FOOD BANK OF NEVADA COUNTY FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS

Grass Valley - Western Nevada County
2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month from 10am-1pm
Grass Valley Seventh Day Adventist Church
12889 Osborn Hill Rd, Grass Valley, CA 95945

Higgins Corner - Grass Valley - Southern Nevada County
3rd Thursday of each month from 3:30-5:30pm
Sierra United Methodist Church (near Lake of the Pines)
22559 W. Hacienda Dr, Grass Valley, CA 95949

North San Juan
2nd Tuesday of each month from 10am-12pm
Oak Tree School
18847 Oak Tree Rd, North San Juan, CA 95959

Town of Washington
3rd Wednesday of each month at 12pm
Washington Fire Department
15406 Washington Rd, Washington, CA 95986

Truckee
Tuesday from 4pm-5pm
Sierra Community House
12116 Chandelle Way, Suite D2, Truckee, CA 96161
Call to confirm if weather or other factors might affect distributions. 775-545-4083

Income guidelines are posted under the USDA tab on the FBNC website: https://foodbankofnc.org/usda-1

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The Friendship Club provides a year-round program in Western Nevada County serving girls at risk in grades 6-12. Girls meet after school during the school year, attend field trips and other activities during school breaks, and participate in summer camps and enrichment activities throughout the summer.

The Friendship Club has helped almost 1,000 girls since starting in 1995. The comprehensive, long-term program is open to youth who are female, identifying as female, and gender non-conforming between the ages of 10 and 18, and provides assistance into their 20s as they transition to adulthood. The Friendship Club serves more than 100 youth every year, providing year-round academic, social, and emotional support in individual and group settings – and ensuring basic needs, such as access to health care and healthy meals, are available.

Girls are grouped into cohorts by grade level and stay with their group until they graduate high school. Participation is free, as are all the activities, f… [read more]

California Tahoe Conservancy provides a fuelwood program for residents in and around the Lake Tahoe Basin. Firewood is available, up to two cords, free of charge to anyone who needs it. Wood is precut but not split. Hauling is the responsibility of the resident who needs it. Must obtain a wood permit through the conservancy. Please call the office for additional information.  530-542-5580

Websites:

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

LGBTQ+

• Trainings
• Professional Development
• No-cost Resources
• Gender Support Plan

Gender Spectrum helps to create gender sensitive and inclusive environments for all children and teens through providing an array of services to help youth, families, organizations and institutions understand and address concepts of Gender identity and Gender expression, including how societal, cultural, organizational and community definitions of gender can be detrimental to any young person that does not fit neatly into these categories.

Gender Spectrum offers resources to empower your relationships, work, and interactions with youth and children. Gender Spectrum provides you with the tools necessary to create gender inclusive environments in your homes, offices, and communities.

Gender Spectrum provides:

• How-to guides
• Online Consultations
• Online Groups
• Research
• Sample training materials

Websites:

• Gender Spectrum - https://www.genderspectrum.org/

At The Girl Scouts, girls prepare for a lifetime of leadership, success, and adventure in a safe, no-limits place designed for and by girls. Girl Scout Leadership Experience—a collection of engaging, challenging, and fun activities like earning badges, going on awesome trips, selling cookies, exploring science, getting outdoors, and doing community service projects. The idea is to learn by doing. Girls gain important skills in four areas that form the foundation of the Girl Scout Leadership Experience: Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) Outdoors Life Skills Entrepreneurship Web pages from above with visible url links Home - https://www.girlscouts.org/ Science, technology, engineering and Math - https://www.girlscouts.org/en/discover/about-us/what-girl-scouts-do.html Outdoors -https://www.girlscouts.org/en/discover/about-us/what-girl-scouts-do.html Life skills - https://www.girlscouts.org/en/discove…

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Give an Hour does not provide emergency services.
For emergencies, call 911.
For immediate non-emergency help: Call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255, Veterans press 1. (Changes to 988 on July 16, 2022)
OR text SIGNS to 741741 for the Crisis Text Line.
Both services are free and available 24/7.

Give an Hour is a national nonprofit that provides barrier-free mental health counseling through their network of mental health professionals. Volunteers work one hour per week for one year with people who qualify for our services. Current clients include service members, veterans, their loved ones, and those affected by natural and man-made disasters. In order to participate in the Give an Hour network, providers must register with the non-profit.

Search Providers
Use the website search to find providers in your area: https://giveanhour.org/provider-search/

Sierra Harvest's Gold Country Gleaning Program organizes volunteers to harvest fresh, seasonal produce that would otherwise go to waste and donates it to local food banks. Volunteers are encouraged to take gleaned goodies home too.

Web pages

• Home - https://sierraharvest.org/
• Gold Country Gleaning program - https://sierraharvest.org/gleaning/
• Request gleaning - https://sierraharvest.org/gleaning/site_registration.php
• Volunteer to glean - https://sierraharvest.org/gleaning/volregistration.php

Preserves, protects and continues to expand the historical records, photos and memorabilia from the past of the Town of Truckee and the surrounding region.

2023 VOLUNTEER & DONATION INFO

To volunteer:

• Connecting Point Volunteer Hub - 530-274-5601
  • https://volunteerhub.connectingpoint.org/
• Interfaith Food Ministry - 530-273-8132
  • https://www.interfaithfoodministry.org/volunteer.html
• Food Bank of Nevada County - 530-272-3796
  • Family Friendly Volunteer opportunities, https://foodbankofnc.org/volunteer
    Gleaning for the Food Bank: Times and locations vary
    Higgins Distribution: 3rd Thursday of the month from 3:00-5:30
    Home Delivery Drivers: Every 1st and 3rd Tuesday and Wednesday of the Month, time is flexible
    Grass Valley Distribution: 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month from 9:00 - 12:30pm
    Packing in the Warehouse: 2nd and 4th Tuesdays from 9:00-11:00am
    Bridge of Giving: Sunday, 11/5   
    Holiday Distributions: 11/16 and 12/24. 9:00-12:30pm
    Concessions for Scrooge at the Nevada Theatre: 11/24 - 12/24, evening shows & matinees
    Toy Run: Saturday, 12/9
    Toys for Tots: Saturday, 12/16
    Summe…

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2-1-1 offers information on resources (as they become available) for the 2023 Holiday Season.

Holidays:

• Thanksgiving is Thursday, Nov 23, 2023
• Christmas Eve is Saturday, Dec 24, 2023
• Christmas is Sunday, Dec 25, 2023

Food & Meals

Thanksgiving:

Sierra Community House (Tahoe-Truckee) - Let's Talk Turkey
What: Each year, Sierra Community House (formerly Project MANA) helps hundreds of local families have a happy, healthy Thanksgiving through the Let’s Talk Turkey (frozen) Food. Services are free and everyone is welcome. Includes frozen turkey.
When & where: 

• November 16 - Incline Village community members who pick up in person will receive TWO bags. One with regular weekly food bag. The other with Thanksgiving fixings.
• November 20 - All home delivery community members will receive their Thanksgiving fixings bag.
• November 21 - Truckee community members who pick up in person will receive one bag of Thanksgiving fixings.
• November 22 - Kings Beach community members who pick up in…

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