Today's meeting was opened by President Shelly and our invocation was read by Nancy from Lydia's book. In tribute to the 80th Anniversary of the D-Day invasion, "What a debt the free world owes those souls on those beaches. May we always be mindful of their bravery, may we honor their sacrifice by being good citizens, and my we alway remember their courage."

Sunshine goes out to Lois' daughter Brittany for a proper diagnosis and treatment of her numbness, our own Lydia, and the family of John Cristando who passed this week. He was the owner of John's Tahoe Cleaners and a WWII veteran

Our guests included Connie from Connie's Clothesline. She is moving her thrift shop to the Shopping Center near Orchids. You can catch here there on July 1. Welcome, and we hope to see more of you!

Today's meeting was all about R.O.S.E. -- Recognition of Soroptimist Excellence. After each expressing our gratitude for something in our lives, President Shelly spent some time thanking each of us for all the ways we serve Soroptimists and our community. We then tried to put the cut up heart back together, but things didn't work out perfectly, mirroring life. President Elect Lisa then handed out raffle prizes as she does each month during our SiTSterhood meeting.

SITS Member Items & Our Projects

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!

Senior Project Reception: Members provided cookies and lemonade for the seniors and judges who completed their senior project on Tuesday,June 4. Shelley, Cookie, Amy and Jeanne helped set up and serve. Attendance was spectacular and next year we will make more cookies!

Dorian Guzman and Valery Gonzalez from the SITSter Club at LTCC (which we sponsor) were on hand to help judge senior projects along with about six other club members.

Healthy Women Healthy World committee members participated in Bread & Broth on June 3! Looks like these ladies are serving up delicious food. In addition, the club donates to Bread and Broth's "Adopt A Day of Nourishment".

The Education Committee and Friends completed the yearly book distribution. Over 3,000 books were sorted and given to teachers at all the LTUSD elementary schools, STMS and Zephyr Cove. Co-Chairs Cookie Rork and Laurie Brazil had it so organized that we were able to complete the bags in under three hours! Besides the co-chairs, Lisa Cali, Nancy Muller, Joann Tillson, Amy Simons, Wendy David, Shelly Martinez and Jean Bergner helped.

After all the bags were full, we loaded them into our cars and delivered them to the various schools for distribution to the teachers. Thanks to the Education Committee, each child from K-8 in the Lake Tahoe area will have a book of their own to take home and keep in their home library.

Mad Hatter DEBRIEF!

Andie announced that we will have a debrief soon so she's asking ALL members to jot down things that can be improved upon either from their observations or comments from our guests!

2024-2025 SITS Installation will be on Thursday, June 27th beginning at 5 PM at Wendy's. Put it in your calendars now ladies and we'll circle round with details soon.

Announcement from President Shelly:

I have fabulous news to share. Our Live Your Dream award recipient, Astraea Marion was selected to be honored with the past Governors' Live Your Dream Award, which means that she'll be recognized and awarded $1000 dollars at the SNR Conference next week. Thank you to Nancy and the entire LYD committee for your excellent work! And a big thank you to us all for showing up and doing big, small and in between things that truly make a positive impact on the world. 

The Mt. Tallac Super Star Student for May is Joseph Vazquez. Joseph is a Junior, and the Mt. Tallac staff recognized him as representing the school's core values of gratitude, commitment, advocacy, respect, and kinship. The SITS Youth, Scholarship, and Enrichment committee provided Joseph with a $75 gift card for his excellent work and character.

SITS 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! 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!

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!

Rotary Club of South Lake Tahoe is having a Crawdad Festival at Valhalla on July 6 from noon to 4 PM! This will be an amazing event with an amazing view! Details here.

Marcella Foundation Partners with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to Offer FREE books to Local Children

Marcella Foundation is thrilled to announce the launch of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in El Dorado County. Each month, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library will provide an age-appropriate book for each registered child, absolutely free to the family. All 8,000 children ages 0 to their 5th birthday living in El Dorado County can enroll now to receive a free monthly book. Any child in the home can register, and books are available in both English and Spanish. In a show of support for early literacy for all children in our region, First 5 El Dorado, El Dorado County Library, Friends of the Library, El Dorado Community Foundation partnered with Marcella Foundation to help launch Imagination Library. Additionally, United Way of Northern Nevada and the Sierra is providing the initial funding to bring Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to each of the communities surrounding Lake Tahoe. 

Committed to FEED, READ, and LEAD

Click here for details on how to enroll your child

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 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.

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.

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

More details here

Bread and Broth needs volunteers for Mondays and Fridays:

 Thank you so much for your current or past involvement with the Bread & Broth organization. Without you, our food outreach services which help ease hunger for hundreds of our community neighbors would not be possible.

Currently, Bread & Broth needs individuals who would be interested in assuming leadership roles in the organization.

Bread & Broth’s Advisory Board is seeking an individual for the position of board Secretary. B&B’s Advisory Board meets quarterly, and the Secretary is responsible for recording the meeting minutes and ensuring that all documentation from the meeting is compiled and filed with the meeting minutes. 

Bread & Broth’s Second Serving (weekly Friday meals served at the LT Community Presbyterian Church) serves a simple entrée and a hot soup which are provided by various local community restaurants. Currently B&B is seeking 2 to 3 individuals to coordinate and pickup soups from restaurants and deliver them to the Presbyterian Church on Fridays. The soup coordinator is responsible for interfacing with the existing list of restaurant soup providers to schedule soup donations and drivers are needed to go on Fridays and pick up soup from the week’s designated soup provider. 

Second Serving is also looking for assistant cooks to support the Lead Cooks at their Friday meals from approximately 2 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. once a month. The meals are simple entrées like meatloaf, pasta dishes, and sloppy Joes.

For those of you with leadership skills, B&B is looking for individuals to train as Lead Assistants for the Monday Meal dinner (2:30 p.m. until 6:30 p.m.) and the B&B 4 Kids program (Thursdays from 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m.) Training is provided and you will be assisting the Team Leads in overseeing and managing the duties of the team volunteers. Lead Assistants are assigned to a Team that volunteers once per month.

If you are interested any of the volunteer positions mentioned above, please contact Carol Gerard at 310-256-1019 or carolsgerard@aol.com

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 in other areas

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!