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 [...]
A number of years ago a friend of mine bought a group of kids up from Reno to Lake Tahoe and was shocked when one of the children asked if there were sharks in the Lake. The child though he was looking at the sea. His whole life he had rarely been outside of Reno and never before to Tahoe, despite the close proximity to [...]
After months of preparations, summer is finally here and we have beautiful sunshine to kick off our first week of summer. The Summer Programs at the Club have grown in popularity again this year and sadly this has meant that to ensure quality programs and safety we had to stop enrolling new members last week and instead are operating a wait list for all age [...]
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 [...]