7 pm
3051 South 2900 East^*
Salt Lake City, Utah

Free

*Held in a church, but not a religious service or function

Dean McGovern

Exeuctive Director, Bennion Community Service Center, University of Utah

The Impact of the Individual

Dean McGovern thinks a lot about campus and community intersections. He enjoys finding spaces where education and community engagement collide in wonderful social impact and transformative learning. Dean was appointed as the fourth executive director of the Lowell Bennion Community Service Center in 2014. He also serves as associate professor of Social and Behavioral Science at the University of Utah. Dean has written, co-authored, and contributed to several articles and book chapters including: Handbook of Engaged Scholarship: The Contemporary Landscape; A Praxis Brief: College Learning and Democracy’s Future; and One with the Community: Indicators of Engagement at Minority-Serving Institutions.

Dean earned his doctorate in higher education administration and master’s degree in community health from The University of Montana. His baccalaureate degree in performance physiology is from Colorado State University. Dean and his wife Amy have five children who are all in hot pursuit of their passions from ballet, photography, and writing to guitar, volleyball and lacrosse. Dean finds solace and answers by trail running up and down the Rocky Mountain West.

About the Bennion Community Service Center

The Lowell Bennion Community Service Center at the University of Utah has been changing lives since 1987. Working with dozens of community partners, students at the University of Utah have spent the last three decades donating more than a million hours in service that improves the quality of life in our community, enhances learning, and promotes student success both on the campus and off.

6 pm
Canyon Rim Park
3100 South Grace Street
Salt Lake City, Utah

Free

Show Your Strength & Share Your Strength

Donate 1 Hour to 1 Nonprofit

In addition to the usual fare at the Venture Outdoor Festival, this iteration will feature displays from local nonprofits promoting their cause and soliciting volunteers. With the band “The Ranch Boys” and the outdoor movie after dark, “The Greatest Showman” this is an event you won’t want to miss.

Exhibiting Nonprofits Include

9 am
Canyon Rim Park
West Pavilion
3100 South Grace Street
Salt Lake City, Utah

Free

Light Breakfast Will Be Served

Bring plastic grocery sacks for Bags to Beds or non-perishable food items for the Utah Food Bank to enter the raffle for prizes donated by local businesses.

Volunteer

Service Projects Include

Pick a service project and bring your family, friends and neighbors.

7 – 9 pm
Esther’s Garden (east of Kol Ami, west of Tanner Park)
2425 Heritage Way
Salt Lake City, Utah

$18 (Suggested Donation)

Winter Clothing Drive to Benefit Local Refugees

Christmas in July

Every year on Christmas eve, tens of Jews and Muslims in the Salt Lake City area put together boxes of food and clothing in the cafeteria of West High School. On Christmas day, those boxes are delivered to meticulously identified refugee families and the elderly in need. The Mitzvah, Mittens & Music event will supplement the Christmas Clothing Drive by involving residents of the Canyon Rim Area in the cause. Please bring any of the the suggested items of winter clothing for men, women, adolescents and kids, including:

• Winter Jackets
• Gloves
• Sweat Shirts
• Beanies
• Winter Socks
• Toiletries

Live Music From:

• David Asman and the Klesbros and Maestro Joel Rosenberg
• Pete Sands: Renowned Native American musician
• Asa Turok: Jazz band

Mitzvah Mittens and Music is a Ari Khadjenoury Bar Mitzvah project. A donation of $18 is suggested. Checks can be made to Congregation Kol Ami Esther’s Garden Fund. Dogs and kids are encouraged.