The Nevada County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue team’s annual fundraiser originally set for late in June has been rescheduled for this Saturday. Nevada County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue team leader Sam Brown says a call for service cancelled the first fundraiser…

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The two women were headed out to the lake but ended up getting lost and eventually separated.

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They were exhausted and there was still a 7 mile hike they had to make to get back. But they got the women out  safely. But because the team was busy they had to reschedule the fundraiser to this Saturday.
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Search and rescue volunteers including some canines and their handlers and the equestrian team will be in local shopping centers and store fronts from 9 am to 4 pm Saturday July 9. Last year they raised $20 thousand dollars and hope to do the same or more this year. The Volunteers typically spend a thousand dollars of their own money for search and rescue gear. There are between 120 and 140 volunteers on the Search and Rescue team.
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