OUR THRIFT STORE HAS A MURAL!

We want to thank everyone who showed up to help paint a mural on the walls of our Thrift Store on September 28! The mural was made possible by Salt Lake City's Love Your Block program, talented artistic leadership from Bri McKlaren, and dozens of people who showed up to help.

THE WARM BODIES, WARM SOULS WARM CLOTHING DRIVE BEGINS NEXT WEEK

For many years Crossroads Urban Center has been one of the charitable organizations that benefits from this clothing drive. It plays a big part in our ability to give away warm clothing each winter and we are grateful to Bank of Utah, Arctic Circle and Red Hanger for their efforts to make it a little better each year.

For more information, visit https://www.bankofutah.com/clothing-drive

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED OUR VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION EVENT LAST MONTH

On September 26, 2024, at Mt. Tabor Lutheran Church, we were able to recognize some truly amazing volunteers:

• BARBARA TAYLOR :   Westside Food Pantry               
• CHRIS ANDERSON:  Thrift Store     
• ELEONORE KULP &  ADAM FRITZ:  Downtown Food Pantry   
• DRIVEN TO CARE AMBASSADORS:  Manning Award

Volunteers are essential to our ability to serve so many people in our two food pantries and at our thrift store. We are so grateful for everyone who helps our work in big and small ways

WILL CHILDREN BE SAFE AT THE NEW CENTRALIZED CAMPUS FOR HOMELESS SERVICES?

Last week on Wednesday, October 9, 2024, the Utah Homeless Services Board voted to use part of $25 million appropriated by the Utah Legislature to purchase 30 acres with the goals of:

• Building a new homeless shelter using prefabricated, pop-up, building materials (like a shelter in Reno, Nevada) with 1,200 beds by October of next year, and,
• Creating a "transformative, centralized, campus" where some other homeless services can be moved.

The most important measure of how effectively a community is responding to homelessness is how many people are forced to sleep outside because there is nowhere indoors for them to go. In recent years the number of unsheltered homeless people in Utah has been steadily growing and so there is no doubt that all 1,200 beds are needed. If those beds are in place by this time next year then lives will be protected from extreme cold next winter and from extreme heat the following summer. That will save lives. Being in a shelter should also mean having a caseworker who can help people access additional resources they need to be able to heal and move out of homelessness.

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However, three big questions about the proposal to create a centralized homeless campus remain unanswered at this time.

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