August-September Newsletter

Our volunteers from left to right: Andrew Torena, Brett Wamsely, Wyatt Berdinner, Anders Johnson and Drake Alton. Brenen Halliday not pictured here.

Our first two months at Ogden High was spent working with Debra Francis of the school’s College and Career Center to organize and begin our program. Each one of the volunteers received a full background check and met with small groups of students to offer them services. Many students signed up, and we began working with them at the end of September. We have also been able hand out free school supplies at back-to-school night and participate in many events at the school.

We will be helping with “College Application Week” the first week of October, when filling out FAFSA will be highly encouraged and students will be able to send in applications to any school in Utah for free. Also in the coming month, we will be preparing for programs to meet with Spanish-speaking families to teach about financial aid, and how to access Canvas to see their kid’s schoolwork and grades. This will all be done on top of our weekly mentoring sessions with each of our assigned students.

We would like to thank our donors who have made it possible to build a strong organization that can provide service to Ogden City for years to come:

• Jim and Dawn Martell

• Angela and Efrain Alton

• Coleton and Brynn Fronk

• GtheGhost Clothing