Teresa Diane Golden, known as Teri, passed away peacefully in her home on December 29, 2020. She was 76. Teri loved living in South Lake Tahoe. She was active in the Democratic Party, Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care, Tahoe Coalition for the Homeless, Christmas Cheer, the Drugstore Project, helping hikers on the Pacific Rim Trail, the AARP tax preparation, and many other endeavors. Teri was also a member of the Community Presbyterian Church and The Women of the Moose. Her neighbors described her as a loving and generous person.
Teri retired as a nurse at Stanford University Hospital working with heart and lung transplant patients. She had been a nurse in several states as well as Germany and Panama. She loved hiking, biking, snow skiing and anything outdoors. She lived for adventure, loved sharing laughs with those she loved, and taking in the beauty of the Lake Tahoe area. Her kind and gentle spirit was available to anyone in need.
Submitted by paula on Tue, 01/12/2021 - 11:37am
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - After Governor Newsom announced the state would be giving the Tahoe Coalition for the Homeless (TCH) almost $10 million, the local nonprofit quickly bought three motels to meet its goal of ending homelessness in South Lake Tahoe. The September announcement of the Project Homekey grant came with an end-of-the-year deadline so California communities would get the ball rolling on sheltering the chronic homeless.
TCH is using the three motels for different homeless programs they offer.
At the beginning of the pandemic when a Warm Room couldn t safely be offered, Project RoomKey started to put the more compromised population into motel rooms. Many stayed in a converted space at the South Lake Tahoe Recreation Center but seniors and the disabled were moved into the motel rooms. At this time, 24 housing compromised people are in this program which is functioning as the Warm Room this winter in South Lak
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The Christmas soup kitchen at work in Stirling city centre
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A few weeks ago, I had yet another conversation with Heather Persson that did not radiate “boss talks to employee.”
Heather, as editor-in-chief of the Regina Leader-Post and Saskatoon StarPhoenix, always seemed like a friend who also happened to be deservedly entrusted with authority.
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One of her recommendations during the aforementioned chat was that this space be devoted to the Leader-Post Christmas Cheer Fund over the holiday period.
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Having dispensed with business-related matters, we simply chatted for a few minutes.