The Achieve Tahoe Program Center is located at Alpine Meadows Resort in the North Lake Tahoe area of Northern California.

ADAPTIVE SKI AND SNOWBOARD INSTRUCTION FOR ALL ABILITIES
Achieve Tahoe is open daily for lessons from December 1st through April 28th (conditions permitting). They are a member school of the Professional Ski Instructors of America (PSIA). Their PSIA-certified instructors and trained volunteers make skiing or snowboarding possible for anyone with physical, sensory, or intellectual disabilities.

ADAPTIVE SUMMER SPORTS: A variety of summer sports are available in the Tahoe and Sacramento areas, such as water skiing, paddle sports, and sailing.

MILITARY ADAPTIVE SPORTS CAMPS: Achieve Tahoe conducts a winter and summer sports camp for military service members disabled during active duty.

Web pages

• Home - https://www.achievetahoe.org/
• FQA - www.achievetahoe.org/about/faq/

Auburn State Recreation Area (Auburn SRA) covers over 35,000 acres along 40 miles of the North and Middle Forks of the American River. 

Major recreational uses include hiking, swimming, boating, fishing, camping, mountain biking, gold panning, equestrian/horseback riding trails, and off-highway motorcycle riding.

Whitewater recreation is also very popular on both forks of the river, with Class II, III, and IV runs. Over 30 -private outfitters are licensed to offer whitewater trips in Auburn SRA.

Web pages

• Home - https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=502

The Lake Tahoe Bicycle Coalition is an all volunteer organization dedicated to promoting bicycling, bike events, and new bicycle infrastructure such as bike paths and bike lanes throughout the Tahoe region. They work to help the Tahoe region become more bicycle friendly and offer bike trail maps for free on their website.

Web pages

• Home - https://tahoebike.org/
• Bike trail maps - https://tahoebike.org/print-bike-map/

Boy Scouts of America youth organization that teaches leadership, values, personal fitness, and ethical character. Offers young people responsible fun and adventure.

Scouts BSA for Youth 11-17 years old
For the first time in its 100+ year history, the iconic program of the Boy Scouts of America is open to both young men and young women.

Scouts BSA is a year-round program for boys and girls in fifth grade through high school that provides fun, adventure, learning, challenge, and responsibility to help them become the best version of themselves.

web pages

• Home - https://beascout.scouting.org/

Boys & Girls Club of Placer County provides a safe, structured, and positive environment for young people after school, during holidays, and during summer vacation.

Web pages

• Home - https://bgcplacercounty.org/
• Locations - https://bgcplacercounty.org/contact-us/

California State Parks manages more than 280 park units, which contain a diverse collection of natural, cultural, and recreational resources.

You can FIND A PARK on the California State Parks website. Park units in Nevada and Placer Counties include:

• Auburn State Recreation Area
• Donner Memorial State Park
• Empire Mine State Historic Park
• Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park
• ​South Yuba River State Park

Web pages

• Home - https://www.parks.ca.gov/
• Find a park - https://www.parks.ca.gov/Find-a-Park
• Contact Us & FAQs - https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=23110
• Information about park passes - https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=1049 and https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=937#passes
• California State Parks Library Pass (free) - www.parks.ca.gov/30806

The KidZone Museum is a children’s museum in Truckee. Their mission is to inspire learning through creative play and discovery. Exhibits are optimal for children under age 7 and focus on building cognitive, physical, social, and creative skills through play. Camps and school programs are designed for children through elementary school. Teenagers can gain important service learning experience through volunteering at the museum.

The museum includes:

• Indoor Play Structure
• Infant Area
• Art Studio
• Nature Play Area
• Science Lab

The museum offers various programs:

• Exibits
• Summer camps
• Girls Who Code
• Just for Schools
• KizZone@Home

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This is a Ready to Grow (R2G) resource. Ready to Grow is a First 5 Nevada County program to connect children 0-5 with services and information that support their well-being. Organizations with programs that have this R2G tag may have additional programs of interest to families.

Must be a resident of Lincoln, CA. St. James Episcopal Church Community Garden provides information on gardening and nutrition. You can learn about and plant what will grow in each season and they'll support you along the way. Extra produce is donated to St. James The Pantry.

Web pages

• Community garden - https://www.stjameslincoln.org/community-garden/

Nevada County Fairgrounds hosts the annual Nevada County Fair as well as dog shows, quilt show, classic car show, home and garden show and music performances throughout the year.

Provides individual and group recreational vehicle camping facilities.

Offers 44 Full Hookup sites, 100 Water and Electric sites, Dry sites, and RV Dump.

Web pages

• Home Page: https://nevadacountyfair.com/

The San Juan Ridge Family Resource Center (FRC) provides families in the San Juan Ridge area with information and referrals to local resources, services, and facilities on a drop-in basis for visitors of all ages.

NOTE: The FRC does NOT have any housing resources and does NOT have any gift cards, gas cards, etc.

Services the FRC does offer include: computer, phone, fax, printer, children's play space, clothes closet, food pantry, diapers, lending and reference libraries, information, referrals, parenting support, weekly children's playgroup, summer camps, adult yoga, children's dance classes, and periodic events. Call for more information.

The San Juan Ridge Family Resource Center has laundry vouchers and bus passes free to clients upon request. Bus passes are issued as 2 one-way trips with transfers that can be used on all routes to make a roundtrip from the San Juan Ridge. Depending on the needs of the client additional passes can be issued. Laundry vouchers come with one detergent p…

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