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The Convergence of Community
Canyon Rim Cares Day of Service
July 18, 2026 | 9:00 – 12:00
Canyon Rim Park
Every year, hundreds of residents of the Canyon Rim area of Millcreek city converge on a single day to improve our community. We perform service projects to help individuals, our community and the environment. We invite you to be a part of the event and let us help you achieve your mission by becoming one of our non-profit partners.
Venmo Account: CanyonRimCitizens-Association
Service Projects Include
Pick a service project and bring your family, friends and neighbors. Service projects subject to change.
Parkway Clean-Up Kits
Help assemble clean-up kits for the Get to the River Festival and the 9/11 National Day of Service along the Jordan River Parkway.
Move-Out Kits
Make move-out kits for guests leaving a homeless shelter so they have what they need to get on their feet.
The Sammy Center
Provides inclusive, relationship-based care for young children and their families, with a focus on connection, regulation, and belonging.
Angelita Acuna Presents
Creating and hosting unique events and experiences for charity. Volunteers will paint words of love on jeans and/or shirts to showcase in a fashion show.
Raise the Future
Connects the longest-waiting youth in foster care with caring adults and supports those relationships so they last a lifetime.
Utah Refugee Connection
Provides ways for the community to learn about, serve, and give to neighbors in Utah who have come as refugees. Volunteers will assemble general kits for refugee families.
Be Better Utah
Makes mental health care accessible for all by removing financial, systemic, and social barriers—one person, one provider, and one community at a time.
The Children’s Center Utah
Volunteers will assemble calm-down kits for children in family therapy, including sand timers, sensory items, breathing exercise cards, and notes of encouragement.
English Skills Learning Center
Volunteers will help assemble classroom kits for adult students in English language classes locally.
Early Learning Essentials
Volunteers will fill 600 backpacks with school supplies — books, crayons, colored pencils, coloring books, stuffed animals, pencil bags, child scissors, and more.
Community Animal Welfare Society (CAWS)
Utah’s oldest no-kill rescue. Volunteers will make toys and blankets for dogs and cats in foster care.
Community Mural Designed by Kate Scribner
Accomplished painter and muralist with 30+ years of experience. Volunteers will help paint a mural on one of the south residential walls of Canyon Rim Park.
Canyon Rim Citizens Association
A nonprofit community advocacy group. Volunteers will participate in an Emergency Preparedness service project.
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Funds research and drug development to cure cystic fibrosis and provide all people with CF the opportunity to lead long, fulfilling lives.
VA Salt Lake City Health Care System
Volunteers will pack food bags for homeless Veterans — reusable totes filled with shelf-stable, ready-to-eat non-perishable food items.
International Rescue Committee
Volunteers will assemble Food Staple & Storage Kits — including large containers, food storage bags, and pantry staples — for refugee families in Utah.
Winnie Watson Foundation
Furthers the passions of Winnie by making early childhood education, dance, art, and creative/outdoor play more accessible to all children.
Millcreek Promise
A City of Millcreek department with a mission to build community, bridge divides, and lift all boats.
Utah Rare Disease Advisory Council
Addresses barriers preventing individuals living with rare diseases from obtaining proper treatment, resources, and care.
PC Tots
Volunteers will assemble appreciation kits for early education teachers, including hand cream, classroom supplies, and a heartfelt thank-you note.
HealEx
Volunteers will make fleece blankets for women served by HealEx in the Salt Lake area, helping bring comfort and dignity to those healing from exploitation.
UServeUtah
Utah’s state commission on service and volunteerism. Volunteers will write cards for refugee and military families.
Granite School District
Utah’s 2nd largest public school district. Volunteers will assemble early grade take-home literacy and math kits for students.
