter

As our Tahoe winter settles in with snow and frigid temperatures, most residents retreat to the inside for activities, comforts, and warm beds in a place we call home. Our South Shore community has been able to sleep better knowing that our homeless population has this option as well. This winter season marks 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 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. As the temperature drops they are in need of warm clothes and jackets, gloves, and hand warmers. 

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

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.