Our Next Board Meeting will be October 3 2015 in Incline Village at the Washoe County Library.

Please Join Us for Our Next Board Meeting in October at The Washoe County Library in Incline VIllage Nevada.  It will be on October 3 2015 at 11:00 am. Please See the Agenda on our website!
We hope to see you there!http://www.tahoefound.com/images/Agenda_October_2015_TTF_.pdf

Thank you Channel 3 News for inspiring us to approach Piersons Building Center to solicit donations of rain gear for homeless veterans!

Today a reporter from News Channel 3 approached one of the Directors of The TAHOE Foundation

at Piersons Building Center in California...He asked what the director was shopping for, to prepare for the up and coming storm. This prompted a response that there was not much concern for serious flooding due to the small amount of snow pack.. This fact was derived as a result of  the history talks hosted by Piersons and often delivered by Jerry Rohde regarding the 1964 flood of the Eel River, and when asked what the Directors needed, they immediately thought of those which might need

protection from the rains, regardless of the pending danger or damage of this storm..

Our Director immediately went to find rain suits asked who to talk to in order to have some suits donated and in the course of ten minutes Pierson's staff  immediately responded with the donation of four all weather gear suits to be handed out to veterans who are on the streets, in order to stay dry.

Our vets are the primary resource to archive histories outlining the education for our populace to be informed about our public persona as a country worldwide.

WE VALUE OUR VETS AT THE TAHOE FOUNDATION; AND PRAY FOR THEM THIS HOLIDAY SEASON!!!

Thank you Piersons for the donation and your wonderful contributions to the local history education through the history talks you sponsor.  

The Tahoe Foundation will begin doing business as Tahoe Found™...

 
The Tahoe Foundation had its Board of Directors Meeting at The Historic Mackay Mansion in Virginia City in November. It was lovely.  Much was discussed and there was recent suggestion to begin doing business as Tahoe Found™... to pursue our architecture conservation and preservation planning education goals and historic archives objectives which will be realized through atleast one iteration as seen below: Tahoe Found™ a Print Journal.. Once we hire educators and secure a space
then we will go on to begin a curriculum and finally deliver the long awaited Bus Shelter Heritage Corridor Interactive Museums...If you would like to pitch in and make a donation- please go to our link below- "Give the Gift....") and download the member card/donation card fill it in and send it to us, to endorse our goals.

 Give the Gift of History by making a Membership Donation today!

Keep checking the website, as we will publish the Meeting Minutes soon....

Also look back in a couple of days for an update regarding Andy Dorner, a local artist and archivist who builds accurate wooden scale models of maritime objects- mostly ships! He recently recovered from some health issues and is living and working in his studio again in Artist's Alley in Ferndale..

San Francisco Maritime Museum will feature an article on him soon.. (unless we beat them to it!)
We are so happy to have you back in the Victorian Village of Ferndale Andy... 

T o - A rchive - H istories- (through) - O utreach - E ducation

Today we begin our drive for film cameras and student outreach to assist us to document histories in our region.

This Saturday we will have a Board Meeting at The Mackay Mansion in Historic Landmark Virginia City.  For more information visit our website www.tahoefound.com and click on the Minutes and Meetings tab.

We celebrate the history of flight on this day- and America's and Nevada's and California's role in the history of American Airplane design!

CELEBRATE THE HISTORY OF FLIGHT- Design of the airplane is recognized by NASA on their website commemorating this day, August 19th as the official National Aviation Day on behalf of Orville Wright's Birthday. In 1939 Franklin Roosevelt declared this...go to www.nasa.gov to take a look yourself!

Volunteer Director Peter Profant speaks to his experience with the Washo to restore and rebuild the ancient architecture at the lake!

The Tahoe Foundation volunteer Directors speak about the artwork and historic preservation they are involved in at the Lake with Robert Schimmel on KTHO The Lake Tahoe Art Scene!

This interview features Peter Profant and the work he did with the Washo People to rebuild the
ancient architectural bark houses at the Tallac Site Lake Tahoe.


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NICK's Interns: The TAHOE Foundation is Learning about Internships from the Mattole Restoration Council

This Summer folks from The Tahoe Foundation experienced Nick's Intern's a Native Grass and Watershed Restoration Program on the Coast of California.  A regular volunteer at The Tahoe Foundation and junior from Incline High School, wanted to learn about counting fish, watershed restoration and the collection of Native Grass seed in California in order to bring similar programs to other areas including Lake Tahoe. The internships are awarded to High School Students, thanks to the Bureau of Land Management, The Mattole Restoration Council,  and philanthropists from Humboldt County California who all work together to make this program happen! Local to Humboldt County, were Interns Norberto Olavarria a recent graduate from South Fork High and Kate Fatseas presently enrolled in Petrolia High School pictured below. The reports you see featured were authored by the interns.

We hope to continue this effort by facilitating fundraising efforts and an exhibition at the County and state Fairs in 2014 with the Future Farmers of America-Ferndale Chapter, Ferndale High School,  and folks from the Mattole Restoration Council program, Nick's Interns.The interns with the help of their Intern Leader Hugh McGee and others at the MRC hope to be able to cultivate the native grass seed into plugs at the Ferndale High School Green House which will then be planted in the Salt River Restoration effort- an important heritage corridor in the Humboldt County region.

The Tahoe Foundation would like to thank all of those who are helping us learn about this,  including the Mattole Restoration Council, Nick's Interns Hugh McGee, Unity Peterson, Monica Scholey,  The Future Farmers of America Ferndale Chapter, Ferndale High School Agricultural Department's teacher Mr. Smith, DCI for building the greenhouse at Ferndale High School and Cream City Investments.

Kate Fatseas collecting Native Grass Seed 

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Tahoe Foundation Volunteer and Nick's Intern, Z. M. Profant working with Dylan, from the 

California Conservation Corps !

Zosine, Kate,  & Norberto Nick's Petrolia Interns 2013!