Placer County Animal Services provides animal care, sheltering, and field services for much of Placer County.

Shelter services include:

• Lost pet reunification
• Pet adoption
• Pet licensing (including new senior discount for qualifying residents)
• Vaccine clinics
• Resources for pet owners
• Connections to local rescue groups and nonprofits
• Shelter tours and community education
• Volunteer and animal foster programs

Field services include:

• Stray animal pickup
• Aggressive animal response
• Animal cruelty and neglect investigations
• Barking complaints
• Public education and disaster response
• Pickup of injured domestic animals and wildlife

Additional notes:

As of May 2025, Placer County residents aged 62 and older may receive 50% off licensing fees for up to two spayed or neutered dogs. Available online or in person. Not valid in Auburn, Roseville, or Rocklin, which manage their own programs.

Web pages

• Home - https://www.placer.ca.gov/1909/Animal-Services
• Health & Human Services - https://www.pla…

The Veterans Service Office promotes the interest and welfare of veterans, their dependents, and their survivors by enhancing their quality of life through counseling, education, benefits assistance, and advocacy.

Web pages

• Home - https://www.placer.ca.gov/1875/Veterans
  

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/

Give Back Tahoe was developed in collaboration with the Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation to connect volunteers with nonprofit groups from the North Lake Tahoe and Truckee areas.

​Web pages

• Home - www.givebacktahoe.org

Boys & Girls Club of North Lake Tahoe provides a safe, structured and positive environment for young people before and after school, during holidays, and summer vacation.

Offers after school development in a variety of activities including: sports, computers, art, robots, leadership skills and teen centered events. Low-cost options available. Open M-F.

Web page

• Home - https://www.bgcnlt.org/

California Tahoe Conservancy provides free firewood for residents in and around the Lake Tahoe Basin through a seasonal fuelwood permit program.

Details:

• Offers up to two cords of precut (but unsplit) firewood at no cost
• Requires a valid fuelwood permit from the Conservancy
• Participants must haul the wood themselves
• Permits are available on a first-come, first-served basis

Note: Call 530-542-5580 for current permit availability and pickup details.

Web pages

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

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.

Crisis Support Services of Nevada offers 24/7 crisis intervention assistance with:

• Suicide prevention - call or text 988
• Crisis in general - call or text 988
• Military family/veteran specific crises - call 988 and press option 1
• Report child abuse - 833-803-1183
• Report vulnerable adult abuse - 775-440-6490
• Sexual Assault Help Line - 775-221-7600
• Substance Use Disorder - 800-450-9530
  
  

Web pages

• Home - https://cssnv.org/

The South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL) provides programs to protect, preserve and restore the Yuba River.

Web pages

• Home - http://www.yubariver.org/

The Conflict Resolution Center of Nevada County provides neutral, third person conflict resolution and mediation services for free in the Nevada County Courts, and on a sliding scale basis for private citizens and businesses in our offices. CRC also offers group facilitation of conflict in the community, and mediation training.

Web pages

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