All Along the Wasatch

Mike chats with Executive Director Dr. Ben Abbott. Grow The Flow Utah is a citizen-led initiative dedicated to restoring and protecting the Great Salt Lake by advocating for policies and water practices that return more water to the lake. An initiative of Conserve Utah Valley, it brings together community members, scientists, and leaders to raise awareness and support sustainable solutions that pr...

Mike chats with Founder & Artistic Director Derryl Yeager about Odyssey Dance Theatre, a Utah-based professional repertory company dedicated to producing high-quality theatrical dance while supporting local artists. Their lively spring showcase, “Shut Up & Dance,” features a dynamic mix of styles and original works highlighting the company’s versatility and creative talen...

Mike chats with President and Co-Founder Cherstyn Stockwell, Board Chair Layne Thompson, and Executive Director Amanda Meyer. Dahlia’s Hope is a Utah nonprofit providing trauma-informed aftercare to survivors of sex trafficking and sexual violence. The organization offers holistic support—including therapy, housing, and life-skills resources—to help survivors heal and build indep...

Mike chats with Marketing and Communications Manager Candida Benson & Featured Artist Erin Blundell. Community Nursing Services is a Utah nonprofit founded in 1928 that provides home health, hospice, and charitable care regardless of ability to pay. Its annual Art & Soup fundraiser runs March 10-12 at Mountain America Expo Center, featuring local artists and restaurant soups, with proceeds...

Mike chats with Founder and Executive Director Jacob Crane. Cultural Fire Events Inc. is an Indigenous-led nonprofit in Utah that creates spaces for Native culture to thrive. They put on powwows and other community events, and they also organize support efforts like firewood drives for families on the Navajo Nation. Everything they do centers on strengthening Indigenous communities, celebrating tr...

Mike chats with Executive Director Alex Yrungaray. Building Up Youth promotes dignity, equity, and community through the principles of Restorative Justice. Our team of like-minded professionals provides curriculum and support to schools and community programs, helping foster stronger, more connected communities. We empower youth to embrace their authentic selves today so they can become caring par...

Dansie. For nearly 100 years, Community Nursing Services (CNS), Utah’s oldest nonprofit home health care agency, has delivered compassionate care. Serving 93% of Utahns through nine offices, CNS provides home health, hospice and palliative care, therapy, telehealth, and essential services regardless of insurance or ability to pay. Its Charitable Care Program supports thousands of low-income...

Mike chats with Founder & President Dan Henry and Executive Director Elizabeth Henry Weyher.  The Danielle Foundation is a nonprofit dedicated to improving the lives of people living with migraine through education, advocacy, and support. It offers programs like Migraine at School and migraine management courses to help individuals and communities better understand the disease. The founda...

Mike chats with Founder Luke Mickelson. Sleep in Heavenly Peace (SHP) is a national nonprofit dedicated to making sure no child has to sleep on the floor. Through a network of local chapters, volunteers build and deliver beds—complete with a mattress and bedding—to children ages 3–17 who lack a safe place to sleep. SHP exists because a bed is a basic need tied to a child’s...

Mike chats with Downtown Food Pantry Assistant Director & Community Involvement Coordinator Erika Gee. Crossroads Urban Center is a Salt Lake City nonprofit that has spent over 50 years supporting Utahns with low incomes, people of color, and individuals with disabilities. They operate two emergency food pantries, a low-cost thrift store, and offer essential assistance like bus and prescriptio...

Mike chats with Kyle Doubrava, Tobacco Prevention Media Coordinator and Marci Nelson, Tobacco Prevention Cessation Coordinator. Tobacco-Free Utah is the state’s Tobacco Prevention and Control Program, dedicated to reducing tobacco use, nicotine addiction, and related health harms across Utah. The program provides quit services, promotes smoke-free policies in homes, workplaces, and public sp...

Mike chats with Founder and Executive Director Jacob Crane. Cultural Fire Events Inc. is an Indigenous-led nonprofit in Utah that creates spaces for Native culture to thrive. They put on powwows and other community events, and they also organize support efforts like firewood drives for families on the Navajo Nation. Everything they do centers on strengthening Indigenous communities, celebrating tr...

