In-Kindness

11/08/2021

Fall is coming to a close! Help us beat the holiday rush by donating to Candy Cane Corner without delay. Candy Cane Corner is a holiday gift program run by Volunteers of America, Utah and The Road Home providing new gifts to the families we serve. Your contribution creates a brighter holiday season for families in need. We are collecting NEW items from the outlined list. Learn more at www.candycanecornerslc.com

05/30/2021

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Socks and underwear are some of the most-needed but least-donated items! We need new socks and underwear for men and women in all sizes. For the cost of lunch at Chipotle, you can provide these urgently needed items to community members experiencing homelessness. It’s easy to donate by visiting our Amazon Wish List! https://amzn.to/3fsmUOx. Just check out with your own Amazon account as usual and the items will be shipped directly to us automatically!

05/04/2021

A long line of police slowly made their way toward me. Everyone at work stared. What were they carrying? Wait, they were smiling!

A while back some UTA officers heard we were nearly out of cereal, coffee, sugar, cups, plates and bread and donated enough to serve our 150 clients for several days at the temporary shelter!

I told their boss R Fred Ross what a happy experience that was and how grateful we all are for this kindness!

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04/04/2021

There is always a great need for new underwear for the homeless. You are welcome to donate through our website and we will shop and deliver for you or feel free to drop items off and we'll take them up!

ALERT! New bras and underwear in all sizes for men and women are urgently needed by Volunteers of America, Utah clients. Schedule a time to drop-off these essential items: https://www.voaut.org/drop-off If you can't donate at this time, please SHARE this post so others can learn about our critical need.

03/06/2021

Friends – If you are able to help again, there are specific needs to fill for our temporary winter shelters.

Gifts of cereal, new underwear, fruits, vegetables, and storable water have been hard to come by as local pantries struggle to keep up. Your donations would encourage our clients and stretch funding for Switchpoint Temporary Winter Community Resource Centers.

SwitchPointcrc is a caring and innovative Utah 501c3 working to help the homeless, one by one, change the face of poverty and create their best direction in life.

I am grateful to work at the Salt Lake Winter Shelter which serves 150 men and women daily. This center will remain open until around April 15th. A little help from our friends now will make a huge difference.

If you can help, our porch is always open as a drop off point or PM us to arrange a pickup or delivery. Receipts are available from Switchpoint too! “

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01/25/2021

THANK YOU! Your gently-used clothing items are flying off of the shelves to grateful shelter recipients. There is still a great need for clothing (clean), coats and shoes (used or new) for men and women. We are happy to pick up from your porch or receive donations at ours in Herriman. :)

ALSO NEEDED if you happen to have extra on hand :)
- towels (any condition)
- queen or king sheets and blankets
- un-opened misc. food items - snacks, soups, cereal, crackers, fruits, beverage powders, oatmeal, etc. household OR #10 can and restaurant sizes
- disposable plates, bowls, utensils and cups
- un-needed disposable restaurant and fast food containers, cups, etc.

Thank you - please feel free to message us with questions! :)

01/06/2021

OH MY! What a wonderful response. Thank you all! These clothes, shoes and other items will be so helpful to those experiencing homelessness at this difficult time. These donated items are all in such wonderful condition too. A true gift to each individual as they are received. Sorry about the mess. I had to take the photo quick so we could start taking items in - right away before I could sort them all!

01/01/2021

As you get your house in order, please consider dropping off gently-used adult clothing and shoes (any season) to our porch in Herriman. Or message us for a pickup.

Homeless shelters are still in great need - especially men's shelters. We will sort and deliver for you. If you want a receipt please leave your name and address on the bag. 😁

Items that can't be used by shelters will be delivered to another charity. Thank you, and thanks to all who have given so far.💕

12/26/2020

This was our first delivery of 45 filled backpacks to the The Road Home Men's Resource Center. These were a gift from the folks at Utah Injury Law Center, LLC and many thanks to them for their support! We delivered another 40 bags from UILC to the Volunteers of America, Utah women's shelter. These bags were very comforting to clients on a difficult day.

Each bag contained a pair of sleep pants, a gift card, sleep pants, lock, notepad, pen, spork, shower shoes and earphones. This is a great time to start thinking about corporate gifts for next year. We can help put together bulk orders of 12 items or more for your group or business! Thank you

12/17/2020

An extension on this project -

Thank you so much to everyone who has provided gift bags for the adults in The Road Home's and Volunteers of America, Utah shelter programs! We are still in need of over 500 bags for the men and over 100 bags for the women. Help make the holiday season brighter for those in our community by signing up to provide gift bags today at https://bit.ly/TRHgiftbags.