Your Community Connection

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.

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.

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.

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

OGDEN -- Your Community Connection is looking for volunteers to help at the front desk and the domestic violence victim assistance center.

Julie Hurd, special events coordinator for YCC, said there is a need simply because the organization lacks money to hire people to do the jobs that need to be done to continue offering its services.

"On average, we help about 300 people a day, and without our volunteers, our staff would be unable to maintain the sheer volume of individuals we help," Hurd said. "Currently, we do not have as many volunteers as we need, so staff are doing things outside of their jobs to cover all areas of service."

OGDEN — Five area residents were honored last month by Your Community Connection at the 28th annual Mattie Wattis Harris Awards.

They were Heidi Christensen, William “Bill” Gibson, Nancy Nightingale, Nicholas Poorte and Marsha Prantil.

The newly named “Making the World a Better Place” awards were limited to a handful of residents as opposed to a much larger pool of winners in the “Spirit of American Woman” awards in the past. The change was an effort to make the recognitions more meaningful, organizers said.

OGDEN — Your Community Connection is holding a June 15 fundraiser to help support women and children in the Domestic Violence Shelter and Rape Recovery Program.