Annual competitive grants expanded through donor co-investment opportunities.

INCLINE VILLAGE, NEV (August 14, 2023) – Thanks to the generosity of its donors, the Community Foundation is excited to announce that it has granted nearly $300,000 from its Community Fund to
nonprofit organizations serving the Lake Tahoe basin in 2023. 

Each year, the Community Foundation offers competitive Community Fund grants to nonprofit
organizations. These grants allow nonprofit organizations to request the support they need to
better serve the Tahoe Region and focus on the Community Foundation’s five focus areas: well-
being, education, arts and culture, environment, and community engagement. Each year, the
Community Impact Committee, which is comprised of volunteer members from the community,
review each grant proposal and award the most impactful opportunities. 

In 2023, for the first time, Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation invited its Donor Advised Fund
holders to co-invest in the Community Fund grants. Donors were provided brief summaries of each
grant proposal and given the opportunity to make grant recommendations from their funds. “We
are thrilled with the response from our Donor Advised Fund holders and are thankful for donors
who were moved to give,” said Parasol’s Donor Services Director Mackenzie Little. “This co-
investment in grantees expanded the collective support for nonprofits serving Lake Tahoe and
increased the overall amount granted.”

This year, grants were awarded to programs offering hunger relief and family resources, providing
equitable access to music education to local students, completing vital search and rescue
operations, teaching STEM programs, supporting adaptive outdoor experiences, and much
more. The 2023 Grant Recipients were:

 Achieve Tahoe
 Adventure Risk Challenge
 Boys and Girls Club Lake Tahoe
 Bread and Broth
 El Dorado Search and Rescue

 Gateway Mountain Center
 Incline Education Fund
 Lake Tahoe Dance Collective
 League to Save Lake Tahoe
 Live Violence Free
 Professional Ski Instructors of America-West
 Saint Joseph Community Land Trust
 Sierra Community House
 SOS Outreach
 Tahoe Family Solutions
 Tahoe Nordic Search and Rescue
 Tahoe Truckee School of Music
 Tahoe Youth and Family Services
 Tahoe’s Connection for Families
 Pet Network Humane Society

Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation has granted over $1 Million to community efforts through its
annual grant cycle.  The grant process continues to provide vital support to outstanding
organizations who are making a difference in our community, providing equitable opportunities, and fundamental resources.

About Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation

Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation is dedicated to cultivating community philanthropy. Parasol
connects donors to causes that matter most to them, helping nonprofit organizations achieve their
charitable goals, positively impacting the quality of life and supporting the people and places of
Tahoe.

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Originally Published in the Tahoe Daily Tribune 8/10/2023, Staff Reporting

CRYSTAL BAY, Nev.— As a continued commitment to the community, Revitalize Tahoe Biltmore announced a recent update about the project’s construction and demolition initiatives for 2023. 

The summer 2023 scope of work includes the competition of abatement for the Tahoe Biltmore. The demolition of the property’s cottages is scheduled to begin within the next few weeks, with a goal to demolish the Tahoe Biltmore Casino and Hotel following the completion of the abatement. 

The demolition is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2023 to prepare the property for the 2024 construction season. 

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Originally published in the Tahoe Daily Tribune 08/16/2023, Submitted

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — Heavenly Mountain Resort, Northstar California, and Kirkwood Mountain Resort today announced their planned opening dates for the upcoming 2023-2024 ski and ride season. Heavenly and Northstar will target opening on Friday, November 17, and Kirkwood will target Friday, December 1. 

After a historic 2022-23 season that led to new snowfall records of 592″ at Heavenly and 727″ at Kirkwood, as well as 50^th anniversary celebrations at Kirkwood and Northstar, Vail’s Tahoe resorts are looking forward to another unique season of new memories.  

