Participants - Contact Information
Active Re-Entry
Joey Allred
435-259-0245
www.arecil.org
Active Re-Entry is a community based program which assists individuals with disabilities to achieve or maintain self-sufficient and productive lives in their own communities. Our program is committed to promoting the rights, dignity, and quality of life for all persons with disabilities.
Amigos Club
Leticia Bentley
608 South 400 East
259-8933
The Amigos club promotes the interaction between Latinos and Moab’s other residents. Events are planned for important holidays such as Cinco de Mayo in May and The Day of the Dead in November. An important activity is raising money for the scholarship fund. Contact Leticia Bentley at Grand County High School 259-8931 or Middle School 259-7158.
Arches New Hope Pregnancy Center
Debbie Nelson
30 South 100 East, Suite 1-3
Moab, UT 84532
435-259-5433
We provide education and support to women in our community as they make important decisions about their pregnancy. Services include FREE confidential counseling, pregnancy tests, education on abortion, adoption, and carrying, community referrals, post-abortion and pregnancy loss counseling, and one-on-one pre-natal and parenting classes. For more information contact Debbie Nelson 259-5433
BEACON Afterschool Adventure Program
Sarah Bauman
260-9440
www.moabbeacon.net/
BEACON's After School Adventure Program provides a safe place for students to access homework help/tutoring, have a nutritional snack, as well as, engage in recreational, artistic and intellectually stimulating activities. After school activities include: Academic Assistance, Newspaper, Drama, Aikido, Rock Climbing, Creative Writing, Breakdancing, Outdoor/Indoor Games, Cooking, Crocheting/Knitting, Mask-Making, Arts & Crafts, Running and more! For more information contact Sarah Bauman at 260-9440
Bike Barn
Zach O’Brien
102 East 300 North
210-0813
This volunteer run program operates on donations and grants to provide participants with the opportunity to gain hands on skills in bicycle maintenance and safety. Our interdisciplinary approach also couples environmental education and social responsibility to create unique art projects and a "build a bike" program. Located at the Moab Charter School we allow area youth to work with adult and teen mentors to meet educational goals, strengthen community ties, and have fun. To volunteer, make a donation, or participate contact: Zach O'Brien at 435 210-0813.
Canyon Springs Consulting
Alison Kennedy Sayers, MA/ABS
435-259-9447
www.canyonspringsconsulting.com
Alison Kennedy Sayers at Canyon Springs Consulting specializes in meeting the unique needs of micro-businesses, nonprofits, and community and government agencies through facilitation, mediation, team and management training, and executive coaching. She earned a Master of Arts in Applied Behavioral Science, with an emphasis in Coaching and Consulting in Organizations, from Bastyr University’s Leadership Institute of Seattle (LIOS); and a Bachelor of Arts in Counseling from Prescott College.
Canyonlands Community Recycling Center
Penny Jones
PO Box 97
259-8640
Open 8 to 4 Monday through Saturday, the recycling center offers recycling of aluminum cans; clear, green and brown glass; corrugated cardboard; white office paper; mixed office paper; steel (tin) cans, #1 PETE plastic; and newspapers. Please, no aluminum foil or pie tins, no magazines or paperboard (cereal boxes). The less contaminated the product, the greater the profit to continue the recycling center operation. We are located at 1000 E. Sand Flats Road Contact: Penny Jones, President, or Mike Horrocks, Center Supervisor, by calling 259-8640.
Canyonlands Field Institute
Karla VanderZanden, Director
P.O. Box 68
Moab, UT 84532
435-259-7750
1-800-860-5262
fax:1-435-259-2335
www.canyonlandsfieldinst.org
Center for Water Advocacy
Harold Shepherd
www.wateradvocacy.org
541-377-0960
Community Rebuilds
Emily Niehaus
259-9314
www.communityrebuilds.org
Community Rebuilds builds a sustainable community and teaches others how to do it. We build energy efficient housing, provide education on sustainability, and improve the housing conditions of the workforce through an affordable program. Contact emily@communityrebuilds.org for more information
Four Corners Community Behavioral Health
Pregnancy Prevention and Summer Work Program
Tiffany Foy
259-6131 X 35
Friends of the Moab Teen Center
Friends of the Teen Center (Club Red)
260-2460
P.O. Box 1462
Moab, UT 84532
LJ Kennedy
The Friends of the Teen Center is a non-profit organization that helps to financially support Club Red. Club Red is not only a great drop facility providing a safe, supervised place for Moab Teens, but
it also coordinates teen focused events with other
local nonprofits and businesses.
Grand County Hospice
Anita Keogh
719 West 400 North
259-7191 x250
Pat Wucherer (#4783)
The goals of hospice are to allow an individual to preserve their dignity and maintain their right of self-determination and allow the individual to remain in their home throughout the remainder of their life. The Grand County Hospice is a Medicare Certified Hospice located at 719 West 400 North in Moab. 259.7191
The Grand County Public Library
Carrie Valdes, Director
257 East Center Street
Moab, UT 84532
(435) 259-1111
www.moablibrary.org
The Grand County Public Library provides access to information, materials, and services to all members of the community to encourage a lifetime of learning by collecting and maintaining information that is popular, relevant, and current for patrons of all ages.
