Hunger and Poverty News

Stay involved with our campaign to reduce child homelessness in Utah

3/10/2020

Over 100 people came to our Ending Child Homelessness Day at the Utah Capitol on January 30, 2020. Many of those people communicated with legislators following that event about the struggles of working families and the need for more affordable housing. Those calls and conversations made a difference.

The state and national emergency are preventing us from holding meetings right now but we are looking into options for virtual meetings.

Interview with Mary Ann Allison about Crossroads Urban Center and the United Methodist Women

3/10/2020

Mary Ann Allison has been involved with Crossroads Urban Center and the United Methodist Women for decades. In this interview she talks about how the two are related.

Ending Child Homelessness Day at the Utah Capitol

1/30/2020

We would like to thank the 112 people who took time to go to the Utah Capitol today for Ending Child Homelessness Day.

Here are a few news articles from the event:
Salt Lake Tribune: Utah faith leaders and public officials look for solutions to end child homelessness
Deseret News: Faith leaders, housing advocates urge Utah legislators to prioritize affordable housing
ABC 4: Faith communities, city officials call on lawmakers to end child homelessness

Ending Child Homelessness Day at the Utah Capitol to feature Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall, housing authority directors from Weber & Utah Counties and more

12/19/2019

Ending Child Homelessness Day at the Utah Capitol is taking place on the morning of Thursday, January 30, 2020. We are meeting at 10 AM in the Capitol Board Room-- which is in the Capitol Building on the east end of the Rotunda. If you join us at the Capitol for this event you will:

Hear from the sponsors of a bill that would generate 2,300 new affordable housing units and provide rental assistance to over 3,000 Utah households each year.
Learn how this bill would help efforts to reduce homelessness and housing instability from the new Mayor of Salt Lake City and housing authority directors from Utah and Weber Counties.
Celebrate full Medicaid expansion with a representative from the Governor's Office.
Talk to legislators about the big housing bill and any other topic that interests you.

One big reason the Coalition of Religious Communities organizes a day to talk about poverty issues at the Utah Capitol is to educate legislators about the variety of faith communities that exist in the state and in their legislative districts. We have heard from Episcopalians, Jews, Latter Day Saints, United Methodists, Lutherans, Baptists, Unitarian Universalists, Presbyterians, and members of the United Church of Christ and Disciples of Christ who plan to attend. If you are planning to attend please let Bill Tibbitts know either by sending an email to bill@crossroadsurbancenter.org or calling 801-364-7765 ex 107.

Unlike Baby Yoda, people most who come to our food pantry like chili and we are running low

12/13/2019

Every week we help hundreds of families with food and clothing because of our amazing donors and volunteers. For the month of January our top donation needs are canned chili for our food pantry and blankets and warm coats that we can give away to people on a referral basis at our thrift store.

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EMERGENCY FOOD PANTRY
347 South 400 East
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
801-364-7765
Monday – Friday
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

CROSSROADS THRIFT STORE
1385 West Indiana Avenue
Salt Lake City, UT 84104
801-359-8837
Tues.– Friday : 10:00 AM – 6:30 PM
Saturday: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

CROSSROADS WESTSIDE FOOD PANTRY
1358 West Indiana Avenue
Salt Lake City, UT 84104
801-935-4079
Mon, Tues, Thurs: 9AM - 5PM
Food only (no emergency services)

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