Cali Kellywood gives Studio 5 viewers a peak of this fun and inexpensive way for family activities.
Utah Kids Club offers a variety of activities every single day of the year and lots of them are free or discounted. Perfect for the family who's watching every penny, yet so fun that even if you don't have kids, you can have a great time.
Just check out the website at www.UtahKidsClub.Com and see all the great activities you can enjoy. Check out the event calendar outlining events happening every single day of the year … and it's just not one or two events but eight to ten activities daily. Some activities are discounted but lots are free, too.
At UtahKidsClub.Com, there's also the "Story Time Calendar" page, the "Free Kids Meal" Calendar , the "Retail Picks" page, the "Birthday Bargains" page, the "Health Corner" page and a long list "Locations and Discounts" of events in Utah, Davis and Salt Lake counties. There will be something to do every single day of the year. No more "Mom, I'm bored… what can I do?"
You'll have it all right at your finger tips at www.utahkidsclub.com
A staggering number of families are filling Utah's homeless shelters. In fact, in one of Salt Lake's shelters, moms, dads and children are lining the hallways, the lobby, any place they can find to sleep so they don't have to sleep on the streets.
It's the faces of homeless children that the head of one Salt Lake shelter sees everyday.
"She had her head down. She wouldn't look up, just wouldn't make eye contact with anyone around her," said Matt Minkevitch, executive director of the Road Home. "Her humiliation … and at the same time, she just wasn't going to miss that school bus, and I just felt for her. I felt for her."
Visibly upset, Minkevitch and his staff aren't quite at the level of panic, but they are nearing a crisis. "This is not even the busy time of year. This is the slow season," he said.
There are a record number of families staying at the Road Home. Last year, there were 56. In the last three months, there have been double that.
One hundred and twenty-two families, like Treasa Hansen and her four children, are homeless and need help.
"It's better than being on the streets," Hansen said.
Alexzandria Parker, here with her son, agrees. "I'd rather have someplace for my son to sleep than to have him sleeping outside," she said.
Families come here because they're forced out of their homes. Job loss is a major reason, but there are others.
"We know that a tight economy and a very tight rental market are two of the chief contributing factors to this phenomenon," Minkevitch said.
It's a phenomenon that's working against many families who barely get by. And when life falls apart, they come here, trying desperately to keep their family together.
"Moms and dads are struggling to keep a semblance of a normal life together in the midst of very abnormal circumstances," Minkevitch said.
Minkevitch says the Road Home hasn't turned a single family away from the shelter. Next week, the Road Home is planning to serve families at the Midvale shelter, which could open up some much needed space.
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One of the first priorities of this Chocolate Club is to draw attention to the difference between the complex delicacy the world greatest cooks and gourmets recognize as chocolate, and the confection which Americans consume by the ton every week. The principle ingredient of commercial chocolate bars and bon bons is not cocoa but sugar, saturated vegetable fat and powdered milk. These dietary villains are responsible for chocolate’s undeserved reputation as a fattening, tooth rotting, addictive indulgence.
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| WET DESERT Wet Desert is a crime fiction novel where Grant Stevens, a mid-level manager for the Bureau of Reclamation, helps the FBI track down an environmental terrorist attempting to restore the Colorado River by blowing up the dams.
Grant Stevens, a mid-level manager for the Bureau of Reclamation, only wanted to build dams. He never imagined he would be swept into a desperate race against an environmental terrorist bent on restoring the Colorado River by blowing up the dams. Left temporarily in charge of the Bureau, Grant must react when the first dam is attacked. He faces the unthinkable task of mitigating the massive flood roaring down the Colorado. The flood will eventually threaten the mighty Hoover Dam, and if Hoover fails, the other dams downstream will fall like dominos. Working with the FBI, Grant uses his engineering skills, river knowledge, and plenty of gut instinct in an attempt to outmaneuver the terrorist. The chase will lead all the way downstream to the Gulf of California in a cat and mouse game where the stakes are high and the potential for destruction is enormous. It was especially fun to read because I met him AT the Hoover Dam and the story takes place all along the Colorado River with some main parts at Hoover. Really cool. I had to remind myself afterwards that it was a story... |
10 STEPS FOR CREATING YOUR OWN "TEN CLUB"
1. COMMIT
Plan a date, time and location for your first meeting.
2. SPREAD THE WORD
Tell your neighbors, friends, anyone you might think would be interested. Then tell them to tell theirs! Post flyers & send out e-mails. It is a good idea to send out an invitation, with basic information, telling potential members what to expect. Make sure to tell them to bring their $10.00 to the first meeting.
3. E-MAIL
Set up an e-mail address specifically for your Ten Club. E-mail is a great way for people to send questions, comments, and especially for you to communicate with your members.
4. BLOG
Next, it is a great idea for you to set up a blog. This is perfect to document events, and allow people to see what is going on. It is a great place to put all of your club information.
5. CARRY OUT
Have your first meeting and collect the donations for the following month's service project. Discuss possible projects you can do as a group. This meeting will give you a good idea of the funds you will have to work with.
6. DESIGNATE
Allow everyone to be involved (and save yourself from doing everything!). Find someone who would be willing to manage the blog, check e-mail, contact groups or people needing help, anything else you can think of. Let as many people as possible be in charge of something.
7. SIGN UP
Make a schedule for months to come and pass it around for members to sign up to be over a meeting and project.
8. START TO SERVEIt is very important at each meeting to have a hands-on service project that everyone can be involved. Most larger projects will not require each member's participation, so these hands-on services will help keep a consistent emotional connection to the club. Some good examples of small projects would be tying quilts, putting together packages, etc.
9. ORGANIZE
After the meeting you will want to make sure you have all member's information and record of the donations. Keeping up on this will make the process much smoother and you will always know each member is being informed, and the funds are being recorded and tracked.
10. HAVE FUN Be relaxed and open! This should be a positive experience for everyone. You will have to change and modify often to best fit your group...and that is okay! Just as long as you are all having fun!
THE TEN CLUB BINDER
Because a different club member hosts the meeting each month, The Ten Club found it was helpful to keep all of the club information, donations and projects organized in a club binder. Below are the documents the original Ten Club included in their binder - feel free to download the pages below and adjust to fit your own club needs.