The Grant Writer
Charlotte O’Gorman
719-4053
Humane Society
Debbie Officer
PO Box 1188
259-4862
The Humane Society of Moab Valley is 90% volunteer run and operates a no-kill foster program where every adoptable animal finds a new, loving home. Volunteer foster families care for and train foster dogs and cats until such time as a suitable adoptive family can be found. HSMV also operates a Feral Trap, Neuter and Release program, Low-cost and year round Low-Income Spay/Neuter programs, behavioral and training pet tips for the public, and is working with the City of Moab in building Moab’s First Animal Shelter. Since August of 1999, The Humane Society of Moab Valley has rescued over 1,300 cats and dogs, provided over 3,000 spay/neuters surgeries and maintains 36 feral cat colonies. HSMV, PO Box 1188, Moab, UT 84532; 435-259-4862
KZMU
Jeff Flanders
1734 Rocky Rd
259-5968
KZMU is an all-volunteer station served by 66 DJ’s and part-time staff of 3. Almost all of our programming is locally originated. KZMU’s mission is to "inform, educate, engage, entertain and delight". In addition to offering a wide variety of music, KZMU includes Saturday children’s shows, City Council and County Council meetings, a Spanish show and the hilarious Trading Post show. Contact Jeff Flanders 259-8824
Living Rivers
John Weishett
PO Box 466
259-1063
Living Rivers employs grassroots organizing, litigation, research and campaigns that promote large-scale river restoration, habitat preservation and water user responsibility. Volunteer activities range from critical outreach work such as petitioning, organizing house parties and distributing literature at events. Contact John Weisheit 259-1063
Moab Arts Council
Our mission is to support and nurture the arts in southeastern Utah. We do this through our Community Arts Grant Program, workshops, special projects and our networking with local, state and national arts and civic organizations.
www.moabartscouncil.org
information contact: Bruce Hucko, co-chair 435.259.4176 bhucko@frontiernet.net
Moab Arts and Recreation Center
Janet Lowe
435-259-6272
Moab Charter School
Bambi Steiner
435-259-2277
Moab Happenings
Theresa King
260-8431
Moab Teen Center
Krista Guss, Jennifer Williams, Jessica Dye
259-9991
Moab Valley Multicultural Center
Leticia Bentley
220-0209 or 259-5444
The Moab Valley Multicultural Center facilitates multicultural exchange and communication. We provide for the minority and undeserved individuals and families in our community the following: Advocacy, Education, Outreach, Language translation services, Referrals to other agencies and services. Further, we provide a space where Moab's citizenry can have opportunities to learn about each other, celebrate and share our cultural diversity.
Native American Club
Shirley Miley
608 South 400 East
259-8933
Sponsored by the Grand County High School, the Native American Club encourages club members to preserve their cultural heritage as they learn to contribute and interact with their community and school. Contact Shirley Fredriksen at the Grand County High School 259-8931
People Care
Char Mates
259-3406
Red Rock Forests
Terry Shepherd
www.redrockforests.org
Red Rock Forests strives to protect the sky-island mountains and
plateaus above America's Redrock Wilderness in southern Utah,
emphasizing the La Sal Mountains, Abajo Mountains, and Elk Ridge in
the Canyonlands Basin. We recognize the vital ecological role these
ranges play in sustaining Utah's desert wildlife and waterways. For
this reason, ecology is our guiding principle, though we use
education, public policy, the law, citizen action, and collaboration
with other organizations and agencies to achieve protection for these
irreplaceable high desert oases.
RSVP Volunteer Center
Kate Thompson
259-1302
Seekhaven
Jaylyn Hawks
PO Box 729
259-2229
Seekhaven is a non-profit addressing the issues of domestic violence and homelessness within Grand and San Juan Counties. Seekhaven offers shelter for victims of domestic violence and homelessness, a 24 hour crisis line, and rape crisis advocacy. Seekhaven makes school and community presentations on a variety of subjects. Seekhaven also provides Spanish-speaking services. The drop-in resource center is open Mon-Friday 8am-5pm. Shelter and resources available 24/7. Contact us @ 435.259.2229
Solutions
Sara Melnicoff
www.moab_soulutions.org
435-259-0910
Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
Franklin Seal
259-4399
SPLORE
Erik Rolstad
880 East 3375 South
SLC, UT 84106
801-484-4128
WabiSabi
Jeff Cohen, Executive Director
145 W 200 South #6
& 350 S. 400 East
(435) 259-3313
www.wabisabimoab.org
WabiSabi, a nonprofit 501c3 based in Moab, Utah, was founded to serve as a community support hub. Our support comes in many forms which includes raising funds and conducting educational outreach for our nonprofit partners. Providing low-cost materials goods to our community. Distributing material goods to organizations and communities in need. Promoting reducing, reusing, and recycling of materials that may otherwise fill our landfills. Sponsoring environmental, cultural, and art workshops. Funding innovative projects that positively benefit our community through the Make A Difference in Moab Fund. And encouraging networking and cooperative efforts among Moab nonprofit organizations through the WabiSabi Nonprofit Network.
Youth Garden Project
Jen Sadoff
530 South 400 East
259-2326
The Youth Garden is a non-profit that provides experiential education programs to Grand County youth and to the greater community through organic gardening and community service projects. The Youth Garden Project has been operating since 1996 and has served over 12,000 youth and adult community members. Call 259.2326 or stop by the garden located next to Grand County High School on 400 East.