Homeless

MARRIOTT-SLATERVILLE -- When you ask the Rev. Michelle Perry, of First United Methodist Church, about her immediate family, she tells you first about her dog, Goose.

Many of us are in the midst of another busy Christmas season. We are busy decorating, planning parties, buying gifts and so forth. But how many of us teenagers stop to think about those less fortunate than ourselves and really appreciate what we have?

OGDEN — The community is invited to help United Whole Health raise food for the homeless by coming to a health fair from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. today at Dancing Lotus, 893 24th St.

OGDEN -- The Ogden City Council unanimously approved donating 1.1 acres of land to make more room for the chronically homeless.

OGDEN -- Spending a night in a box was on 10th-grader Kiley Matthews' bucket list.

Now she can scratch that off.

She and about 17 other Girl Scouts spent Friday night sleeping outside in cardboard boxes just big enough for them, their blankets and animal-shaped pillows. The sleepover was meant to show them firsthand what it's like to be one of Utah's thousands of homeless. There were 14,351 people who were homeless throughout the state as of the annual head count in January.

OGDEN -- The National Weather Service says Monday's warm and sunny weather was the last of that sort of thing for the foreseeable future, which means it is also time for the homeless shelters to gear up for heavier use.

OGDEN -- The undead horde marched through downtown Ogden demanding brains, but they really wanted to have fun and help the homeless.