During this holiday time of year, charitable giving seems to come to the forefront. But there is a lot of good being done in our communities throughout the year. We hope to encourage this good by spotlighting several non-profit groups on Wednesday’s AU.
We especially invite you to highlight a non-profit you especially admire and support. We’ll be talking to representatives from Sunshine Terrace Foundation, Loaves and Fishes, and Global Village Gifts in Logan; WabiSabi in Moab; The Salt Lake City Mission; and the Utah Food Bank.
Contacting These Non-profits:
Utah Food Bank: UtahFoodbank.org
Global Village Gifts: GlobalVillageGifts.org
December 20th a portion of profits at Global Village Gifts between 10:00 AM and 6:00 PM will go to Cache Food Pantry
Wabi Sabi Moab: WabiSabiMoab.org
Cache Interagency Council: Facebook.com/CacheInteragencyCouncil
Chairman Amy Anderson (435) 535-5296
Salt Lake City Mission: SaltLakeCityMission.org
(801) 355-6310
Loaves and Fishes: Facebook.com/LoavesFishesCommunityMeal
(435) 414-0340
LoavesAndFishesCV@gmail.com
Sunshine Terrace Foundation: SunshineTerrace.com
(435) 535-5296
Sean Damitz would like to spotlight our friends at Youth Garden Project in Moab. It's a great grassroots organization serving hundreds of kids with a great annual Pumpkin Chuckin' Festival.
Ryan Dupont brings up Seeme, an organization founded by USU Emeritus Professor Bill Grenney. For the past ten years he has led groups of volunteers to work in orphanages in Uganda. Seeme stands for sustainable engineering education and economics. We have built schools, installed solar panels, provided clean water access, given micro loans to women to start sewing businesses, provided seminars on health and maturation for girls and women, trained teachers, provided books, and educational materials, and built dormitories for over three thousand children.
Anita Kingdon says friend, Jamie Thoman has a small non-profit organization, Itty Bitty Bunting, that provides newborn kits to Logan Regional hospital. These kits include a outfit, blanket, hat, bib, socks, baby soap and shampoo, etc. and are given to needy mothers who give birth at Logan Regional. Jamie relies on donations and often uses her own money for this project. Money can be given to Jamie as well as items for the kits. Please contact her at 435-890-0836 to see what items she is currently in need of.
Louise Excell would like to spotlight a wonderful nonprofit that she works with as a board member. It’s the Virgin River Land Preservation Association, a local grass roots land trust in Washington, Kane, and Iron Counties. Virgin River Land works with communities and landowners to preserve southwestern Utah’s heritage of scenic beauty, open lands, and quality of life. Interested people can visit their website at www.virginriverland.org.
