Snippets about Lake Tahoe

• Guitar Strings vs. Chicken Wings returns to Squaw Valley on Sept. 5. Seven restaurants and seven bands will go head-to-head from 6-10pm in the village as a benefit for Tahoe Institute for Natural Sciences. Registered attendees will get wing deals, plus beer and drink specials available at each restaurant. For more info, go online.

• On Aug. 26 Vail Resorts CEO Rob Katz took on the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge in honor of Northstar Snow Services Manager Matt Reeder, who has been battling the disease since 2011. Vail Resorts donated $25,000 to ALS; $100 for each of the 250 senior team members who jumped in on the challenge.

• Improv Players are putting on a benefit show for Unity at the Lake on Aug. 29 at 7:30pm. Cost is $10. It is at 1195 Rufus Allen Blvd., South Lake Tahoe.

• Education will be the topic of Truckee Donner Chamber of Commerce’s breakfast meeting Sept. 9 from 7-8:30am at the Truckee airport. Cost is $10 for members, $12 for others. For more info, call 530.587.2757.

• Tahoe Forest Stewardship Day is the largest volunteer restoration event in the Tahoe basin. Volunteers of all ages and skill levels are invited Sept. 27 to work at Tahoe Paradise Park from 9am-2pm. For more info, go online.