If you are in need of assistance, please contact one of these referral agencies who will screen, advocate and communicate the needs of families in crisis to Tahoe Magic:

  • LTUSD schools/agencies including: Mt. Tallac High School, South Tahoe High School, South Tahoe Middle School, Elementary Schools: Bijou, Meyers, Sierra House, Tahoe Valley, Mckinney-Vento liaison for homeless youth
  • South Lake Tahoe Family Resource Center
  • Vista Rise Collective
  • Tahoe Youth and Family Services
  • South Lake Tahoe Boys and Girls Club
  • El dorado County Head Start and Early Head Start
  • El Dorado County Child Protective Services (CPS)
  • El Dorado County Health & Human Services
  • CASA El Dorado (SLT branch only)
  • Barton Memorial Hospital Social Services contact only
  • Tahoe Coalition for the Homeless
  • Catalyst Community
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”Hello, I’m Nellie. Thank you for helping mom with the rent and all the other bills she had. I don’t know who you are but you are a sweet, loving and awesome person. “Godbless” you and may repay you. With the money that was left, my mom could buy me and my brother new shoes that we needed.”

Nellie
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"I have no words to thank you for all the support you have show for our community. Thank you very much. I’m sure the family will also feel very grateful. And what a great way to end this year with news like the one you just gave me."

Sandra
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“Thank you so much. I do not know what South Lake Tahoe would do without Tahoe Magic. It makes all the difference in the world to our clients.”

Nonprofit partner to Tahoe Magic
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“I wanted to thank you for giving me a platform to make a donation to our community. I have been in this area since 1989. I was a cocktail waitress back in the day and I understand how this must be affecting families here at this time.”

Christia donor during the COVID-19 crisis
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“Thanks for all you are doing for our community and our social services partners.”

Donor to Tahoe Magic
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”No words can describe how thankful we are.”

A mom who had to take time off from work to be with her 10 year old daughter who had a brain tumor
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“Tahoe Magic is the one nonprofit that we can turn to for emergency shelter assistance. It is what our clients worry the most about above all else, not having a place to live during this traumatic time.”

Nonprofit partner to Tahoe Magic
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“Thank you so very much during this time. It was very hard for us after having a newborn with so many unexpected expenses. We need more programs & people like this in the world. Thank you so much; you’ll never know how much it meant to us.”

Shauntyaha, Gerardo and Gresha
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"You do not know how much we appreciate everything you do for our clients! Thank you for always being there!"

Nonprofit partner to Tahoe Magic