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This year, annual Celebrating Women Tea to benefit YCC

Last updated Friday, May 4, 2012 - 4:10pm

OGDEN -- Women in Northern Utah are invited to the fifth annual Celebrating Women Tea, to be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. May 12 at the Timbermine Restaurant, 1701 Park Blvd., in Ogden.

Those who attend the $20-a-seat event will receive an offering of an assortment of teas, tea sandwiches, petit desserts and decaffeinated beverages as well as a fresh rose provided by Posy Place.

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YCC is in need of volunteers

Correspondent Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 1:49pm

OGDEN — Your Community Connection is in “dire need” of volunteers, according to a news release from the shelter.

The YCC shelter provides support for victims of domestic violence, rape and financial hardship. Volunteers are needed from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, and from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on weekends. The shelter will provide training. Volunteers must pass a background check.

Anyone interested is asked to call Raquel Lee, the YCC assistant director, at 801-689-1702.

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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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YCC desperate need for kids’ shoes for Spirit of Giving drive

Charles F. Trentelman Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, December 9, 2011 - 12:52am

OGDEN — Your Community Connection has issued an emergency announcement for new children’s shoes for its Spirit of Giving drive.

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YCC to host AIDS Day event

Staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, November 28, 2011 - 11:54pm

OGDEN -- The Northern Utah Coalition will present a World AIDS Day Commemoration at 6 p.m. Thursday at Your Community Connection, 2261 Adams Ave.

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Ronnie Kerr cuts a piece of tile at some low-income housing in Ogden on Wednesday. The construction is part of the YouthBuild program at Ogden-Weber Tech, which helps high school dropouts between 16 and 24 earn their diplomas while also learning some construction skills.

Home-building program helps youths learn job skills

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, November 15, 2011 - 12:27am

OGDEN -- On a frosty fall weekday morning, a dozen or so young men could see their breath as they unloaded construction equipment from the Ogden-Weber Tech truck.

They'd spend the next few hours laying bathroom tile, and fastening white baseboard around the kitchen laminate flooring they had installed to replace torn linoleum. A new lighting fixture went up, and a modest, formerly dingy apartment began to take on the glow of a small, but proud, home.

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Your Valet cleaner sponsors coat drive for charity

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Last updated Friday, November 11, 2011 - 12:51am

OGDEN — Your Valet Fine Dry Cleaning is having a coat drive for charity.

The coats will be cleaned and given to United Way, YCC and Youth Impact in Weber County and Family Connection Center in Davis County.

Coats for adults and children of all ages will be accepted. The drive will continue until early December, with coats distributed well before Christmas.

Donated coats may be brought to any Your Valet location: 2898 Washington Blvd. in Ogden; 2600 N. Washington Blvd., North Ogden; 1501 S. Main St. in Bountiful.

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Clela Jan Bailey Madsen Salvo

Obituaries Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, October 19, 2011 - 10:15pm

Clela Jan Bailey Madsen Salvo, born Feb. 15, 1949, died Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011. A celebration of her life will be held from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, at the Ogden Nature Center, 966 W. 12th St. In honor of Clela and in lieu of flowers or gifts, her family requests donations be made in her name to the Friends of the Weber/Morgan Children’s Justice Center or Altrusa International of Ogden Utah. For additional information regarding donations and to share your memories of Clela, visit www.rememberclela.com. See the complete obituary in the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.

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A plea from someone who needs help: 'I'm still me'

Charles F. Trentelman Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, October 10, 2011 - 11:43pm

Sarah is a nice, quiet middle-aged woman, smiling and friendly, but when I asked her how old her children are, she paused. Her eyes looked to the side. She closed her mouth and wrinkled her brow.

"Some days I just can't remember," she said finally. "I have a degree from Weber State University, but I can't remember what I studied."

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(NICHOLAS DRANEY/Standard-Examiner) Ben Lomond High School’s bagpipe band leads supporters as they march against domestic violence as part of the annual Footsteps of Light, sponsored by Your Community Connection, in downtown Ogden on Thursday.

Ogden march targets domestic violence

Jamie Lampros Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, October 6, 2011 - 11:18pm

OGDEN -- Sometimes words hit harder than fists.

Just ask Jane Bryant.

The local author was the keynote speaker at this year's annual Footsteps to Light, a domestic violence awareness event held Thursday and sponsored by Your Community Connection.

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Hooper woman admits stealing $5,000 from charity

JaNae Francis Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, September 27, 2011 - 6:53am

OGDEN — A Hooper woman pleaded guilty Monday to stealing more than $5,000 from a charity softball tournament intended to raise money for Primary Children’s Medical Center.

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

Charles F. Trentelman Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, September 16, 2011 - 11:51pm

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.

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YCC sets annual Footsteps to Light event

Jamie Lampros Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, September 14, 2011 - 6:08pm

OGDEN — Since the year 2000, domestic violence related homicides accounted for 40 percent of all adult homicides in Utah.

That statistic, followed by many more, was released by The Utah Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice earlier this year.

To remember the victims of domestic violence, Your Community Connection is holding its 14th annual Footsteps to Light event on Oct. 6. The event will begin at 5 p.m. at Lester Park on 24th Street. Participants can make banners and will receive a T-shirt prior to walking down 24th Street to Washington Boulevard and then to the Ogden Amphitheater.

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Like to cook? YCC to hold event for you

JaNae Francis Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, September 5, 2011 - 10:57pm

OGDEN -- Your Community Connection is looking for cooks and restaurants to participate in this year's REAL Men Can Cook fundraiser.

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Volunteers unload bottled water to hand out to 400 families in need at Your Community Connection in Ogden on Friday. YCC teamed up with Feed the Children, an international Christian group.

Feed the Children, YCC help 400 Top of Utah families

Jamie Lampros Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, September 2, 2011 - 11:23pm

OGDEN -- Four hundred families got a week's worth of food on Friday.

Your Community Connection and Feed the Children, an international Christian group, distributed food boxes to some of the most needy families in the community.

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