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Community Shares of Utah
 

Lynne Brandley
lbrandley@xmission.com
Website: www.communitysharesutah.org
1590 E 6505 South Street
POB 71959
Salt Lake City UT 84171
Phone: 801-486-9224
Fax: 801-278-1775

We are a cooperative fundraising body providing support for community improvement, social change, citizen empowerment and environmental issues through member non-profit groups.
Issues:


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Organizations belonging to Community Shares of Utah:

Alliance for Children

 

Paula  Barton
3359 South Main Street
Salt Lake City, UT 84115
Phone: 801-277-0927
 

We give funds to child care providers to help pay for nutritious food for thousands of daycare children with an emphasis on low income families.
Issues: Children/Youth
Family
Hunger/Poverty

 

Amputees In Motion

 

Bethany S. Andrew
POB 71181
Salt Lake City UT 84171
Phone: 801-451-2826
 

We provide resources, assistance, education and peer counseling to fellow amputees to help them regain a maximum level of independence and high quality of life.
Issues: Disability/Access

 

Brain Injury Association of Utah, Inc.

 

Ron  Roskos
biau@sisna.com
1800 S. West Temple, Suite 203
Salt Lake City, UT 84115
Phone: 801-484-2240
 

We are creating a better future through brain injury prevention research, education and advocacy.
Issues: Health Education/Prevention
Self-Advocacy
Substance Abuse
Workplace Safety

 

The Children's Museum of Utah

 

Franny Texlor
840 North 300 West
Salt Lake City, UT 84103
Phone: 801-328-3383
 

We are a "Doing Place" that values children, learning and fun. We offer hands on exhibits and programming and an extensive outreach program.
Issues: Children/Youth
Education

Website: www.childmuseum.org

 

Common Thread Family Inn

 

Jason Ivers
8520 So 1300 East, Far West Bank Bldg
Sandy, UT 84094
Phone: 801-256-0693
 

Providing a safe and comfortable living environment for out-of-town pre and post transplant recipients and families needing a home away from home.
Issues: Children/Youth
Family
Health Care Policy

 

Community Animal Welfare Society (CAWS)

 

susan Allred
sallred@le.state.ut.us
516 13th Ave.
Salt Lake City, UT 84103
Phone: 801-328-4731
 

We are an animal welfare organization providing a sliding income spay/neuter program, foster and adoption program, feral cat trap/alter/return program and veterinary aid.
Issues: Animal Welfare
Wildlife and Habitat Protection

 

Disabled Rights Action Committee

 

Barbara Toomer
drachq1@attglobal.net
3565 South West Temple # 16
Salt Lake City, UT 84115
Phone: 801-685-8214
 

We are a Utah organization committed to expanding and assuring the rights of people with disabilities to go boldly where everyone else has gone before.
Issues: Disability/Access

 

Gay and Lesbian Community Ctr. of Utah

 

Paula Wolfe
361 North 300 West
Salt Lake City, UT 84110
Phone: 801-539-880
 

We provide sanctuary, resource/referral, support, education, outreach on civil rights, health access to gays, lesbians bisexuals, transgender, queer, questioning people and their straight allies.
Issues: Gay and Lesbian

 

The Good Samaritan Program

 

Barbara Vance
331 East South Temple Street
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
Phone: 801-994-4662
 

We stand for local churches seeking to make a difference in the community. We serve emergency needs of the hungry, poor, and homeless.
Issues: Children/Youth
Housing
Hunger/Poverty

 

The Homeless Children's Foundation

 

Suzy Bowie
hcf@xmission.com
353 West 200 South, Suite 100
Salt Lake City, UT 84101
Phone: 801-328-2863
 

We provide a safe, consistent atmosphere for homeless, low income and at risk children while empowering their families to work toward self-sufficiency.
Issues: Children/Youth
Family
Housing
Wildlife and Habitat Protection

 

Humane Society of Utah

 

Gene Baierschmidt
gene@utahhumane.org
POB 573659
Salt Lake City, UT 84157
Phone: 801-261-2919
 

We support the humane teatment of all animals. In addition to education and cruelty investigation, HSU shelters 8'177 animals and performs 4,385 discount sterilizations annually.
Issues: Animal Welfare
Wildlife and Habitat Protection

 

Intermountain Therapy Animals

 

