Today's meeting was opened by President Shelly

A lovely invocation by Lydia eloquently described her experience as a young woman with the migrant workers around her area and some of the social programs designed to help them. She touched on the Bracero Program and the  A-TEAM — Athletes in Temporary Employment as Agricultural Manpower- program.  No matter who is picking the produce, the work is back breaking and never ending. The next time you are enjoying fresh produce, stop and give thanks to the hard workers who made it possible.

Guests included Greg Bergner, Rick Pence, Peggy Blowney and Marianne Poohachoff

Sunshine goes out to Derek in his search for employment and housing.

Today's meeting was a special presentation by Living Voices, curtesy of Tahoe Arts Project. The program has been performed at area schools this week thanks to TAP. This one-woman performance brings history to life.

This morning Roz Cornejo joined us and performed "La Causa". We Discovered César Chávez, Dolores Huerta and the farm workers movement, through the actions of one young woman who becomes a powerful voice for her community.

In the 1960's, Marta and her family step out of the fields to join thousands of other migrant farm workers in a new nonviolent protest movement to improve their own lives by fighting for civil rights and against racism and indecent working conditions. To read about her amazing story please check out Living voices

The current challenges are implementing laws for heat protection, increasing wages and decreasing number of hours allowed to be worked in a day. Children age 9 and older are still working in the fields, but at some locations travelling schools are being set up to help with educating these kids.

The Economic and Social committee donated $1000 to Tahoe Arts Project this year to keep programs like this coming back to our area schools.



SITS Member Items & Our Projects

Challenge Day at the Middle School on November 30th Volunteer sign up- Middle School Challenge Day November 30th Volunteer Sign Up   There will also be an assembly on December 1st which is around 2 hours for all 7th and 8th graders. If you are interested in attending this please let Theresa Papandrea know. To learn more about Challenge Day, click here.

Committee Communication!

From our Social Committee!

• Oakland Jazz Choir on Saturday, November 18th at 6:30 pm

Valhalla Boathouse (Evening of Christmas Faire). Get tickets promptly  here!

• Christmas Cookie Exchange Saturday, December 16th at 11:00 at Carol Gerard's home. More details later!

From our TECH Committee!

If you have tech needs, we have a new email address that you can use.

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!

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!

Click here for full details of flyer below

Important information for your family from TASK

Tahoe Safe Alliance for Kids is providing information to educate the community on fake fentanyl and other counterfeit drugs. Click HERE to learn more.

The Tahoe Alliance for Safe Kids (TASK) shares a new campaign each month through its "Did You Know" series. This month, TASK is sharing ways to tackle the winter and holiday blues in both Spanish and English. To read the whole story click on Winter Blues

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

 The South Tahoe High School (STHS) fall musical this year is the play "Anything Goes". Students take the stage in this Cole Porter musical on November 10, & 11 at 7 p.m., and November 12th at 2 p.m.

Click Here for Tickets.

The Young at Heart Craft Faire is happening on Nov. 10th and 11th at the Gardnerville Community Center. Come support your local community and shop quality handmade crafts from over 100 vendors! Just in time for the holiday season, Young at Heart presents its annual Holiday Craft Fair on Nov 11th-12th at the Douglas County Community & Senior Center in Gardnerville.

Nov 10th: 5pm-8pm

Nov 11th: 9am-4pm

This event is free to attend, and is the biggest free indoor craft fair in the Valley! Don’t miss this opportunity to fill your holiday shopping needs with beautiful works from local artists.

All proceeds go to support services for the Douglas County Senior Center.

For more information about the Craft Fair, contact Kathryn Clark at yah.craftfair@gmail.com or by calling 775-267-4675.

Learn more about Young at Heart by visiting their official website or checking out their page on Facebook.

Lake Tahoe Historical Society is celebrating their 55th Anniversary on Sunday, November 19th from 2-4 at the South Tahoe Senior Center. There will be speakers and the event is free.

Also: Don't forget to register to make a Giant Paper Flake. They are gorgeous decorations for you home this winter: See info below:

 SENIOR PROJECT JUDGING: We would like to invite you to judge the single class of Senior Projects for Fall 2023! 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

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

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

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

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

Vitalent dates for Nov

Thurs, Nov 9

Tahoe Douglas Fire Dist

Kahle Center - Tallac Activity Room

236 Kingsbury Grade

Stateline, Nev

11am-3:30pm

Wed, Nov 29

Division of Welfare Carson

Bloodmobile

1470 College Pkwy

Carson City, NV

11am-2:15pm

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!