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- The mission of the Friends of the Coalition is to:
- Provide a wide array of services to alleviate the basic needs of
homeless and low-income persons.
- Research, develop, and implement innovative programs and services.
- Advocate, empower and build the self-worth of clients.
- Utilize community talents and resources to serve those in need and to
reduce budgetary demands.
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- The Community Storehouse Project (CSP) was created to expand resources
available to patrons and provide meaningful service opportunities to the
professional community.
- Serving as a resource bank, the CSP assists society’s most vulnerable by
allowing professionals to contribute their expertise according to their
time, desire and resources to do so.
In exchange, patrons served by the project are required to
perform community service in the community that is appropriate with
their personal capacity to serve.
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- BYU provides a host of services through various departments.
- The Service Learning Center provides volunteers for events and projects
while students from BYU Nursing provide bi-monthly health fairs.
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- The Utah Valley Family Practice Residency Clinic sponsored by IHC
provides charitable medical services to Coalition clients.
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- Dr. Merlin McEntire and Lenscrafters continue to donate their charitable services via
eye exams and prescription glasses.
The partnership serves over 40 clients annually.
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- Bon Losee Hair Academy and other hair stylists provide free haircuts.
- Over 175 clients were served last year totaling $2,500 in services.
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- Dr. Eric Vogel from the Share A Smile Foundation takes visitors through
the new dental clinic sponsored by the foundation and Friends of the
Coalition.
- Nearly $250,000 in services have been contributed to clients since the
partnership was formed nearly 5 years ago.
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- Hygiene students from UVSC come each Tuesday and volunteer dentists each
Friday to provide free services.
- Governor Huntsman is one of many distinguished visitors who have
recognized our efforts in serving the needy among us.
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- One vital program component is the requirement that clients served by
the program perform community service in lieu of a cash co-pay.
- This allows clients to feel ownership in the services they receive and
creates additional goodwill with volunteers who contribute cash,
equipment and labor resources.
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- The Daily Herald provides free advertising space each month to the
Coalition.
- Advertisements have informed the public of agency and client needs,
upcoming events and projects, and press releases. Some ads have been full page layouts.
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- Vie Brown teaches weekly ESL and Citizenship classes at the Friends of
the Coalition.
- She is a dedicated teacher who has positively impacted countless persons
who otherwise would have gone unserved.
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- Work trainee’s perform a number of tasks in downtown Provo. Cleaning, maintaining and painting
kiosks is a regular summer task.
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- Power washing is performed 3 times each summer along the Center Street
corridor in downtown Provo.
- It is all part of a regular routine to keep Provo clean and inviting to
pedestrian traffic.
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- Throughout the year, Crew members hang decorative banners with the
change of seasons.
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- Flower baskets are hung each spring and then watered throughout the
summer to further beautify the streets of downtown Provo.
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- Friends of the Coalition owns a variety of equipment used to fulfill our
contracts with Provo City, the Provo Downtown Alliance and service
Coalition needs.
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- Garden tilling and small miscellaneous jobs are undertaken in the Spring
and Fall by Crew members.
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- Emphasizes beautification projects.
- Currently hold contracts with Provo City and the Provo Downtown
Alliance.
- Volunteer Service is also a requirement of patrons who pick up trash
along the Center Street Corridor in downtown Provo.
- All participants are members of the Pay It Forward service club.
- Program instills workplace expectations and values held by employers.
- Our new facility will greatly expand the number of patrons who can
participate in the program.
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- Volunteers embody many of the core principles which The Coalition is
working to foster within its patrons.
- Volunteers are vital in refining
and carrying out the mission and activities of The Coalition.
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- Community donors contribute prepared and canned food, sack lunches, and
meal preparation supplies.
Because of these donations, Friends of the Coalition spent less
than $6,500 in 2005 on food and meal preparation items in serving over
112,000 meals to homeless clientele.
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- Area scouts perform over 50 Eagle Scout Projects each year.
- Projects range from food and hygiene drives to bike collections and
repair. Annual projects address
both agency and patron needs.
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- Volunteers assist in meal preparation, serving, and cleanup activities
for over 18 meals each week.
- Volunteers contribute over 15,000 hours of service in this one program
alone each year.
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- Many businesses and travelers donate hygiene product each year.
- Nearly $30,000 in hygiene items were donated and consumed by agency
clients last year.
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- Each day, volunteers serve The Coalition by picking up donations from
area businesses.
- Without their help, The Coalition would not be able to take advantage of
the generosity of so many in our community.
