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Scouts, others invited to learn about Ten Commandments during Ogden hike

Last updated Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - 8:44pm

OGDEN — Ogden-area Boy Scouts and their families can get to know the Ten Commandments from a little different perspective Saturday morning, when the Boy Scouts of America Trapper Trails Council sponsors its second annual Ten Commandments Hike.

The event is scheduled to start at 9 a.m. at the Salvation Army, 2615 Grant Ave.

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Ticket deadline today for Ogden Soroptimists luncheon

JaNae Francis Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, April 13, 2012 - 12:07am

OGDEN -- The Ogden Soroptimists are inviting the community to join their members in their efforts to stop human trafficking.

The organization will hold a kickoff luncheon for a three-year campaign to raise local awareness and support action to eliminate the unlawful and inhumane underground activity.

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Valuable gold coin appears in donation kettle

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, December 16, 2011 - 9:30am

GETTYSBURG, Pa. -- Someone has dropped a rare coin worth about $1,700 into a Salvation Army kettle in central Pennsylvania. Again.

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(From front) Louise Kelley, Sallie A. Tibbs and Hellen Lee lay out hats, scarves and gloves on a table at the Salvation Army in Ogden on Tuesday. The winter wear was crocheted and knitted by women at the Golden Hours Senior Center in Ogden. (KERA WILLIAMS/Standard-Examiner)

Ogden seniors crochet for Salvation Army

JaNae Francis Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, December 14, 2011 - 12:37am

OGDEN -- Salvation Army volunteers and staff members were busy organizing fundraising and preparing to provide Christmas for needy families when some of Santa's helpers walked through the chapel doors.

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Crushed car shows only one way many lives are vulnerable

Charles F. Trentelman Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, December 10, 2011 - 11:16pm

The family whose car was crushed by a tree in the recent windstorm reminds me of a 1948 movie, "The Bicycle Thief."

The film is set in economically ravaged Rome after World War II. A man with a small family finally gets his bicycle out of the pawnshop so he can get a job.

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Salvation Army bell-ringer fired for harassing man for not giving

Paul Walsh Minneapolis Star Tribune

Last updated Monday, November 21, 2011 - 2:57pm

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- A South St. Paul man said a Salvation Army bell-ringer berated him for not putting money in a kettle outside a Twin Cities Walgreens drug store, prompting the shopper to swear off giving to the charity and resulting in the ringer being fired.

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Susan Van Hooser and her grandson, Talan Van Hooser, 12, look for age-appropriate gifts to package for the Toys for Tots program sponsored by the Ogden Marine Corps League, held at the Business Depot Ogden on Saturday. The Marine Corps League will be accepting donations up to Christmas in hopes that hundreds of families will be helped this holiday season.

Toys for Tots donation drive spreads joy to Top of Utah families

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau

Last updated Saturday, December 18, 2010 - 11:47pm

OGDEN -- There were collectors, sorters, baggers and loaders. There were dinosaurs, dolls, dump trucks and dart boards.

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Red kettles overflowing with surprises

JaNae Francis Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Saturday, December 18, 2010 - 10:22pm

OGDEN -- They did their annual effort to man the Salvation Army's red kettles at area businesses Saturday, but Ogden's Noon Exchange Club may already have this year's money-raising competition among social service agencies in the can.

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Carson Yoder, 9, helps Efrain Puente serve a group during an annual free Thanksgiving meal Thursday at the Texas Roadhouse restaurant in South Ogden. The restaurant provided tickets for the free meal to the Salvation Army, which distributed them.

Restaurant, volunteers provide turkey dinners for 1,000 in need

Jesus Lopez Jr., Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Thursday, November 25, 2010 - 11:55pm

SOUTH OGDEN -- The temperatures outside might have been below freezing, but for many of the area's needy, there was a warm meal and a smile waiting inside Texas Roadhouse on Thanksgiving.

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