The Friendship Club provides a year-round program in Western Nevada County serving girls at risk in grades 6-12. Girls meet after school during the school year, attend field trips and other activities during school breaks, and participate in summer camps and enrichment activities throughout the summer.

The Friendship Club has helped almost 1,000 girls since starting in 1995. The comprehensive, long-term program is open to youth who are female, identifying as female, and gender non-conforming between the ages of 10 and 18, and provides assistance into their 20s as they transition to adulthood. The Friendship Club serves more than 100 youth every year, providing year-round academic, social, and emotional support in individual and group settings – and ensuring basic needs, such as access to health care and healthy meals, are available.

Girls are grouped into cohorts by grade level and stay with their group until they graduate high school. Participation is free, as are all the activities, f… [read more]

California Tahoe Conservancy provides a fuelwood program for residents in and around the Lake Tahoe Basin. Firewood is available, up to two cords, free of charge to anyone who needs it. Wood is precut but not split. Hauling is the responsibility of the resident who needs it. Must obtain a wood permit through the conservancy. Please call the office for additional information.  530-542-5580

Websites:

• Home - https://tahoe.ca.gov/
• Fuelwood info - https://tahoe.ca.gov/fuelwood-permit/

LGBTQ+

• Trainings
• Professional Development
• No-cost Resources
• Gender Support Plan

Gender Spectrum helps to create gender sensitive and inclusive environments for all children and teens through providing an array of services to help youth, families, organizations and institutions understand and address concepts of Gender identity and Gender expression, including how societal, cultural, organizational and community definitions of gender can be detrimental to any young person that does not fit neatly into these categories.

Gender Spectrum offers resources to empower your relationships, work, and interactions with youth and children. Gender Spectrum provides you with the tools necessary to create gender inclusive environments in your homes, offices, and communities.

Gender Spectrum provides:

• How-to guides
• Online Consultations
• Online Groups
• Research
• Sample training materials

Girl Scouts prepares girls for a lifetime of leadership, success, and adventure in a safe, no-limits place designed for and by girls.

The Girl Scout Leadership Experience is a collection of engaging, challenging, and fun activities that help Girl Scouts prepare for a lifetime of leadership, success, and adventure. Each level of Girl Scouts is unique with a wide variety of activities to try. As a Girl Scout progresses, every level builds upon the last and allows them to explore their interests.

Activities include (but are not limited to):

• Earning badges
• Going on trips
• Selling cookies
• Exploring the outdoors
• Doing community service projects.

Give an Hour provides free mental health services to active duty service members, National Guard and Reserve forces, and veterans who have separated or retired from any branch of military service. Give an Hour also serves family members and loved ones of those who have served in the military.

Search Providers

Placer County residents can use the website search to find providers in their area.

Web pages

• Home - http://giveanhour.org/
• Search Providers - https://giveanhour.org/provider-search/

Sierra Harvest's Gold Country Gleaning Program organizes volunteers to harvest fresh, seasonal produce that would otherwise go to waste and donates it to local food banks. Volunteers are encouraged to take gleaned goodies home too.

Web pages

• Home - https://sierraharvest.org/
• Gold Country Gleaning Program - https://sierraharvest.org/gleaning/
• Request Gleaning - https://sierraharvest.org/gleaning/site_registration.php
• Volunteer to Glean - https://sierraharvest.org/gleaning/volregistration.php

Truckee-Donner Historical Society preserves, protects and continues to expand the historical records, photos and memorabilia from the past of the Town of Truckee and the surrounding region. Their 3 most popular museums are:

• Old Truckee Jail Museum
• Joseph Research Library
• Museum of Truckee History (MoTH)

Web pages

• Home - https://www.truckeehistory.org/

2-1-1 offers information on resources (as they become available) for the 2024 Holiday Season.

• Thanksgiving is Thursday, November 28th, 2024
• Christmas Eve is Tuesday, December 24th, 2024
• Christmas is Wednesday, December 25th, 2024

Thanksgiving –

Community Thanksgiving at North Tahoe Event Center

• What? A traditional Thanksgiving meal with all the fixings, plus community members and friends.

• When? November 28, 2024, 5-7pm

• Where? North Tahoe Event Center, 8318 N Lake Blvd, Kings Beach, CA 96143
  
  

Contact:

530-546-4212 or lorenaa@sftahoe.org

Learn more here.

15th Annual Community Thanksgiving Celebration

• What? A celebration offering gratitude and a free Thanksgiving feast.

• When? November 28, 2024, 2-6pm

• Where? North Tahoe Event Center, 8318 N Lake Blvd, Kings Beach, CA 96143
  
  

Contact:

916-764-6488 or debaura2000@yahoo.com

2-1-1 offers information on resources (as they become available) for the 2024 Holiday Season.

• Thanksgiving is Thursday, November 28th, 2024
• Christmas Eve is Tuesday, December 24th, 2024

• Christmas is Wednesday, December 25th, 2024

  
  

Thanksgiving –

Interfaith Food Ministry (IFM)

• What? In addition to IFM’s regular distributions, they are offering a special Thanksgiving holiday distribution schedule.

• When? Friday, Nov 15 Saturday, Nov 16 Monday, Nov 18 Wednesday, Nov 20 Friday, Nov 22 Saturday, Nov 23 Monday, Nov 25 Wednesday, Nov 27

• Where? 440 Henderson St, Grass Valley, CA 95945

Contact:

530-273-8132 or info@interfaithfoodministry.org Learn more here.

Christmas –​

The Salvation Army - Angel Tree program

• What? The Salvation Army Angel Tree program provides Christmas toys and other gifts for children. Once a child has been registered and accepted as an Angel, their Christmas wish list is shared with donors in the community who purchase gifts. The gifts are then distributed to the family for them to plac…

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2-1-1 offers information on resources (as they become available) for the 2024 Holiday Season.

• Thanksgiving is Thursday, November 28th, 2024
• Christmas Eve is Tuesday, December 24th, 2024

• Christmas is Wednesday, December 25th, 2024

  
  

Thanksgiving –

Auburn Interfaith Food Closet Annual Thanksgiving Turkey Giveaway

• What? Free Thanksgiving turkey to be given away on Monday, November 25th

• When? November 25, 2024 from 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

• Where? Grocery Outlet Parking Lot, 414 Grass Valley Hwy Auburn, CA 95603
  

Contact:

530-885-1921 or aifc@auburnfoodcloset.org
Register for a turkey here.

The Salvation Army's Community Thanksgiving Meal

• What? Free "delicious meal in the spirit of gratitude and community"

• When? November 28, 2024 from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

• Where? Johnson Hall, 750 Event Center Dr, Roseville, CA 95678
  

Contact:

916-784-3382 or joseph.mosqueda@usw.salvationarmy.org

Learn more here.

Web pages

• Home - https://cde.211connectingpoint.org/resource/70210667/
• Aubur…

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