November 8th may be the most important day for the Club in recent history. On that day, voters in California and South Lake Tahoe will decide our future. Proposition 51 on the State ballot seeks to raise funding for educational buildings and maintenance. If passed then the School District will be able to fund the renovation of the Al Tahoe School (our current main site) [...]
The not for profit landscape is not unlike the Sierra Nevada; lots of uphill climbing; some great viewpoints but also the constant threat of falling off a cliff. Since the economic crash of 2007 funding for charities has decreased dramatically and competition for what meager grants remain has increased. It is a sad equation that often need goes up as funding goes down. South Lake [...]
Last Friday the staff of the Boys and Girls Club were proud to see a number of Club Members graduate South Tahoe High Sschool's graduation ceremony. Seeing young men and women who we have known and worked with since they were in elementary school go off into the big, wide world is both wonderful and also a reminder that childhood is fleeting and that we [...]
Mya Rossi is rewarded for her outstanding contribution to the Club and her community. Selected among several local outstanding youths, Mya has been awarded the honorary role of Youth of the Year of the Boys and Girls club of Lake Tahoe. Along with this role she will also be receiving a Heavenly/Kirkwood/Northstar season pass next winter courtesy of the Vail Epic Promise Program. The Youth [...]