All Along the Wasatch

Mike chats with Volunteer Deb Willes.  The Utah Animal Advocacy Foundation (UAAF) believes that every animal deserves a home, regardless of age or disability. We often take on challenging animals including orphaned newborns, senior animals, injured animals, and animals with ongoing health problems. Since our founding in September 2002, we have successfully placed hundreds of these deserving a...

Mike chats with Co-Founder and Director of Community Outreach Jennifer Simonic. Loose Ends aims to ease grief, create community, and inspire generosity by matching volunteer handwork finishers with projects people have left undone due to death or disability. Loose Ends welcomes textile handwork crafters of all sorts, from anywhere in the world. www. LooseEnds.org

Mike chats with Executive Marketing Director and Box Office Manager Lindsay Simons. The Draper Historic Theatre (DHT) creates opportunities for community members to develop and share their theatrical talents with friends and family. Participants of all ages have the opportunity to act, sing, dance or learn the technical aspects of theatre including lighting, sound design, costuming, and set constr...

Mike chats with Managing Director Dennis Wynn, Alema Harrington, & Aaron Rosen. At NewPath Foundation, we believe in the power of education to transform lives. We provide a wide range of resources and tools to help individuals set and achieve their goals, overcome obstacles, and build a brighter future for themselves and those around them. Our programs are designed to be accessible, engaging,...

Mike chats with Executive Director Bonnie O'Brian and Development Director Roberto Lopez. SLC Pride Festival is June 29th & 30th at The Gateway. SLC Pride's mission is to foster a vibrant and inclusive celebration of Queer community and its diversity, where visibility, belonging, support, and equity are at the heart. Showcase the rich and complicated tapestry of what it means to be Queer, here...

Mike chats with Executive Director Andrew Earley & Internationally Ranked Poet Sammi Walker. AAMP Utah exists to create, cultivate, and celebrate art and community engagement through activism, education, and empowerment in the Salt Lake Valley. AAMP Utah's primary goal is to make creating and celebrating art accessible to everyone. www. AampUtah.org

Mike chats with Founder Katie Fry, and Combat Veterans Bryant & Zach Jacobs. The 1st Annual Warrior Revival Golf Tournament is Friday, June 14th at Glenmoor Golf Club in South Jordan. It's a 4-person shotgun start at 8am. $600 per team. Call 801-699-1887 for more info. Warrior Revival is committed to providing resources, guidance, and opportunities that help Veterans connect with one another t...

Mike chats with Executive Director of the Utah chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association Stacie Kulp, Director of the Utah Division of Aging and Adult Services Nels Holmgren, and Program Administrator for the Utah Division of Aging and Adult Services Traci Lee. June is Alzheimer's & Brain Awareness Month. The Alzheimer's Association of Utah is the premier source of information and support f...

Mike chats with Pride Center Executive Director Chad Call and Pride Festival Marketing Director Lissette Aliaga. The Utah PRIDE Festival and Parade are back and more inclusive than ever. Join us as we bring the community together for the Utah Pride Festival and Parade on June 1-2. The festival will include accessible ticket pricing, inclusive activities, local entertainment, and a safe space to ce...

Mike chats with Executive Director Michael Haws. The 3rd annual Red Barn 5K Recovery Run is on June 1st. Every dollar this event raises supports basic needs and educational opportunities for the 70+ students at Red Barn Academy. Whether you run, sponsor, or donate, every little bit helps us bridge the gap and support the over $53,000 average cost of recovery per student. Red Barn Farms is a licens...

Mike chats with Chris Schneider, Director of Communications. AFA will host a free Alzheimer’s & Caregiving Educational Conference on March 15th from 10 to 1 at the Embassy Suites by Hilton in West Valley. It’s a part of the 2024 national Educating America Tour. The free conference is open to everyone. To register, go to www.alzfdn.org/tour . The mission of the Alzheimer’s Fou...

Mike chats with Executive Director Georgina Griffith-Yates. The mission of Wasatch Community Gardens is to empower people to grow and eat healthy, organic, local food. Since 1989, we have provided children, adults, and families in Salt Lake County with access to land and education for growing and eating fresh produce, while building and nurturing community connections through gardening and healthy...

