Utah Cares – December 2009
12.16.2009 by KCPW
Utah Cares is sponsored in part by the Community Foundation of Utah, the Park City Foundation, and Lewiston State Bank. Parties interested in having an organization featured on future episodes of Utah Cares should contact the Utah Nonprofits Association. Thanks to Jennifer Steele Christensen for producing Utah Cares.
Imagine, Dare, Create!
Sharing the creative arts with underprivileged students in Salt Lake County allows Evander Cavazos to give something back. Growing up with Bad Dog Rediscovers America, Evander discovered life-changing potential within himself.
Mission of Catholic Community Services: To practice gospel values of love, compassion and hope through service, support and collaboration.
When Buu Diep left Vietnam, she never imagined that her journey across the ocean would lead her to Utah. Now serving as the Refugee Foster Care Coordinator for Catholic Community Services, Buu knows first-hand what her young clients need most to succeed.
Bring The Healing Home
Rocky Mountain Home Care and Hospice of St. George provides skilled nursing services in Washington County homes, care facilities and hospitals. Annalee Howland, manager of Beehive Homes of St. George, is grateful when residents of her facilities receive Rocky Mountain’s award-winning care.
Each One Teach One…
Bridgerland Literacy was established in 1987 to provide free, confidential reading help to residents of Cache Valley. Director Danielle Bird relies on volunteers like Gayle Knapp to accomplish the program’s empowering mission.
“We serve Utah’s children by finding, educating, and nurturing families to meet the needs of children in foster care.”
The Utah Foster Care Foundation believes that children thrive in families. Seeking foster parents for children in State care, Maryanne McFarland works as a recruiter for the organization’s northern region and has welcomed dozens of foster children into her home.
Family Support Center of Salt Lake County
Mission: To protect children, strengthen families, and prevent child abuse
Salt Lake County’s Family Support Center provides services to protect children, strengthen families and prevent child abuse. The center’s Life Start Village gives single mothers like Loretta Bowman a new start in providing safe and stable homes for their children.
Child and Family Support Center of Cache County
Strengthening Families and Protecting Children
Bill Johnson is a Utah State Prison inmate housed at the Cache County Jail. During his incarceration, Bill has completed an eight-week parenting class, and he is grateful for the new life skills he’s learned. The Child and Family Support Center of Cache County meets with inmates like Bill weekly to help them become more successful parents once they’re released from jail.
During his incarceration as a Utah State Prison inmate housed at the Cache County Jail, Reggie Richmond has taken parenting classes. Offered by the Child and Family Support Center of Cache County, the course has helped Reggie outline changes he will make in his life once he’s back on the outside.
“Supporting the community with recycled style and grace”
Operating two thrift stores in Moab, Wabi Sabi takes community recycling efforts to heart. Volunteer Sue Allarmann appreciates how Wabi Sabi gives back.
Arts… Culture… Education
Jaeann Tschiffely teaches school in the mountain top ski community of Alta. With the support of Alta Community Enrichment, the arts come alive for the students in her one-of-a-kind classroom.
Celebrating 20 Years of Ya’at’eeh Keshmish (“Merry Christmas”)
Now in its 20th year of service, Navajo Santa provides food, blankets, warm clothing and Christmas gifts to residents of the Utah Strip of the Navajo Reservation. Marianne Felt, the organization’s president, treasures her involvement with this unique, often neglected population.
