Our Upcoming Programs
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May 2 - Business Meeting
May 16 - Happy Dollar Day!
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Are you taking care of your personal
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Soroptimist provides white papers on various topics relevant to women that can help those who wish to become more educated about issues facing today's women, or learn what can be done to provide direct assistance to women in need. To read the abstracts
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2018-2019
Board of Directors
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Parliamentarian - Wendy David
1 Year Director -Lauren Thomaselli
2 Year Director - Blair Bolles
1 Year Delegate - Lydia Rogers
2 Year Delegate - JoAnn Tillson
Corr Secretary - Shelly Martinez
Recording Secretary - Janna York
General Treasurer - Jackie Nelson
Service Treasurer - Jean Bergner
Pres Elect - Kimberly Valverde
President - Nancy Muller
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Norma Poole
Irene Morris
Dilys Evans
Lucille Holmlund
Kathy Southern
Joanne Shope
Irene Radford
Terry Kunibe
Doris Groelz
Wendy David
Pat Papp
Lydia Rogers
Trudy Mills
Cookie Rork
Diane Imbach
Lisa Huard
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"Enhancing the lives of women and children in our community and the world."
Join us every Thursday
"We Got this!"...
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Greetings! This morning's meeting was opened by President Nancy and Lydia's invocation reminded us that we, in living in our beautiful mountains, need to be patient for spring really to arrive! The calendar and season says one thing but the snow in some of our yards says another. There will be a rebirth of our gardens just as there is a rebirth with our Easter season. We want to take this opportunity to wish everyone a joyous Easter with their family and friends.
Sunshine - A big shout out to our Irene. The docs are going to make magic happen honey and you'll be back in our sights soon! We hear Shirley continues to do well and we hope to see her at our check in desk at meeting soon. Our Sandy is having a case of vertigo so we are wishing her the best. Sandy-have you tried this maneuver to get rid of it. Works for others!
 Well, before we go on with our fabulous meeting we do need to take a moment to reflect on our Elegant Evening this past Saturday night. We absolutely rocked it ladies! Our sponsors, our guests, our members commented on it was the most beautiful and fun evenings ever. Together we really have made a difference for the women and youth in our community. We are still getting items to a few of our guests and pulling things together but it is safe to say that it was also the most profitable for our efforts as well. And remember...........every penny raised will go back into our community beginning July 1.
Thank you to EVERYONE who made this possible. We also had more ladies stop to ask about our club. PLEASE consider just stopping in on a Thursday morning from 7:30 - 8:30 at our Senior Center. You'll be glad you did!
We spent about 12 minutes conducting a gallery walk to identify the major thoughts about our event and all that led up to it. Nancy will have the information condensed and then send it out with a SurveyMonkey to decide on a club if we continue in the future.
Today's speaker was Jesse Patterson with Snapshot Day. Jesse, their Chief Strategy Officer, supports the chief executive officer and the executive team in developing and implementing strategies to protect and restore Lake Tahoe. He designs and manages the League's campaigns to Keep Tahoe Blue through advocacy, education, collaboration and communication. Jesse serves a primary spokesperson for the League to the media, public officials, and with our partner agencies. He is responsible for ensuring the integration of the best available science in the League's campaigns and strategies. Jesse was also joined today by our friend, Emily Frey who is our regions director. She can be reached at Emily@keeptahoeblue.org for any questions you may have.
The League to Save Lake Tahoe (Keep Tahoe Blue) began back in 1957 with the concern to keep our National treasure blue. The agency has evolved and grown over the years which now involves not only international agencies and world scientists but "Citizen Science" as well. SITS has been involved in this project since 2004 through our Healthy Women/Healthy World committee and it is most rewarding.
The 19th Annual
Snapshot Day
is the one-day volunteer-based annual event that takes a picture of 1 moment in time of our watershed: the greater Truckee River. Volunteer monitoring teams will go out to various monitoring sites to perform a stream walk (visual assessment), collect field data, grab samples and take photos. Streams will be field tested for dissolved oxygen, conductivity, pH, and temperature. Water samples will be taken back to central meeting locations and measured for turbidity, nutrients, and fecal coliform bacteria. All necessary equipment is provided.
The purpose of this effort is:
To promote environmental education and stewardship
and to collect valuable water quality information about Lake Tahoe and its watershed.
