Keep Truckee Green
Keep Truckee Green provides easy ways to help clean up litter and trash. Join the Truckee Litter Corps on the first Saturday of each month for a group clean-up at a designated location. You’ll get a TLC t-shirt and the opportunity to meet Truckee locals doing good. Another way to help is by participating in the Grab a Bag Program at local participating businesses. They provide the pick-up supplies for litter clean-up anytime, anywhere! Return your bag of litter for prizes and discounts.
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Truckee Trails Foundation
Help the Truckee Trails Foundation build, maintain, and advocate for a world-class network of trails and bikeways for health, sustainability, and prosperity. Don a helmet, gloves, and hardhat and join them for a trail work day!
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Donner Memorial State Park - Monday Cleanup
Start your week with a morning cleanup at Donner Memorial State Park on the 2nd and 4th Monday of every month through September 26, 2022. Gloves, trash grabbers, and bags will be provided from 9-10am.
- WHEN: July 11, July 25, August 8, August 22, September 12, September 26.
- WHERE: Meet at the Donner Visitor Center at 9am.
- SIGN UP: Email Ella McDougall
Truckee River Watershed Council
Get your science on and find out how you can protect our watershed with the Truckee River Watershed Council. Attend an informal, virtual River Talk to learn about the Truckee River Watershed, meet other river-lovers, and hear about the Watershed Council’s work; pull invasive plants with the Weed Warriors; Adopt-A-Stream and get the training to become a watershed scientist, practicing biology or chemistry in the field; or attended the annual Truckee River Day.
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Truckee Donner Land Trust
Roll up your sleeves and put in a day of dirt work building trails with the Truckee Donner Land Trust. They offer volunteer trail days June - October to repair existing trails and complete new sections. They provide the tools, all you need to do is show up with water and snacks!
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Can't make a volunteer trail day? You can still help by reporting trail conditions on their website. Use the form on the Explore page to share what you find - down trees, muddy trail, backed up drains, etc.
Sierra Community House
Four long-standing social service organizations — Family Resource Center of Truckee, North Tahoe Family Resource Center, Tahoe SAFE Alliance, and Project MANA — united to form Sierra Community House in 2019. Volunteer in one of four program areas: Hunger Relief, Crisis Intervention & Prevention, Family Support & Community Engagement, and Mediation & Legal Assistance.
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Citizen Science Tahoe
Anyone can volunteer as a citizen scientist, it’s as easy as downloading an app! Get the Citizen Science Tahoe app on your phone and use it to share observations, photos, and comments of Lake Tahoe when you’re at the beach, on the water, or on the mountain. This helps researchers better understand conditions around the lake, so if you see it, share it!
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Keep Tahoe Blue
There are many ways to get involved with Keep Tahoe Blue, the League to Save Lake Tahoe. Volunteer programs include attending a beach cleanup, downloading the Tahoe Boating App, forming your own Tahoe Blue Crew, and much more. Get involved and be sure to check out their calendar for year-round events.
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Take Care Tahoe
View a roundup of events and volunteer opportunities in Truckee and the Lake Tahoe basin from Take Care Tahoe and partners. There are community cleanups, nature events, and more.
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Request Truckee (Powered by See Click Fix)
Download the See Click Fix app to request services or get help fixing issues like trail hazards, graffiti, missing or damaged signs, and overflowing trash receptacles.
Slow Food Lake Tahoe
Help out at Slow Food Lake Tahoe's new Truckee Community Garden in the Truckee River Regional Park (June-September) or join the local food movement and break bread with Locals at Community Soup Night.
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Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe
Make a four legged friend on vacation! There are several ways for animal lovers to get involved with the Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe, including helping out with events and festivals like Brews, Jazz & Funk, taking dogs for walks, or simply spending time with pets that need some extra love.
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