By Jackson Wilde & The Herald Journal
• May 24, 2021
Inmates in a select group at the Cache County Jail are spending their free time crafting beanies to be donated to charitable services in the area.
Lt. Roy Hall, the jail commander for the Cache County Sheriff’s Office, said the beanies are currently being donated to the Little Lambs Foundation for Kids, and others will soon go to CAPSA. Currently, about half a dozen inmates are involved in the project, producing an average of two beanies a day.
According to Hall, the project was implemented last month by an enterprising jail deputy, Brittani Egbert, who put yarn and looms donated to the jail and locked away some years ago to good use.
Rocky Mountain Power announces new grants to support Utah, Wyoming and Idaho communities this spring
SALT LAKE CITY (May 10, 2021) Even as COVID-19 vaccines roll out across the country, many communities are still facing challenges from the pandemic and the organizations that support them are still seeing unprecedented demand.
In spite of the odds, local programs that address critical issues such as food insecurity, homelessness, domestic violence, child abuse, elder issues, mental health and community safety have continued to find creative new ways to deliver help quickly and safely, even while facing additional budget constraints.
As part of the company’s commitment to supporting its communities, PacifiCorp Foundation, a nonprofit arm of Rocky Mountain Power, is donating more than $525,000 across the six states it serves. The funding goes to support a total of 209 safety and wellness grants as part of the most recent round of quarterly grants provided by the f
For Cache Valley residents who would like to be involved with service in the community but aren’t sure where to start, they need not look farther than JustServe.org, a free website that allows individuals to find service opportunities with nonprofit, faith, community and government organizations.
JustServe is a way to âjust serve,â connecting volunteers to their community by finding opportunities to serve geared toward their specific abilities and time available for service. The service, provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, encourages organizations to post their volunteer needs as well as to encourage individuals to sign up to help out.