Shar Lewis with the Utah Commission on Volunteers says volunteering is a great way for families to spread a little holiday cheer.
Family Support and Treatment Center, Orem
Santa’s Workshop
Family Support and Treatment Center holds a Santa’s Workshop for low-income community members to come pick out gifts for their children for Christmas. Volunteers are needed to help run the program, taking community members through the workshop and checking off their paperwork.
Family Support And Treatment Center
1255 North 1200 West
Orem, UT 84057-2445
(801) 229-1181
www.utahvalleyfamilysupport.org
Utah Association for Intellectual Disabilities (UAID), Salt Lake City
Holiday Gift Box
The Utah Association for Intellectual Disabilities (UAID) annual Holiday Gift Box program provides gifts to individuals with cognitive, intellectual and developmental disabilities.
This program is a year long project resulting in holiday gifts for individuals with intellectual disabilities & low income. It brings joy to many who are otherwise overlooked during the holidays.
A man with an intellectual disability may be physically 64 years of age, with an intellectual age of six. He expects and anxiously awaits the magic of the season. He does not qualify under the guidelines of most programs.
Utah Association for Intellectual Disabilities (UAID)
PO Box 25304
Salt Lake City, UT 84125
801-654-8449
www.uaidutah.org
UVU Service Council, Orem
Giant Steps
Volunteers are needed weekly at Foothill Elementary School (921 N. 1240 E, Orem) to provide activities for children ages 18 months to 12 years old with autism while their parents attend educational classes. 6-8 volunteers are needed each time. You can play board games, make crafts, or bring any other activity that you think the children might enjoy. A full-time staff member from Giant Steps will be in the room with you. Plan on four children per volunteer.
UVU Service Council
801.863.8786
www.uvu.edu/volunteer
Boxing Party
The Community Food Co-op of Utah
Feed those in need! Volunteers work in assembly line fashion filling boxes with 4 different packages of frozen meat. We need people to pass boxes down the line, fill boxes, tape boxes shut and place the boxes on pallets. We also need people to break down the meat boxes, flatten them and place into dumpsters. This is a great family activity!
The Community Food Co-op Of Utah
1726 South 700 West
Salt Lake City, UT 84104
(801) 746-7878
www.foodco-op.net
Shop with a Cop
Utah County Sheriff’s Department
Shop with a Cop is a program that gives in need children a fun ride in a police car, about a $100 shopping spree at K-Mart, a chance to see the Festival of Lights, breakfast at the Spanish Fork Jr. High School and maybe even a chance to meet Santa!
Utah County Sheriff’s Department
3075 North Main
Spanish Fork, UT 84660
801-851-4000
www.co.utah.ut.us
Shar Lewis is Executive Director of the Utah Commission on Volunteers.
www.volunteers.utah.gov
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