Mike chats with Chief Impact & Strategy Officer Janell Cerva. Utah Community Action was founded in 1965 to meet the needs of the community, especially individuals experiencing poverty. The mission of Utah Community Action is to empower individuals, strengthen families, and build communities through education and self-reliance programs. We do this through six core programs: Workforce Development, Head Start preschool, HEAT Utility Assistance, Housing & Case Management, Home Weatherization and Nutrition. Each year, Utah Community Action provides these services to approximately 50,000 children and families in our community, giving them the tools needed to attain and sustain self-reliance.

www.UtahCA.org

Mike chats with Artistic Director Adam Sklute. Ballet West has one of the world’s largest ballet-based Education and Outreach programs, reaching over 100,000 children and adults throughout Utah and the Intermountain Region every year. America's 1st Nutcracker Celebrates 80 Years! Ballet West's holiday classic by founder Willam Christensen remains just as fresh and effervescent as its premiere in 1944. Enjoy the rare opportunity to witness an iconic masterpiece that has defined generations. December 6th through the 28th at The Janet Quinney Lawson Capitol Theatre.

www.BalletWest.org

Mike chats with Executive Director Chris Croswhite. The Rescue Mission of Salt Lake is a faith-based nonprofit organization established in 1972 to help the homeless and Restore Broken Lives. Today, we have grown to five locations along the Wasatch Front from Ogden to the Salt Lake Valley. We are a safe place where those who are homeless can experience the love of Christ and discover a pathway off the streets. Our desire is to see lives changed as people find faith in Christ and strive to reach goals of sobriety, employment, and housing.

www.RescueSaltLake.org

Mike chats with Executive Director Brandon Harding & Co-Creator and Veteran Anthony Droz. At Veterans in the Wild, our mission is empowering veterans through nature by providing transformative wilderness expeditions that promote healing, resilience, and community. Through veterans wilderness trips, we aim to support veterans in their transition to civilian life, fostering physical and mental well-being, personal growth, and a sense of belonging. Our commitment is to honor their service by offering a sanctuary in nature where they can reconnect with themselves, build lasting camaraderie, and embrace new challenges in a supportive and restorative environment.

www.VeteransInTheWild.org

Mike chats with Executive Director Shauna K. Brown and Tutor Vickie Venne. Project Read changes lives through literacy and empowers individuals, strengthens families, builds communities, and creates new cycles of intergenerational literacy. We believe that every person has the right to the options and opportunities that literacy provides. When literacy is achieved, doors are opened, opportunities gained, and lives are changed. We provide individual tutoring and small group instruction to help individuals improve their ability to read, write, compute, and use technology sufficiently to meet personal goals, function well in society, and become more productive citizens.

www.ProjectReadUtah.org

Mike chats with Founder & President Kseniya Kniazeva. A 501(c)3 registered nonprofit, the Nomad Alliance is a group of concerned citizens working together with private and public partners to end homelessness and proffer hope, by providing warmth, nourishment, shelter, employment, healing, legal aid, connection and advocacy to the chronically unsheltered (nomad) population. We are a one-stop mobile resource for the chronically unsheltered in Salt Lake County. Our bi-monthly and monthly supply drives offer everything from clothing, blankets, tents, hygiene items and hot, home-cooked meals to haircuts, hot showers, legal and online support.

www.NomadAlliance.org

Mike chats with Volunteer Kate Hancock. The 2024 Halloween Spook-tacular fundraiser is Saturday October 19th at Sweet Hazel Restaurant in Midvale. Ritzy Rescue Ranch is a 501(c)(3) organization located in Tooele, Utah. We are dedicated to our mission of providing animals with a second chance for a quality life and inspiring compassion for all beings. We do this by providing a safe, loving home to abused, neglected, and unwanted animals.

www.RitzyRescueRanch.org

Mike chats with Program Development Director Abby Warr & Community Outreach Coordinator Kaylee Hepburn. The People Helping People Fall Single Mothers Seminar & Job Fair is Tuesday, October 8th at the South Salt Lake Community Center. People Helping People, Inc (PHP) is a local grassroots 501c3 non-profit Employment Program dedicated to reducing the number of children living in poverty be helping low-income women, primarily single moms, reach an adequate income through successful employment. PHP helps families break the cycle of poverty by teaching low-income women how to reach their full potential in the workplace.

www.phputah.org