Grant awardees to be celebrated at Tahoe Women's Community Fund Gala
Submitted by paula on Mon, 05/07/2018 - 9:12am
The Tahoe Women’s Community Fund has invited the community to join them at their annual Grants Gala to celebrate the 2018 grant recipients as $68,000 is distributed to 13 non-profit organizations in the South Shore community.
The evening will also feature short presentations from the 2017 grantees on how they spent the collective funding this past year.
The Gala will be on Wednesday, May 16 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the Tahoe Beach Retreat. Tickets are available for $35 and can be purchased online at tahoewomenscommunityfund.org through this Friday, May 11. Tickets must be purchased in advance and are not available at the door.
The 2018 Focus Grant Recipients in their categories
Poverty & Housing
• Live Violence Free ($10,000) for the Supportive Housing Program for Victims of Abuse
• Bread and Broth for Kids ($10,000) for the Weekend Food Program
• SOS Outreach ($10,000) for the Progressive Outdoor Leadership Program
Children and Youth
• Family Resource Center ($7,500) for the Leadership Starts Now Project for at-risk Youth
• LTUSD Elementary Schools ($10,000) for the We Care Program
• Assistance League Sierra Foothills ($2,500) for Clothing Kids with Confidence
Mental Health & Wellness
• Sierra Child & Family Services ($3,000) for the Peer Support Project
• Soroptimist Int'l of Tahoe Sierra ($3,000) for the Drug Store Project
Education & Literacy:
• Boys & Girls Club of SLT ($3,000) for the Reading Intervention Program
• SLT Library ($3,000) for the Digital Access Library Cards for 6th graders Program
Community and Environment
• Tahoe Institute of Natural Sciences ($2,228) for Environmental Education Experiences
• Lake Tahoe Shining Stars ($3,000) for the Bijou Ballet Club
• Tahoe Rim Trail Association ($772) for the Stewardship Support Program
- 2017
- abuse
- advance
- ballet
- beach
- beach retreat
- bijou
- bread and broth
- bread and broth for kids
- children
- clothing
- community
- Community
- drug
- education
- environment
- environmental
- family
- family resource center
- family services
- food
- free
- funding
- gala
- girls
- grants
- health
- Housing
- kids
- lake
- Lake Tahoe
- Leadership
- library
- live violence free
- ltusd
- mental health
- natural
- non-profit
- non-profit organizations
- Online
- outdoor
- reading
- schools
- services
- sierra
- sierra foothills
- slt
- soroptimist
- sos outreach
- south shore
- stewardship
- store
- support
- Tahoe
- Tahoe Rim Trail
- Tahoe Rim Trail Association
- tahoe sierra
- wellness
- women
- youth
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