Kathy Klotz
ita@therapyanimals.org
5277 Holladay Blvd.
Salt Lake City, UT 84117
Phone: 801-485-1121
 

We are trained, certified volunteers/animal teams who work with human services,healthcare professionals,providing animal-assisted physical,speech,occupational,psychotherapies in hospitals,intitutions, schools etc...
Issues: Animal Welfare

 

Lutheran Social Service of Utah

 

Leslie Whited Vance
1070 South Foothill Drive
Salt Lake City, UT 84108
Phone: 877-388-LSSU
 

Serves the community in providing quality information,support for aging seniors, their caregivers,families,friends in ways that dignify life. Development of elderly housing.
Issues: Senior Citizens

 

Navajo Santa

 

Shannen Robson
kankainen@#umnh.utah.edu
1174 Harrison Ave.
Salt Lake City, UT 84105
 

We are embodied in the spirit of giving. Navajo Santa was established to create opportunities for culturalexchange between Navajo people and others.
Issues: Native American
Peace/International Policy

 

People Helping People

 

Jody Bailey
jbailey@mentors4women.org
1216 East 500 South
Salt Lake City, UT 84102
Phone: 801-583-5300
 

A mentoring program which helps single mothers create a better future for themselves and their children through long-term successful employment.
Issues: Children/Youth
Employment
Family

 

People with Aids Coalition of Utah

 

Danna Hutchison
pwacu@xmission.com
1390 South 1100 East
Salt Lake City, UT 8405
Phone: 801-484-2205
 

We are dedicated to providing educational, recreational and social support services that enhance the quality of life for all the people impacted by HIV/Aids.
Issues: AIDS
Counseling
Education
Family

 

Rocky Mountain Rescue Dogs

 

Gail Perks
rmrd@uswest.net
7262 Walnut Way
Salt Lake City, UT 84121
Phone: 801-943-4914
 

We provide trained search dog teams to find missing people in the wilderness,urban, water, avalanche and disaster situations.
Issues: Technical Assistance

 

The Sharing Place

 

Bryan Taylor
1695 East 3300 South
Salt Lake City, UT 84106
Phone: 801-466-6730
 

Provides a safe, caring environment for children, teens and their families who are grieving the death of a loved one, sharing personal feelings while healing themselves.
Issues: Children/Youth
Counseling
Family

Website: www.thesharingplace.com

 

Sierra Club Foundation

 

Ann Wechsler
2273 South Highland Drive # 2D
Salt Lake City, UT 84106
Phone: 801-585-3296
 

We preserve wilderness and protect environmental quality worldwide through a powerful combination of education,science,research, publishing and litigation.
Issues: Clean Air and Water
Environment
Land Preservation/Conservation
Wildlife and Habitat Protection

 

South Valley Sanctuary

 

Allison Librett
POB 1028
West Jordan, UT 84084
Phone: 801-255-1095
 

We are a humanitarian effort to provide refuge, education and support to victims of domestic violence.
Issues: Counseling
Domestic/Sexual Assault
Family
Housing

 

Splore

 

Eric Rolstad
Eric@splore.org
3375 South 880 East
Salt Lake City, UT 84106
Phone: 801-484-4128
 

We are dedicated to providing life-enhancing wilderness recreation and education to people of all abilities, including people with disabilities and special needs.
Issues: Counseling
Disability/Access
Education
Environment

 

Utah Council of the Blind

 

Belva Frandsen
patgann1@juno.com
1301 West 500 South
Woods Cross, UT 84087
Phone: 801-566-4908
 

We offer transportation, readers, scholarships,peer counseling, networking,education seminars and programs to make the bind of Utah independent and contributing members of their communities.
Issues: Counseling
Disability/Access
Education
Family

 

Utah Foundation for the Blind and Visually Impaired

 

Tony  Jepson
2056 West Carriage Ave.
Riverton, UT 84065
Phone: 801-254-0774
 

We help blind and Visially impaired children learn skills which will help them achieve independence and lead productive lives both now and as independent adults.
Issues: Counseling
Disability/Access
Family

 

Wasatch Humane

 

Cheryl Smith
POB 17891
Salt Lake City, UT 84117
Phone: 801-486-6210
 

Volunteers save homeless animals, saving 1,300+ animals yearly. Emergency pet-placement assistance. Free presentations about kindness to animals. Affordable spays/neuters. No euthanizing healthy animals.
Issues: Animal Welfare


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