Opportunities
Opportunities
Winter Snowsports Volunteer*
Snowsports volunteers provide specialized adaptive instruction for people with disabilities, working on a personal level to help students successfully learn to ski or snowboard. Candidates must be intermediate skiers or higher, must be comfortable working with people with diverse backgrounds, and must be physically fit. Achieve Tahoe provides free training and support. Instructors are asked to commit a minimum of 8 days over the snowsports season, running from December to April.
*We are currently at capacity for 24-25 snowsports volunteers. Please check back August 2025 to join our snowsports team!
Please contact [email protected] or 530-999-2264 with any questions.
Summer Sports Volunteer
Our summer programs include climbing, equestrian, hiking and archery, sailing, Sierra Summer Sports, and water skiing. Please click on each program below to learn more about its specific volunteer requirements.
Location: TBD
Description: Climbing volunteers will teach participants climbing techniques, rope management, and safety communication during adaptive climbing lessons. Volunteers will also set up, break down, and inventory equipment at the end of the day.
Requirements: No climbing experience is required; however, 1 day of training is required for all volunteers.
Location: Tahoe Donner's Alder Creek Adventure Center
Description: Volunteers will guide participants in a holistic adaptive equestrian experience, emphasizing horsemanship-skills, human-horse interaction, and in some cases, horse-riding.
Requirements: There are two equestrian volunteer roles - Horse Handlers and Sidewalkers. Horse handlers must know how to groom, tack, and catch a horse in pasture while demonstrating an aptitude for working with horses. Sidewalkers do not need to have extensive horse experience but must be comfortable walking and standing next to horses. All equestrian volunteers must be able to walk/jog in sand for up to two hours. 1 day of training is required for all volunteers.
Location: Various locations throughout the North Lake Tahoe area
Description: Volunteers will guide participants on accessible hikes in the Tahoe area. Some hikes will be followed by archery sessions at the same site as the hike. For archery days, hiking volunteers will stay after hiking, helping set up, supervise, and break down our portable archery range.
Requirements: 1 day of training is required for all volunteers.
Location: Obexer's Boat Company, in Homewood, CA
Description: Volunteers will rig, launch, and retrieve vessels, and instruct sailing to participants.
Requirements: There are two possible volunteer roles in the sailing program - lead and assistant instructors. Lead sailing instructors must have a current Level 1 Small Boat Instructor Certification from US Sailing or above, experience working with people with disabilities, as well as the ability to help transfer an adult participant. Assistant sailing instructors must possess strong sailing skills, including the ability to independently sail a small boat. All sailing instructors must have strong swimming skills and be comfortable in the water for extended periods of time. 1 day of training is required for this volunteer position.
Location: West End Beach on Donner Lake
Description: Volunteers will provide paddle sports instructions to our participants and their families, and chaperone tube and seadoo rides. Volunteers will also assist in the set up and tear down of the program, which includes hauling kayaks and paddle boards to and from the beach.
Requirements: All volunteers must have strong swimming skills and be comfortable in the water for extended periods of time. 1 day of training is required for all volunteers.
Do you own a boat and want to volunteer as one of our boat drivers? Contact [email protected] for more information.
Location: Wake Island Waterpark, in North Sacramento,
Description: Volunteers will fit participants into the proper gear and provide instruction in adaptive waterskiing learned through training, as well as assisting in the set up and tear down of the program.
Requirements: Prior waterski experience is not necessary; however, you must be a confident swimmer and comfortable in the water for long periods of time. 2 days of training are required for new volunteers.
Please contact [email protected] or 530-999-2264 with any questions.
Fundraising and Leadership
Individual donors are critical to our success. Become a donor and help us acquire new donors via your networks. Achieve Tahoe is always looking for motivated and dedicated members of the community to join our Board of Directors. Applications accepted year-round.
Contact Haakon Lang-Ree, Executive Director at 530-999-2270; [email protected].
Special Events
Special events are a vital source of funding and support, as well as a great way to get the word out about our programs. Volunteers staff committees and events, help secure silent auction prizes, solicit sponsors, help decorate, hang banners, distribute flyers, prepare food, sell event and raffle tickets, and help with event setup and breakdown. Applications accepted year-round.
Contact Haakon Lang-Ree, Executive Director at 530-999-2270; [email protected].
Equipment Maintenance and Repair (Winter and Summer)
Clean, maintain, and repair our large inventory of adaptive equipment. Applications accepted year-round. Contact Scott Behrens, Program Coordinator, at 530-999-2278; [email protected].
Internships
We accept applications for our winter internship in late summer/early fall, and encourage anyone with a focus (academic or otherwise) in recreation therapy, recreation management, adaptive physical education, outdoor leadership, health sciences, or other related fields to apply. We are seeking committed, highly motivated, hardworking, flexible, self-starters to fulfill our internship positions. Our friendly and dedicated staff is eager to work with the next generation of adaptive recreation professionals.
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