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ALL YOUTH PROGRAMS
 Boys and Girls Club Unity Project - The Boys & Girls Club of Lake Tahoe is involved with the Youth Task Force through a variety of programs, activities and opportunities. The club’s UNITY PROJECT targets youth in the 6th-12th grades, providing an opportunity for them to “UNITE”, break down barriers, and explore and express their passion: be it art, music, or sports. For High School students, the Boys & Girls Club offers youth the opportunity to become Jr. Volunteers at the club. With shared vision, the Boys & Girls club is able to offer a safe and positive place for youth to spend their out of school time. For more information about the Boys & Girls Club phone 530-542-0838 or visit www.bgclt.org.
Contact: Phone: 530-542-0838, E-mail: info@bgclt.org, Website: www.bgclt.org, Address: 1100 Lyons Ave. South Lake Tahoe |
 One Stop Employment Resource Centers (One Stop) -
One Stop is a collaboration between the public and private sectors throughout El Dorado County to bring about a comprehensive, integrated approach that responds to employment needs of all of our citizens. There are many places to work and lots of employers looking for good employees! One Stop actively facilitates a partnership of public agencies, private enterprise, and the community at large, and focuses on strengthening the economic vitality of El Dorado County by providing comprehensive, integrated resources and services for employers and workforce.
The One Stop Employment Resource Center plays a significant role, in partnership with El Dorado County, by serving as South Lake Tahoe's resource for both job seekers and employers. Specifically, The One Stop acts as a unique portal for collaboration and two-way exchange of information between the public sector and private businesses within the county. The One Stop, as a 501(c)(3) organization, mobilizes resources and funds through the creation and support of direct service programs throughout El Dorado County.
Contact: Website: http://www.edcgov.us/humanservices/onestop.html
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A/J Team - The A/J Team is a program developed at South Tahoe High School to give at risk students the support and resources needed to make it through school. The students are taught about positive choices and rewarded with field trips, speakers, and a sense of belonging to something at the high school. The students are offered tutoring, counseling, home visits, and a group of mentors on-site at the high school to help them navigate their way through their teen years.
View Photos of Recent Field Trip to Sacramento Play, "A Color Purple."
Contact: To refer a student to the team please contact Amy Jackson or Adrian Escobedo at ajackson@ltusd.org or aescobedo@ltusd.org. The program works in conjunction with the Drug and Alcohol Division of the Health Department.
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 Little Latinas -
Established in September 08 in response to a generous donation from a local community member looking to establish services for Latina females in South Lake Tahoe. The Little Latinas has grown to include weekly meetings led by local high school students as well as a monthly activity (with a physical activity emphasis) led by Tahoe Youth and Family Services. The mission of the Little Latinas is to prevent teenage pregnancy as well as gang involvement by teaching young girls a strong sense of identity and confidence. The teens involved also benefit from the program by being a positive role model and providing natural mentorships to the younger girls.
Contact: To refer a child or get involved as a teen mentor please contact Heather at Tahoe Youth and Family Services at 541-2445. For more information, please click here.
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 Police Activities League Boxing - Through a series of youth and South Lake Tahoe Youth Task Force (YTF) planning meetings held in the Spring of 2008, local youth decided they wanted a boxing program. A collaborative effort between the YTF, El Dorado County Public Health (EDCPH), the South Lake Tahoe Police Department (SLTPD), and the Lake Tahoe Unified School District (LTUSD) decided to adopt the effort. As a result, the South Lake Tahoe Police Activities League (PAL) emerged as a foundation for the program.
Beginning in the Summer of 2008, local youth and volunteers, EDCPH, and the SLTPD, began meeting and created the PAL Boxing Club.
 Several local service organizations, foundations, residents and agencies have provided funding to launch and sustain this program. The Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority (in conjunction with the American Century Celebrity Golf Championship), Kiwanas, Soroptomist, El Dorado County Community Foundation, SLTPD Police Officers Association and anonymous donors have all provided funding for the club. Over $2,000.00 in boxing and conditioning equipment has been purchased for the PAL Boxing Club.
