Tag: Feel Good
Hide and Seek
Danielle Segal hides rubber ducks around the area. Artist Nicole Stirling hides colorful prints of her vibrant mandalas. Both women have the same goal: to spread joy to those around them.
BackCountry at the Forefront
Mike Schwartz, owner of The BackCountry, thinks of his employees as family and has found that providing housing is the key to keeping them long term.
Winter-Aware
Tahoe Nordic Search and Rescue has been teaching winter survival skills to area kids for the past 25 years.
Rescuing the Rescuers
Community members came to the rescue of Tahoe Nordic Search and Rescue, volunteering time and materials to solve the problem when the group’s new snowcat was too big to fit in the garage.
Flying into the Future
Since 1994, the Young Eagles program has given free flights to more than 5,000 Tahoe/Truckee youths. The next rally is scheduled for Dec. 11 at Truckee Tahoe Airport for ages 8 and up.
A Force Named Sandy
For this month’s Feel Good story, delve into the strength and resilience of one Truckee woman who has been kicking some ALS.
Are You Experienced?
With print book sales thriving and the addition of the vinyl records, Word after Word Books and its new endeavor, Rock Cellar Records, are proving that both aren’t a thing of the past.
Helping the Heroes
Parker Fontecchio needed an outlet after endurance competitions like the Spartan Race were canceled … so what started as a joke between friends turned into an endeavor to walk around Lake Tahoe almost entirely carrying 22 pounds to raise money for veterans.
Gateway to the Future
Gateway Mountain Center gives at-risk youths a place to belong, access to valuable resources.
Turning the Tassels
The Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation helps streamline the application process for the area’s numerous scholarships foundations.