Snapshot Day is a terrific opportunity for you to gain hands-on experience, to job shadow, and to interact with water resource professionals. We assign any student volunteers to a sampling site near to their schools. Snapshot Day is a really valuable event for the Tahoe Basin and Truckee watersheds and your participation makes it that much better.
Here's a video to get a feel for the program!
While agencies monitor our watershed year round, it is the Citizen Science that adds to the quality control of the data. Analysis occurs out in the fields with all of the volunteers as well as back at the Command Post at LTCC. All of that collected information then goes into the California Database. It is through this program that abnormalities discovered were able to be identified quickly with the agency then addressing the issue on a local level in an expedited manner. This day also provides baseline data that may be used for restoration projects, monitoring, and the collaborative effort to protect our watershed from further degradation. Lake Tahoe belongs to all of us; locals and visitors alike, and it's important that we are all stewards of her beauty.
When and Where:
South Lake Tahoe, North Lake Tahoe, Middle Truckee River
May 17th 2017 9:00 am- 12:00 pm
Lower Truckee River
May 18th 2017 9:00 am- 12:00 pm
Mandy, chair of Healthy Women/Healthy World, presented our guests with a $250 annual donation that assists with needed equipment to conduct our community's SnapShot Day. Thank you to Emily and Jesse for their time. Emily we hope to see you more and Jesse, hope you tell your wife about us!
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Challenge Day As you know, Challenge Day and its continuation, was the focus of this year's
Special Appeal at our Elegant Evening. We are thrilled to report that due to the added generosity of people who share our same vision that Challenge Day received $5,630.00 in donations at Elegant Evening. We are so excited!
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Get your calendars scheduled for a fabulous year in your community!
US Census Jobs available
here!
The Tahoe Regional Collaborative Fair
needs six volunteers on April 23 from
2-6:30, volunteers will help greet people at the door of Harrah's Convention Center and help around the event as needed. This event will bring together housing options as well as job options for people in the community. Two years ago they had 72 vendors and a few hundred attendees and expect more of the same this year.
If you can help, please contact:
Ceci Chourre'
775.315.5727 (call or text)
 Tahoe's Earth Day celebration will be held at Bijou Community Park from 10 - 3 PM on April 27 and it's a day chocked full of events and fun! In keeping our earth and kids safe from drugs, the Tahoe Drug Coalition will have a booth where you can bring your discarded (or what should be discarded) drugs to dispose of. Please do NOT flush them down our water systems or put them in the trash. You can also receive a Deterra Drug Disposable
bag for use at home. A remarkable product which renders the drug deactivated and is friendly to our environment.
 Tahoe Arts Project is having a fundraiser at Bert's! It's a fabulous spaghetti feed with all the trimmings. May 8, 5:30 - 7:30. $10 / person. Get your's now.
Community Wildfire Evacuation and Preparedness Meeting, Thursday, April 25, 6 - 8 PM at South Tahoe Middle School. Details here. Additionally, check out the left column of this news for "Are you taking care of your personal business?" Get organized and get prepared.
Barton Health's FREE Wellness Lectures
located at the Barton Center for Orthopedics & Wellness. For the schedule, click here.
Do you know a homeowner who needs a little help with the following and is unable to do the work or pay someone else to do it for them such as
minor exterior repair,
exterior painting, or
yard cleanup?
We may be able to help!
A Brush with Kindness can help those who are
low income homeowners.
For more information call Sandy Williams at 530-541-2844.
The Tahoe Regional Collaborative Fair needs six volunteers on April 23 from
2-6:30, volunteers will help greet people at the door of Harrah's Convention Center and help around the event as needed. This event will bring together housing options as well as job options for people in the community. Two years ago they had 72 vendors and a few hundred attendees and expect more of the same this year.
If you can help, please contact:
Ceci Chourre'
775.315.5727 (call or text)
Between Horses and Humans is recruiting a new President, Board members, and volunteers. Are you interested? Click
here for more info.
Here's a cool trip planning link for your excursions around South Lake Tahoe
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Healthy Women Healthy World
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If you would like anything added to this section please email Mandy at MandyKendall1@gmail.com
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Organizations that benefit you and our community!
BCRF (Breast Cancer Research)
METUP
(Breast Cancer Research)
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Happy Birthday to our SITsters!
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April 22nd - Marilyn Pawling
April 24th - Julie Nelson
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Noses are red,
Fingers are blue.
I'm tired of winter,
How about you?
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