In The News – The Sally Fund launches its first fundraiser
November 19, 2025 | Member Submitted
Originally Published in the Tahoe Daily Tribune, 11/19/2025, Written by Eli Ramos
On Monday, St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church officially launched The Sally Fund, a community effort that will provide flexible funding to Sierra Community House and Tahoe Family Solutions. Named after longtime Tahoe resident Sally Jane Hammel, the fund will provide housing assistance and rapid re-housing to those in need.
Sally Jane Hammel was a Tahoe resident for over 30 years and was a member of St. Patrick’s as well as a U.S. Postal Service worker. When she died in 2020, she willed her condo to the church, and a portion of her gift is the seed money for the fund.
Senior Warden at St. Patrick’s Connie Skidmore said, “We wanted the love in her house to live on for others.”