coats for kids
Kiwanis Club of Lake Tahoe provides 600 coats to local youth; New members welcome
Submitted by paula on Sun, 12/06/2020 - 3:40pm
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Coats for Kids is an annual Kiwanis Club of Lake Tahoe signature project. For the past three weeks members of the club have been busy purchasing coats and distributing them to students in need in our community.
Kudos: Sierra House thanks Kiwanis of Lake Tahoe
Submitted by paula on Tue, 12/01/2020 - 3:07pm
Sierra House Elementary School would like to thank Kiwanis of South Lake Tahoe for their generous donation of winter coats to many of our students through their Coats for Kids program.
What a great program and we are happy to be recipients of Kiwanis’ kindness!
Karin Holmes
Principal
Sierra House Elementary School
38th annual Kiwanis Club of Lake Tahoe Crab & Prime Rib Feed
Submitted by paula on Tue, 01/28/2020 - 8:45pm
Event Date:
March 6, 2020 - 6:00pm
The Kiwanis Club of Lake Tahoe is holding its 38th annual Crab Feed & Prime Rib Feed on Friday, March 6 at 6:00 p.m. at Harrah's Lake Tahoe. Enjoy a feast from the land and sea along with soup, salad, bread, dessert, coffee, and tea.
Tickets are $60 for adults, $25 for children 12 and under. They can be purchased on the Kiwanis website at https://kiwaniscluboflaketahoe.org/. Free self-parking validation is available.
Early Christmas presents for several groups in South Lake Tahoe
Submitted by paula on Thu, 12/05/2019 - 1:13am
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The El Dorado Community Foundation played Santa Wednesday night, handing out checks for 29 different projects in the South Lake Tahoe area that help both children, education and adults.
Over $50,000 was distributed to the following groups (with funded projects listed):
Community
Kiwanis Community Organization, Inc. - Coats for Kids
Juvenile Service Council of El Dorado County - Life Skills/Job Readiness program
Tahoe Coalition for the Homeless - Coordinated Entry
Choices for Children - The Healthy Bottom Line Program
Donate to the South Lake Tahoe Fire Rescue Coat Drive
Submitted by paula on Wed, 12/06/2017 - 12:17pm
Event Date:
December 26, 2017 (All day)
Getting new coats as gifts and need a place for your gently used old ones? The South Lake Tahoe Fire Rescue Department is holding their annual Coats for Kids Drive starting December 26, 2017.
Bins will be set up at the two stations, Station 1 at 1252 Ski Run Boulevard and Station 2 at 2101 Lake Tahoe Boulevard from December 26 - January 31, 2018. The donated coats will be distributed to Choices for Children and Tahoe Youth & Family Services and will keep kids, from the little ones to teenagers, warm and protected from Tahoe's cold winter.
South Shore non-profits receive $51,000 from American Century Championship
Submitted by paula on Thu, 11/09/2017 - 5:53pm
American Century Championship continues to impact the South Shore of Lake Tahoe, even months after the annual tournament is over. Since its inception in 1990, the tournament has donated more than $4.5 million to local and national non-profits.
On Thursday, the Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority and American Century Investments gave 30 local organizations checks in the amount of $500 to $5,000 to help them serve the community.
South Lake Tahoe Endowment gives out $50,000 in grants to local schools and nonprofits
Submitted by paula on Thu, 12/08/2016 - 2:36pm
The South Lake Tahoe Endowment Cabinet awarded $50,000 to South Lake Tahoe area non-profits and schools during a recent reception at South Tahoe High School.
Wendy David, the Cabinet Chair, awarded the grants to an enthusiastic and appreciative crowd.
Private donors fund the Foundation with money to be given back to the community in the form of grants.
American Century Golf hands out over $50,000 to local nonprofits
Submitted by paula on Thu, 11/10/2016 - 10:12pm
It's been four months since the 27th annual celebrity golf tournament at Edgewood Tahoe, but area nonprofits continue to reap financial rewards from the tournament sponsor, American Century.
Soroptimists hand out donations to South Lake Tahoe non-profits
Submitted by paula on Sat, 03/26/2016 - 6:52pm
Members of Soroptimist International of Tahoe Sierra (SITS) handed out checks to 22 different project that are created by non-profits to serve the women and children of South Lake Tahoe on Thursday.
The awardees:
South Lake Tahoe firefighters collecting coats for children
Submitted by paula on Fri, 01/08/2016 - 9:01pm
South Lake Tahoe Fire Rescue is hosting a “Coats for Kids Drive” during the month of January and they are looking for donations from the community.
Be a hero and help children of the South Lake Tahoe community stay warm this winter by donating gently used coats. All donations will be distributed to children in need within South Lake Tahoe.
Drop donations at any of the three fire stations at:
Fire Station #1, 1252 Ski Run Blvd.
Fire Station #2, 2951 Lake Tahoe Blvd.
Fire Station #3, 2101 Lake Tahoe Blvd.
Kudos: Smiles and thumb's up for Kiwanis Coat's For Kids
Submitted by paula on Mon, 11/23/2015 - 8:25pm
This year more than 500 students in grades K-12 throughout South Lake Tahoe received a brand new, warm winter coat of their very own though the efforts of the Kiwanis Community Organization, Inc. The project ensures that every child in our community who needs one receives a coat at no charge. The Kiwanis Community Organization, Inc., a 501 c3 non-profit, was established as a collaboration in our community for numerous service organizations to work together on projects such as Coats For Kids, that align with their common missions of supporting the youth and families of our community.
American Century donates $55,500 to Lake Tahoe non-profits
Submitted by paula on Thu, 11/12/2015 - 10:56pm
Thirty South Lake Tahoe non-profits were given a share of $55,600 on Thursday, bringing the total the American Century Golf Championships have donated to the community this year to $107,100.
American Century delivers $64,500 to Lake Tahoe South nonprofit organizations
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 11/08/2012 - 3:53pm
The 2012 American Century Championship continues to benefit Tahoe South as the Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority distributed $64,500 to 23 non-profit groups through funds raised during the annual celebrity golf tournament.