“We are always looking forward to the next ski and ride season, getting more snow, and breaking out our skis and snowboards,” said Tom Fortune, vice president and COO of Heavenly Mountain Resort and the Tahoe region. “Coming off a truly historic winter, the bar is high this year, and I know it will be another amazing ski and ride season for our resorts across the Tahoe region. The teams at Heavenly, Kirkwood, and Northstar have remained dedicated and focused throughout the summer and will work incredibly hard in preparation to deliver another excellent ski and ride season to our guests.” 

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Originally published by the Associated Press 08/12/2023

SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — A new pack of gray wolves has shown up in California’s Sierra Nevada, several hundred miles away from any other known population of the endangered species, wildlife officials announced Friday.

It’s a discovery to make researchers howl with delight, given that the native species was hunted to extinction in California in the 1920s. Only in the past decade or so have a few gray wolves wandered back into the state from out-of-state packs.

A report of a wolf seen last month in Sequoia National Forest in Tulare County led researchers to spot tracks, and collect DNA samples from fur and droppings, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Researchers concluded that there is a new pack of at least five wolves that weren’t previously known to live in California: an adult female and her four offspring.

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Parasol is joining our good partners at Hawai‘i Community Foundation in supporting communities affected by the wildfires in Maui. 

The Maui Strong Fund held at the Hawai‘i Community Foundation was created to provide
community resilience with resources for disaster preparedness, response, and recovery.  Providing both immediate support and necessary long-term building, your donation is a way to offer support and hope to our fellow communities. 

If you’d like to make a direct donation to the Maui Strong Fund held at the Hawai‘i Community
Foundation, visit https://www.hawaiicommunityfoundation.org/maui-strong .

FOR INFORMATION
Contact: Natalie Erquiaga
775-298-0184
nataliee@parasol.org

Incline Village, NV – Wednesday: August 16th, 2023 from 9:30am – 12:00pm – Washoe County Emergency Management, our first responding partners, and our community partners will be working together to test the Regional Evacuation, Shelter, and Mass Care Plan.

We will use a simulation tool to PRETEND there is a fire on the mountains west of the Second Creek neighborhood.

North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District will respond their resources. Washoe County Sheriff’s Office and the CERT will knock on doors in the affected neighborhood to alert residents. Emergency Management will send an emergency alert to the neighborhood informing them of the exercise and the evacuation location, etc. Residents and the public will simulate evacuating to the Incline Village Recreation Center, where they can check in and attend a preparedness fair.

WHAT CAN I EXPECT?

• You may receive an alert on your cell phone. If you are not registered to receive emergency alerts visit the Alerting Platform for notifications in Washoe County.
• You may see first responders and signs in the community.
• Everyone is invited to the preparedness fair at Incline Village Recreation Center, 980 Incline Way, Incline Village, NV 89451.
• Follow www.perimetermap.com for live evacuation drill updates during the exercise.

PREPAREDNESS FAIR

Located at the Incline Village Recreation Center, 980 Incline Way, Incline Village, NV 89451.

• Vendors from Nevada & California will be present.
  Including the Red Cross, CERT, Team Rubicon, WCRAS,
  Sierra Avalanche Center, Belfor, and others.
• Red Cross will check people in and provide wristbands.
• Washoe County Regional Animal Services will be offering animal micro-chipping services.
• There will be information on how to best prepare yourself and your family for an evacuation event.

For more info visit www.emergencywashoe.com/get-prepared/evacuation-drill

Originally published in the Tahoe Daily Tribune 08/08/2023, Submitted

INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. – The parking area at Chimney Beach Trailhead on Highway 28 will be closed for construction beginning August 14, 2023, and is expected to remain closed through the end of October. USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit contractors are scheduled to begin construction to increase the number of parking spots at the popular East Shore destination. Trails will remain open during construction.

The Chimney Beach Trailhead parking area currently has approximately 30 parking spaces and 130 new spaces will be added to improve recreation access in the area. Construction is expected to last through October with some construction activities to be completed early next summer.

Temporary erosion control measures will be used to protect the project area during construction and a permanent retention basin will be constructed to capture storm water and runoff to protect water quality. Some trees and vegetation may be removed.

