President Lisa opened today's meeting at 7;39 a.m.

Invocation ( none today)

Sunshine Healing thoughts and prayers continue for Theresa's sister's partner who continues treatment but doing well, to Wendy's sister who is better and working on recovery, and to our President Lisa who is doing well but has a long road ahead with her clavicle.

Guests Mirelle Zamudio - welcome!

Today was our monthly Business Meeting. We received thank You's from Tahoe Learning Haven, Awaken, Tahoe Magic, and Kiwanis (for our donation to Coats for Kids)

A highlight of the meeting was the induction of new member, Karen Goldberg. Karen splits her work schedule between the Lake Tahoe Unified School District and the Family Resource Center. Both of her kids are in college so she now has time to get more involved. Her husband, Martin, is a firefighter for Lake Valley Fire and tonight he's getting "pinned" as a battalion chief.

A lot of discussion centered on Mad Hatter updates. All of the tables now have sponsors and tickets can now be purchased on our website. Keep getting those donations for the online auction. For the next 2 weeks bring donations to Lisa Huard.

Committee Reports:

Awards: 5 Live Your Dream awardees to be celebrated at our meeting March 20. Our Ruby winner will be acknowledged at our March 13 meeting. GIVE applications are due this Friday.

YES committee: meeting March 10 to select our scholarship recipients.

Dream It, Be It - creating several Life Skills sessions for 6-8 Mt. Tallac girls. They've already gone to a bank (thank you to our Hellen Barkley) and this week learned a lot about cosmetology from Kelly at Sessions.

(photo below)

Working on new branded apparel. Members please remember to bring non perishable items to any meeting for the LTCC food pantry.

It pays to clean out our storage: 20 new in packaging donated to Live Violence Free, and 14 plush teddy bears donated to SLTPD to give to children in crises.

After the meeting Shelly provided a "Valentine Making" social complete with treat bags and Valentine card supplies.

Be a part of our Spring Fundraisers!

Our Online Auction opens Friday, May 16 and closes on Friday, May 30, 2024 at 5:00 PM.

Club Sponsor & Event Sponsor; For community business leaders or anyone who wants to go that extra mile in supporting our efforts! This is a position which helps us all year long to enhance the lives of others. Please go to SITS2025.org for details and sign up now!

Donations for our online auction are gratefully accepted here! You don't have to be a business to help out. Think of a creative experience you can provide, a prepared gourmet meal, boating trip on Lake Tahoe, guided fishing experience, Troop Masters - yard clean up by the troop!, any kind of treat you can provide. We all can make a difference in the lives of others, together!

Mad Hatter Tickets go on sale SOON through the website AND we have a return of our Vacation Raffle opportunities thanks to the generosity of the Jean Bergner, Cookie Rork, and Jeanne Prestella! Here we go ladies!

Vacation Raffle Tickets will be sold starting March 1 and run through May 30. Tickets will be $50 each and only 200 per trip will be sold. You can purchase tickets for a week in a 2 bedroom Maui condo, or a week anywhere in the world in a timeshare.

Specifically SITS Members

Members, mark your calendars for our upcoming Fundraising events: Signups will be happening shortly. Kudos to Jean B and Laurie F for getting the signup.com prepared.

• Online Auction, May 16 - 30, 2025.
• Vacation Raffle Ticket Sales, March 1-May 30.
• Mad Hatter Tea at Valhalla, May 18, 2025
• Celebrity Tournament, July 9-13, 2025

We are a hands on club, and we need all hands on these important projects to raise funds for our community.

SAVE THE DATES:

March 10 Scholarship meeting

April 19th Earth Day and Snowshoe Thompson event at the museum.

SITS Adopts a Day with

 Bread and Broth and Lasagne Love! (photo of Lasagne Love crew)

SITS members (L to R) Shelly Martinez, Joanne Shope, Andrea Solis, Nancy Muller, and Kim Valverde

SITS Volunteers served 105 meals of the scrumptious lasagne, and many guests were able to take some home as well!

South Tahoe High S Club members have been busy this week at their Valentine themed meeting, making valentines, playing bingo, and just spreading love!

Committee Happenings!

Reminder: When hosting an event/meeting, please forward a photo and paragraph to techhelp@sitahoesierra.org so we can add it to our website and social calendar.

COMMITTEE Signup Portal!

This is how we get things done.

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! Our Committee Signup portal is ready for members to sign up on! Simply click here! Newsletter Team sign ups are here and all are welcome to learn a new skill and join in!

MEMBER Weekly Contribution or Quarterly Contribution can be paid online here! It's fast and easy! It can go through your Paypal or Credit Card. Get er dun!

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!

Friday, Feb. 21 at 11:30 a.m.

The South Lake Tahoe Community Blood Drive will be held at the Parks & Recreation Center. Donate blood and save a life! 

Donors must be at least 16 years of age. For more information and eligibility questions, or to schedule an appointment, visit donors.vitalant.org and use code SMFM062, or call Vitalant at (877) 258-4825.

This organization provides women with exceptional professional and leadership opportunities to empower careers as well as personal growth and well being.

On March 6, to celebrate International Women's Day, Cospire is sponsoring a workshop "Healthy Hustle: How High Achieving Teams Innovate" from 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at Edgewood Tahoe Resort-The Lodge. For more information about speakers and tickets click here.

Volunteer NOW for the 22nd Annual Drug Store Project on April 1, 2025 here! The event will be held at LTCC and will not only change the life of a child, but yours as well. Learn more about the project at www.drugstoreproject.org Drug Store is supported by SITS financially and with our amazing volunteers. Calling all Service Clubs in our area....Join our efforts now!

Our friends at Optimist have activities to calendar! Details are on their website at https://southlaketahoeoptimist.com/

Easter Egg Hunt April 19^th

Sawmill Pond Fishing Derby June 7th, and the

Day In Paradise is July 19th 

Looking for up to date resources in our community? Barton Health has a list for all of us and it is actively updated! SHARE this link with others!

ALL YEAR LONG!

LTCC Basic Needs Center is looking for food donations. A variety of foods and basic need items are on the list. Click here for full list and drop off details

If you'd like to donate through our club, please bring your donations to the monthly business meeting and Lisa C. or Andie will make sure they are delivered to the college. Please include an estimate on the value as LTCC needs to keep records of that information.

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

TASK's mission is to prevent and reduce youth substance use and related harm - Keeping kids safe in collaboration with our community partners. TASK's mission is to prevent and reduce youth substance use and related harm - Keeping kids safe in collaboration with our community partners. For more information about TASK click here.

For TASK's Did You Know? campaign to keep kids safe, click here!

South Lake Tahoe Fire Rescue has a quarterly newsletter to keep us all updated on fire safety info. Their goal is to help people learn about the fuels reduction products they are working on, seasonal fire safety info and other fire dept related news. Click here to sign up for the newsletter

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

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

TAHOE LEARNING HAVEN: Are you aware of the FREE monthly educational forums that Kathy Haven has set up for students, parents, and all interested community members? These are great! Most TLH forums are the second Wednesday of the month from 6:45pm-9pm at the Boys & Girls Club of Lake Tahoe! See here or tahoelearninghaven@gmail.com. Mark your calendar now



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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.

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

More details here

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!