The PAL Boxing Club is designed to provide local youth with positive adult role models, training, conditioning and a chance to compete in amateur boxing. In addition, all PAL boxers are screened for academic needs and alcohol and drug related risk factors. As a commitment to the club, participants agree to accept tutoring, if recommended, attend EDCPH Sembrando Salud alcohol prevention classes, if recommended, and abide by all rules and regulations of PAL.
The PAL Boxing Club is open to all local youth between 12 and 18 years old. Adults may volunteer as coaches.
Download PAL Volunteer Form | Download PAL Membership Form
Contact: Dee Maddox, Administrative Assistant, South Lake Tahoe Police Department, 1352 Johnson Boulevard, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150-8217, 530-542-6139, dmaddox@cityofslt.us
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Police Activities League Bicycling - The PAL Bike Club, a group of passionate volunteers about cycling created a space and structure to help youth in the community to enjoy cycling safely. PAL Bike Club began in fall of 2008.
PAL Bike Club is built on and will develop program centered on:
1 Provide a positive environment for learning the basics of bicycle mechanics
2 Repair and distribute pre-owned bicycles
3 Built Community
4 Promote cycling and safe riding
5 Keep kids in school
6 Improve academic achievement
Click here to see some photos of the PAL Bike Club!
Download PAL Volunteer Form | Download PAL Membership Form
Contact:
Dee Maddox, Administrative Assistant
South Lake Tahoe Police Department,
1352 Johnson Boulevard,
South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150-8217,
530-542-6139,
dmaddox@cityofslt.us
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 Sports Connection - Sports Connection was founded in June 2007 in response to the many children in South Lake Tahoe who were not participating in community activities which typically foster a sense of identity, self esteem, and belonging. There are many barriers to their participation some of which include finances, language, and transportation. It is the goal of Sports Connection to play an early prevention/intervention role in the lives of youth in order to decrease gang involvement and teen-age pregnancy. A secondary purpose is to build unity amongst youth in this community where currently there is division due to segregation in the classrooms and invisible lines segregating neighborhoods.
The program works by connecting a financial sponsor to a child. Sports Connection sponsors are typically given a scholarship rate by the provider as most candidates would qualify for this adjusted rate. Once placed on a team equipment as well as transportation needs are dealt with. Sports Connection will work with the coach/instructor as well as parents on the team to ensure a participants success. The child is asked only to give 100 percent as a team player and to keep their grades and behavior at school positive in return.
Sports Connection has served 100 local kids through AYSO, Marcia Sarosik dance, Kahle Park Basketball, ASA softball, South Lake Tahoe Little League, City of South Lake Tahoe Snowboarding program, City of SLT ice hockey program, and Pop Warner football. The program is continuing to grow through on-going referrals of students by teachers, neighbors, and relatives, as well as through connections to different activities by various providers It is our hope that every child in this community will find a place to feel a sense of belonging where they are a piece of the greater good and a valued member of South Lake Tahoe.
Contact: Amy Jackson, korujacksons@sbcglobal.net, 530-307-4046
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 Recreation - The YTF partners coordinate seasonal, curriculum-based, and healthy outings for the youth of South Lake Tahoe, CA. Past events have included: fishing at Sawmill Pond, sledding at El Dorado Beach, skating at South Tahoe Ice Arena, college campus tours, UNR basketball games, “Color Purple” play in Sacramento, collaborative art events in El Dorado County, participating in group bicycle rides, and attending amateur boxing events.
View Photos of Swimming Trip - 5/22/2009
Download PAL Volunteer Form | Download PAL Membership Form
Contact: To volunteer or for more information contact: Nicole Zaborsky, 530-577-4375, belugas1@charter.net
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 Tahoe Youth and Family Services - Tahoe Youth and Family Services is a non-profit organization that has been serving youth and families in our community since 1971. Our Mission is to promote the healthy development of children, youth, and families by providing counseling, education and support services.
Our primary goal is to provide a safety net of services. We serve families through professional and confidential individual and family counseling, community outreach, mentoring, Project Safe Place, Wraparound services, emergency youth shelter, and a 24-hour crisis line.