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Originally published in the Tahoe Daily Tribune 08/08/2023, Submitted

INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. – U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) announced that the Washoe Tribe of Nevada & California will receive $1.3 million to modernize and strengthen their energy infrastructure and invest in clean energy. The funding comes from the Department of Energy’s Grid Resilience State and Tribal Formula Grants program, which was created in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that Senators Cortez Masto and Rosen both helped draft and pass into law.

“This funding I fought to deliver will help Tribal communities in Nevada protect their energy infrastructure, keep their communities safe, and create good-paying clean energy jobs,” said Senator Cortez Masto. “As Nevada experiences more extreme weather, it’s critical that our Tribes have additional tools to increase resiliency and keep the lights on.”

“Communities across Nevada are increasingly facing extreme weather and natural disasters that threaten our electric grid,” said Senator Rosen. “It’s critical that we bolster our energy grid to ensure that Nevada’s families can keep their lights on during a natural disaster. I’m glad to see the Washoe Tribe is receiving funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which I helped pass, to support a more resilient energy infrastructure that can meet future challenges and provide cleaner, more affordable energy.”

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TOCCATA Presents the Remembrance-9/11 Memorial Concert Series Sept. 8-15

Series Features selections from Brahms Requiem, Bruch Romanze for Viola with guest violinist Sarah Coyl, and the mighty Beethoven 5th Symphony

TOCCATA Tahoe Symphony Orchestra and Chorus will finish their 2023 Tahoe Summer MusicFest with a four-concert series beginning Friday, September 8 at 7:00pm in Reno at St John’s Presbyterian Church, (1070 W. Plumb Lane).

The concert will open with Max Bruch’s Romanze for Viola Opus 85, performed by guest soloist Sarah Coyl followed by selections from Johannes Brahms German “World” Requiem, his most well-known symphonic choral masterpiece. Ludwig van Beethoven’s fiery and immortal Symphony #5 concludes the program. Sarah Coyl serves as concertmaster, and Maestro James Rawie, Tahoe Symphony’s Founder and Executive Artistic Director, will conduct all performances.

The concert will be repeated on Sunday, Sept. 10 at 4:00 pm at St Theresa Catholic Church, South Lake Tahoe (1041 Lyons Ave), and on Tuesday, Sept. 12 at 7 pm in Carson City at the Brewery Arts Center. Carson Valley Arts Council will be collaborating with TOCCATA for the Sept. 12 concert dedicated to Greg Brown, a dear friend, and donor to TOCCATA who passed away suddenly in 2021.

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The final performance will be Friday, Sept. 15, at 6:30 pm at St Francis Catholic Church in Incline Village (701 Mt Rose Hwy).

This concert series will be dedicated to the many firefighters and first responders that kept South Lake Tahoe safe during the Caldor fire. Donations are needed, and are tax deductible. TOCCATA Tahoe Symphony is a 501c3 non-profit arts organization (EIN 06-1755800).

Tickets are $30 for adults or $40 for preferred seating/$15 youth; youth under 23 are free in general seating: Premium “front and center” seats are $50 for adults, $25 for youth. Seniors enjoy a $5 discount in all seating areas. All veterans are invited to these concerts at no charge for admission. But you must reserve your seat ahead of time.

WHERE and WHEN:
Friday, Sept. 8, 7:00 p.m. Reno: St John’s Presbyterian Church 1070 W. Plumb Lane

Sunday, Sept. 10, 4:00 p.m. Southlake • St Theresa Catholic church 1041 Lyons Ave

Tuesday, Sept. 12, 7:00 p.m. Carson City • Brewery Arts Center 449 W. King Street,

Friday, Sept. 15, 6:30 p.m. Incline Village • St Francis Catholic Church 701 Mt Rose Hwy.

Further information: Please call 775-298-6989; e-mail us at ToccataTahoe@gmail.com;

or visit us at www.ToccataTahoe.org or https://www.facebook.com/toccatatahoe/.