Kudos: Tahoe Coalition for the Homeless thankful for community support of Inaugural Warm Room

On behalf of the Tahoe Coalition for the Homeless (TCH), I would like to thank our community for a successful inaugural season of the South Lake Tahoe Warm Room and the first overnight homeless services in the Tahoe Region.

Our agency appreciates vital funding provided this winter by the El Dorado Community Foundation, Tahoe Magic, and Reliapro Painters, along with many other community partners.

Each week, we received food, clothing, toiletry, and supply donations from caring and compassionate community partners such as the Junior S Club of South Lake Tahoe Middle School, the Girl Scouts, South Tahoe High School, and Tahoe Beach and Ski Club. Harrah’s and Harvey’s Employee’s Reaching Out and Barton Health both hosted large supply drives as well, providing most of our needed items. Other supportive groups included the Rotary Club of South Lake Tahoe, Soroptomists International of South Lake Tahoe, Soroptomists International of Tahoe Sierra and the Tahoe Douglas Rotary.

Special thanks to Amanda Burroughs and staff at Imagine Salon who provided our guests with fresh haircuts in March.

The South Lake Tahoe Warm Room closed on April 1, 2016 for the season. The Warm Room served 107 unduplicated individuals during this cold and snowy winter and provided 1820 shelter bed nights. We appreciate our volunteers who dedicated over 1600 hours to this project this winter.

Tahoe Coalition for the Homeless can be contacted at tahoewarmroom@gmail.com or 775-573-0822. Please visit our website at https://tahoehomeless.org.

Donations are welcomed to aid in funding the Warm Room 2016/2017 season. Checks can be made payable to Live Violence Free (our fiscal sponsor), note “Warm Room” in the memo line and mail to PO Box 13514, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96151. Online donations can be made at https://liveviolencefree.org/donate/ and note “Warm Room” in the Additional Information box.