Mike chats with Executive Director Celeste Edmunds. The Christmas Box International is a Salt Lake City–based nonprofit that protects children who are abused, neglected, trafficked, or facing homelessness. Through its three “Christmas Box Houses,” youth programs, and community partnerships, it provides shelter, essentials, and support to children and young adults in crisis. For Christmas 2025, the organization is hosting “Project Elf,” “Kids Helping Kids,” and other holiday drives to collect gifts and raise funds for the children they serve.

www.TheChristmasBox.org

Mike chats with Founder & Artistic Director Derryl Yeager. Odyssey Dance Theatre is a vibrant non-profit dance company dedicated to making professional dance performances accessible to the community through outreach, workshops, and a diverse full-season of shows that reflect cultural creativity and excellence. Their signature holiday production, the “Christmas Spectacular: SPECTACULAR!”, is a fast-paced festive showcase of beloved holiday stories and dances—running December 17-23, 2025 at the Grand Theatre in SLC — offering everything from ballet-inspired classics to hip-hop Santas in one 90-minute experience.

www.OdysseyDance.com

Mike chats with Community Development Program Coordinator Camille Morgenstern. Women of the World (based in Salt Lake City) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting refugee, asylum-seeking and immigrant women and girls — regardless of immigration status — by providing tailored case-management, English classes, job-skills training and community support so they can achieve self-reliance, economic empowerment and a meaningful voice in their new community. On December 6th, Women of the World will hold its annual “Celebration of Success” event to honor the achievements of the women they serve and raise support for their work.

www.WomenOfWorld.org

Mike chats with Education Director Liz Anderson, and Plants Stewardship Director Ella Abelli-Amen. Little Cottonwood, Big Cottonwood, and Mill Creek Canyons form a vital ecosystem within the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest. Visited by over five million people a year, they offer hiking, biking, climbing, and world-class skiing while supplying 60% of Salt Lake City’s drinking water. The Cottonwood Canyons Foundation educates the public about this unique environment and provides opportunities for stewardship and volunteerism—helping ensure the Canyons remain healthy and beautiful for generations to come.

www.CottonwoodCanyons.org

Mike chats with VP of Therapy Services Janel Wangsvick-Lane & VP of Community Outreach Kimberly Dansie. For nearly 100 years, Community Nursing Services (CNS), Utah’s oldest nonprofit home health care agency, has created exceptional, healing experiences through compassionate care. With nine offices serving 93% of Utahns, CNS provides home health, hospice and palliative care, immunizations, infusion therapy, oxygen and respiratory services, telehealth, and physical therapy—regardless of insurance or ability to pay. Its Charitable Care Program donates vital services to thousands of low-income, uninsured, and underinsured Utahns each year, upholding its mission to put health, dignity, comfort, and well-being first.

www.CNS-Cares.org

Mike chats with Executive Director Gina Cornia. Utahns Against Hunger is a nonprofit dedicated to ensuring that everyone in Utah has access to the food they need. Through advocacy, outreach, and education, UAH connects people to programs like SNAP, supports local farmers markets, and raises awareness about hunger and its causes. Their work helps low-income families, seniors, students, and underserved communities by expanding access to nutrition programs and shaping better food policy. The discussion also addresses how the current government shutdown is affecting SNAP recipients.

www.UAH.org

Mike chats with Development Director Joni Clark. The Children’s Center Utah is a nonprofit mental health organization providing trauma-informed care for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and their families. Founded in 1962, it offers therapy, a therapeutic preschool, and early-childhood consultation while ensuring financial barriers don’t limit access to care. The Hope & Healing Online Fundraiser is a 90-hour campaign to raise $90,000—providing 90 children with four sessions of family therapy—running from 6 a.m. Monday, November 3rd, to midnight Thursday, November 6th.

www.ChildrensCenterUtah.org

Mike chats with Executive Director Stacie Kulp. Seven 2025 Walks to End Alzheimer's are coming up in Utah in Spetember & October. More than 38,300 people in Utah are living with Alzheimer’s. 115,000 caregivers dedicate 137 million hours of unpaid care. From Logan to St. George and every town in between, your local Utah chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association is here to help. Whether it’s offering support to anyone facing Alzheimer’s, advocating for the needs and rights of those facing dementia, or advancing critical research, we work toward methods of treatment, prevention, and ultimately, a cure.

www.Alz.org/Utah