Contact: 1021 Fremont Ave. South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150. Tel: (530) 541-2445 Fax: (530) 541-0517 Web: www.tahoeyouth.org
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|  Generation Green - Although surrounded by nature's beauty, many children in the Lake Tahoe area are disconnected with the outdoor environment. The Generation Green of Lake Tahoe is a work program designed to teach students about the forest while they work. Targeting low-income, diverse and youth-with-a barrier students, this program provides job opportunities, while building work ethics, job skills, leadership, experience and teamwork skills. Youth are shown a variety of jobs found in natural resource fields and connect with Forest Service mentors. Students start this program with a 4-day, 3-night back pack trip offered by Lake Tahoe Community College. After the back pack trip, their seven-week employment begins. They work on recreation projects such as trail building, painting picnic tables, and cleaning campgrounds. Resource projects include wildlife surveys, soil monitoring, forest care and maintenance. Some students have the opportunity to do interpretive programs and historic site maintenance. These opportunites give youth a connection to the many land management agencies in the Lake Tahoe Basin, to the environment all around them, and to their community. It gives the students a sense of accomplishment and lets them see that they are people who can make a difference in this world.
Contact: Joy Barney,
Conservation Education Program Specialist,
USDA Forest Service, Lake Tahoe Basin Mgmt Unit
Address: 35 College Drive,
South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150 -
Phone: (530) 543-2685 -
E-mail: jbarney@fs.fed.us -
Website: www.fs.fed.us/r5/ltbmu
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Homework Club - Homework Club with various people who can tutor in various subjects. Working mostly with the kids in the CARE program and are available for any that are participating in our Sembrando Salud/A Teams also. We have people also available at the Boys and Girls Club Monday through Thursday from 2PM to 4PM.
 Homework Club Schedule for Boys and Girls Club (View Flyer)
Mondays - 2 – 4PM - Stacia Ponce – English, History,
Social Studies
3 – 4PM - Jorge Delgadillo - Math
Tuesdays - 2 – 4PM - Jean Beemer
Daisy Castaneda - Math
Jelly Ponce – Any subject
Wednesdays - 2 – 4PM - Alisha Brown - Math
Thursday - 2 – 4PM - Jean Beemer
Daisy Castaneda
Jelly Ponce
Contact: Jeanie Beemer 573-4374, 1900 Lake Tahoe Blvd.
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 Youth Services Program - The
El Dorado County's Youth Services Program, under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), offers services to prepare youth for additional education, vocational training and/or employment. To qualify for the Youth Program, you must:
-be low income (gross income under $10,400/year for 1 person family)
-be between the ages of 14-21
-have an obstacle to employment such as:
- pregnant or parenting
- school drop out
- involved with court systems
- homeless or runaway
- in foster care
- low reading or math skills
- lack significant work experience
WIA supports the Youth Task Force in that the program can help serve South Lake Tahoe's population of at risk youth who need assistance in gaining work readiness skills and occupational training. The WIA program also emphasizes the importance of education by supporting the youth to complete secondary schooling and earn their high school diploma or GED.
Contact: To find out if you are eligible for services please contact
Casey O'Neill, Phone:
(530) 573-4335,
Email: casey.oneill@edcgov.us
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 South Tahoe Area Transit Authority (BlueGO) - BlueGO is a service of the South Tahoe Area Transit Authority which consists of members representing the City of South Lake Tahoe, El Dorado County, Douglas County, Tahoe Transportation District, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, The Ridge Resorts, MontBleu Resort Casino and Spa, Horizon Casino Resort, Harrah's Lake Tahoe, Harveys Casino Resort and Lakeside Inn and Casino. Administrative support is provided by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency.
BlueGO provides fixed route, demand response, ski shuttles, seasonal trolley service and commuter express routes on the south shore of Lake Tahoe and to the Carson Valley. BlueGO operates seven days a week 24 hours per day with headways ranging from 20 to 60 minutes
BlueGO operates 18 bus routes consisting of fixed routes, ski shuttles, demand responsive service, commuter express, and trolley routes. BlueGO operates 43 buses and most buses are powered by bio diesel or compressed natural gas (CNG). For additional information on BlueGO routes and schedules, please call (530) 541-7149 (TDD/TTY:711).
Contact: Mailing: PO BOX 499, Zephyr Cove, NV 89448, Office: 128 Market Street, Suite 3-F, Stateline, NV 89449, Telephone: 775.589.5284, FAX: 775-588.0917, Email: jandoh@trpa.org |
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