Mike chats with Executive Director Alex Yrungaray. Building Up Youth promotes dignity, equity, and community through the principles of Restorative Justice. Our team of like-minded professionals provides curriculum and support to schools and community programs, helping foster stronger, more connected communities. We empower youth to embrace their authentic selves today so they can become caring par...

Mike chats with Executive Director Celeste Edmunds. The Christmas Box International is a Salt Lake City–based nonprofit that protects children who are abused, neglected, trafficked, or facing homelessness. Through its three “Christmas Box Houses,” youth programs, and community partnerships, it provides shelter, essentials, and support to children and young adults in crisis. For C...

Mike chats with Founder & Artistic Director Derryl Yeager. Odyssey Dance Theatre is a vibrant non-profit dance company dedicated to making professional dance performances accessible to the community through outreach, workshops, and a diverse full-season of shows that reflect cultural creativity and excellence. Their signature holiday production, the “Christmas Spectacular: SPECTACULAR!&r...

Mike chats with Community Development Program Coordinator Camille Morgenstern. Women of the World (based in Salt Lake City) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting refugee, asylum-seeking and immigrant women and girls — regardless of immigration status — by providing tailored case-management, English classes, job-skills training and community support so they can achieve sel...

Mike chats with Education Director Liz Anderson, and Plants Stewardship Director Ella Abelli-Amen. Little Cottonwood, Big Cottonwood, and Mill Creek Canyons form a vital ecosystem within the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest. Visited by over five million people a year, they offer hiking, biking, climbing, and world-class skiing while supplying 60% of Salt Lake City’s drinking water. The Co...

Mike chats with VP of Therapy Services Janel Wangsvick-Lane & VP of Community Outreach Kimberly Dansie. For nearly 100 years, Community Nursing Services (CNS), Utah’s oldest nonprofit home health care agency, has created exceptional, healing experiences through compassionate care. With nine offices serving 93% of Utahns, CNS provides home health, hospice and palliative care, immunization...

Mike chats with Executive Director Gina Cornia. Utahns Against Hunger is a nonprofit dedicated to ensuring that everyone in Utah has access to the food they need. Through advocacy, outreach, and education, UAH connects people to programs like SNAP, supports local farmers markets, and raises awareness about hunger and its causes. Their work helps low-income families, seniors, students, and underser...

Mike chats with Development Director Joni Clark. The Children’s Center Utah is a nonprofit mental health organization providing trauma-informed care for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and their families. Founded in 1962, it offers therapy, a therapeutic preschool, and early-childhood consultation while ensuring financial barriers don’t limit access to care. The Hope & Healing Onl...

Mike chats with Executive Director Stacie Kulp. Seven 2025 Walks to End Alzheimer's are coming up in Utah in Spetember & October. More than 38,300 people in Utah are living with Alzheimer’s. 115,000 caregivers dedicate 137 million hours of unpaid care. From Logan to St. George and every town in between, your local Utah chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association is here to help. Whether...

Mike chats with Executive Director Encarni Gallardo & Development Director Francesca Perkins. Since 1884, we've stood as Utah's trusted guardian of child welfare. Through our core programs - Adoption, Building Blocks, Care About Childcare, GRANDfamilies, and Home Visitation - we empower families and transform lives. As Utah's oldest non-profit dedicated to child welfare, we provide comprehensi...

Mike chats with Director of Operations Shirlee Draper. Cherish Families was founded by individuals with a wide range of life experiences and a shared commitment to community well-being. Our team brings meaningful insight and understanding to the unique challenges people face in navigating systems, building stability, and finding resources that meet their needs. www. CherishFamilies.org

Mike chats with Senior Project Manager and Director of Marketing Bailey Rivera-Wymes. The Center for Economic Opportunity & Belonging (CEOB) envisions a Utah in which all of our residents experience a sense of belonging and access to opportunity so they can contribute their whole selves to the growth and enhancement of the economic, social, and political life of our state. When we have opportu...

Mike chats with Executive Director Rachel Garrett. At Common Thread, we believe every teen deserves a place where they belong. We exist to fill the gaps left by traditional systems, creating safe spaces for Utah’s youth impacted by foster care and other vulnerable experiences. Through joy-filled events, mental health resources, and mentorship, we build resilience and empower teens to chart n...