Weber Human Services

Meeting seeks input on Weber Coalition for a Healthy Community

OGDEN — The public is invited to attend a town hall meeting with the Weber Coalition for a Healthy Community.

The meeting will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 5 at Weber Human Services, 237 26th St., in the third-floor auditorium. Attendees are encouraged to give input on the direction of the Weber Coalition. Continental breakfast and lunch will be provided. Spanish interpreters will be available.

Click here for an online registration form.

Weber Human Services hopes to sell Ogden office space

OGDEN — A few years ago, Weber Human Services was bursting at the seams. At the time, Executive Director Kevin Eastman said the organization needed more room to accommodate all of the services it offered to the community.

“At the time, we didn’t have offices for all of the programs,” Eastman said.

To meet those needs, Weber Human Services purchased extra space across the parking lot from its offices at 237 26 St. in Ogden.

Steve and Anita Ure (seated in front of window) adopted six special-needs children who are now grown. The Hooper couple also has three children who live on their own. Pictured clockwise from front left are daughter-in-law Maria and the adopted Ure children: Vance, Barbara, Chris, Jeff, Tony and Mike. (JENNIFER GHAN/Special to the Standard-Examiner)

Hooper couple meets special needs of 6 adopted children

HOOPER -- Raising a child with disabilities is a challenge to any parents. Adopting children with disabilities is another matter altogether, but one couple knew it was something they were just meant to do.

Steve and Anita Ure had talked about adopting children even before they were married. They had seen children being airlifted out of Vietnam in the 1970s and vowed to someday adopt.

Survey: Morgan teens drinking alcohol at home -- with parents' permission

MORGAN -- The results of a survey revealing where teens are consuming alcohol in this rural community are raising eyebrows and big concerns.

Although the number of respondents is small and officials lack consistent data, a Weber Human Services representative said she is concerned because the survey revealed some of the shocking conditions in which teens illegally drink in Morgan County.

Got pills? Ditch them Saturday

LAYTON -- A half-ton of unused over-the-counter and prescription medicines are expected to be collected Saturday in Davis County through the biannual "clean out your medicine cabinet" campaign.

A similar effort that day will take place in Weber County. Last year's effort there resulted in 475 pounds of unused medicines being collected, Weber-Morgan County Health officials said.

Summit: Weber agencies' problems growing along with clients' woes

OGDEN -- Federal money to help the Top of Utah's poor is drying up as the number of people looking for help is rising, putting agencies that work with the poor in a financial bind.

Wellness fair offered to seriously mentally ill

OGDEN -- A Wellness Fair for people with serious mental illness will be held Thursday at Weber Human Services.

$1.6M grant will benefit Top of Utah mentally ill

OGDEN -- A new $1.6 million grant will allow Midtown Community Health Center and Weber Human Services to collaborate to treat the most seriously mentally ill patients in the Top of Utah.

Matthew Arden Hatfield/Standard-Examiner
Employees and their families wrap gifts donated by members of Goldenwest Credit Union at the company's South Ogden branch on Tuesday.

Credit union and members provide Christmas for families

SOUTH OGDEN -- Kennedy Solomon was excited to go to work with her mother Tuesday morning at Goldenwest Credit Union.

Riverdale wants more time before donating to program

RIVERDALE -- The city attorney says it is illegal for the city to help fund a Communities that Care program at this time.

Gathering aims to give hope to addicts

OGDEN -- The local substance abuse counseling community and their clients will be joining in national Recovery Days with an outdoor gathering Saturday featuring music, speakers, awards, games for the kids, raffles, food and fun.

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