Mike chats with Executive Director Chris Mortensen. 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. We envision a world where compassion supersedes exploi...

Mike chats with President and Co-founder Adison Smith & Vice President and Co-founder Kade Tyler. Wasatch Wanderers Animal Rescue is a nonprofit focusing on the welfare of domestic farm animals and exotics. We rescue abandoned, neglected, and unwanted animals and educate the public while we do! Wasatch Wanderers has rescued over 1,000 animals since its founding in September 2021. With your hel...

Mike chats with Executive Director Tara Rollins. Through Education, Advocacy, and Community Partnerships, the Utah Housing Coalition promotes equitable and sustainable communities to ensure all Utahns have a safe and affordable place to call home. We seek to accomplish our Mission through the following activities: Advocate at the local, state, and federal levels. Provide outreach and partnership-b...

Mike chats with Executive Director Kendra Penry. The Allen & Alice Stokes Nature Center is Cache Valley’s local nature center and outdoor exploration hub for people of all ages. We are proud to be the official educational permittee of the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest and Logan Canyon Children’s Forest. Whether you’re a local family, a college student, or just passing t...

Mike chats with Executive Director Sara Gibbs. Ace’s mission: Our mission is to create opportunities in arts, culture, and education for the enhancement and well-being of the Little Cottonwood Canyon community. Ace's vision: Our vision is to create a welcoming and safe space where the community is empowered through arts, culture, & education. Ace goals: ACE will bring opportunities in th...

Mike chats with President & CEO Ginette Bott. THe Feed Utah statewide food drive will help provide food to the estimated 317,000 Utahns who face hunger—many of whom are still struggling to feed their families due to inflation and high housing costs. Even more alarming is that 1 in 10 Utah kids are unsure where their next meal will come from. Residents across the state will receive door h...

Mike chats with Executive Director Jeff Merchant. Our Mission: To drive a public narrative that empowers Utah’s electorate and holds public officials accountable. Our Vision: A better Utah, where everyone can live happy, healthy, and productive lives; where public officials act with integrity, transparency, and for the common good; where informed and engaged Utahns seek progressive change of...

Mike chats with Co-Owner Lindsey Armstrong. In September of 2020 the idea of Clementine Ranch started becoming a reality. Rob and Lindsey's goal was the ranch would be a place of compassion, life, and creativity—one that combines their love of animals, a vegan lifestyle, and music. The future of the ranch would not only include the animal sanctuary, but also an organic greenhouse a...

Mike chats with Executive Director Brad Bishop & Housing Specialist Halie Berger. Self-Help Homes was initially created as a non-profit arm for the Housing Authority of Utah County (HAUC) to address affordable housing issues in rural Summit, Utah, and Wasatch Counties. Self-Help Homes was incorporated with the state of Utah in November 1998, and soon thereafter went out on its own as it was de...

Mike chats with the Founder and Chair of Community Partners Against Hate Jay Jacobson & State Representative and Community Partner Doug Owens. Established in 2019 and sponsored by the Utah Federation, Community Partners Against Hate unites diverse community leaders, Salt Lake officials, and representatives to collectively advocate for increased reporting of hate crimes. The group offers suppor...

Mike chats with CEO & Executive Director Jillian Olmsted and Community Engagement Manager Kellie Mieremet. The mission of The INN Between is to end the tragedy of vulnerable people dying on the streets of our community by providing medical respite and end-of-life care to those experiencing homelessness. Prior to The INN Between, no adequate solution existed for housing terminally ill and medic...

Mike chats with Executive Director Michelle Flynn & Communications Specialist Alicia Gleed. The Road Home provides emergency shelter, supportive services, and housing assistance that help individuals and families step out of homelessness. The Road Home team works with individuals and families, each step of the way, to help them overcome their homelessness and move back into a home of their own...

Mike chats with Executive Director Tara Rollins. Through Education, Advocacy, and Community Partnerships, the Utah Housing Coalition is dedicated to promoting equitable and sustainable communities to ensure all Utahns have a safe and affordable place to call home. We seek to accomplish our Mission through the following activities: Advocate at the local, state, and federal levels. Provide outreach...