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- Businesses such as UTA make a significant impact to improve the quality
of life enjoyed by our patrons.
- UTA provides 50% discounted fares to Coalition clients to meet their
various transportation needs.
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- Russ & Heather Christensen assist clients with donated bikes,
repairs, and accessories.
- Here, a Coalition client proudly shows off her new bike complete with
headlight, reflectors, and other accessories.
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- Volunteers from BYU contribute in many ways.
- Here, dietetic students are instructing FACC clients on the importance
of nutrition and healthy eating.
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- Farmers and garden enthusiasts provide much needed fresh vegetables and
produce to The Coalition each year.
- Many have reclaimed unused land and mobilized neighborhood volunteers to
care for planted garden plots and then contribute the items during the
harvest season.
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- Talented musicians and singers share their talents with patrons on
special occasions and on holidays.
- Such talents as Kurt Bestor, Julie Alzdevdo, and Voicemale have
performed.
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- Clients participate with students from various schools in mutually
beneficial ways.
- Here, a client is assisting with literacy packets to be distributed to
local schools. Students pictured
are helping clients plant flower beds in front of the Coalition’s
operating entity – the Food & Care Coalition.
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- The Pay It Forward service club was developed by the Friends of the
Coalition to offer clients an opportunity to give back to the community
that so readily serves them.
- We felt it was important for clients to look beyond their own needs and
serve others so they could experience first hand the intrinsic rewards
and blessings of service.
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- Service club members assemble dental kits for the Share A Smile
Foundation.
- The kits were distributed by the Share A Smile Foundation to orphans in
Chifeng, China last year.
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- Patrons of the Friends of the Coalition assist staff with various
facility maintenance activities throughout the year including helping
employees decorate for the holiday season.
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- Clients created a tree of thankfulness in order to publicly express
their gratitude for the service they receive from volunteers in our
community.
- The Coalition is committed to teaching clients the necessary morals,
values, and life skills that will bring about positive life changes.
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- Patrons again donated money over a period of several months in order to
sponsor a family for Christmas.
- For every donation, clients received a donor card that was placed on
our dining room wall to chart progress towards the established goal.
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- The disadvantage poor rarely have outlets to entertainment or relief
from the daily rigors of poverty.
- At the annual Family Fun Day sponsored by The Coalition, children and
adults alike are delighted with balloon animals and other creations.
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- Mother and daughter enjoy the music, entertainment and food at last
years Family Fun Day.
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- Volunteers prepare food for Family Fun Day while the Zone provides fun
for the young and young at heart on the giant slide and obstacle course.
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- No words can express the gratitude and love that patrons, staff and
board have for those that serve.
- May God’s providence always look upon us and those who need our love,
friendship and support.
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- Friends of the Coalition is currently undertaking an aggressive
expansion project slated for completion in the Fall of 2008. Plans and approvals from Provo City
are currently underway.
- The project will combine all existing services along with a new dental
clinic, expanded work training program, education programs and 37
transitional housing units for homeless men and women.
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- 37 Transitional housing units (stays ranging from 3 months to 2 years).
- Clients will be required to:
- - participate in work training
- - perform regular community service through the Pay It Forward Service
Club.
- - be assigned a community mentor (advocacy; friendship; goal setting)
- - be involved in maintaining our new facility (grounds, janitorial,
etc.)
- Clients will participate in educational initiatives such as:
- - TRP (Totally Responsible Person) a curriculum that assist clients to
clarify their own sense of meaning and purpose and the tools to achieve
it.
- - Galileo Initiative developed by Hyrum Smith and successfully
implemented in our correction facilities in the
- - Elevations – a collection of coursework focused on developing life,
employment, and social skills.
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- Sits on 5 acres and will be located in the East Bay area of Provo
- The main facility is 36,000 sq. ft. and will include services for both
day and residential clients.
- Facility will be adorned with signature pieces of art from such artists
as Liz Lemon Swindle, Gary Price, Greg Olson, and others.
- A drive through covered delivery entrance will be available for the
public to drop off food and other in-kind donations.
- The site will be beautifully landscaped and include a peace garden
dedicated in the memory of deceased clients, vegetable gardens,
recreational areas, walking track, and activity pavilion for activities.
- Computer labs for both day and residential use clients will be available
for training and classroom instruction.
- A performing stage will be utilized for agency activities and public
performances, particularly during the holiday seasons.
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- We invite you to stay in touch with us by dropping in or by visiting us
on the web!
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