According to a press release on this year’s clothing drive — which was carried out by Bank of Utah, Arctic Circle and Red Hanger — it was a very successful year.

“Deliveries are now being made to 15 organizations statewide of the 561 bags of warm clothing, along with $10,040 in cash donations gathered from 73 collection sites, including Arctic Circle, Bank of Utah and Red Hanger locations,” the release said.

According to the release, 15 nonprofits between Logan and St. George received donations of clothes and money.

This includes:

• Ogden Youth Futures
• Catholic Community Services (Joyce Hansen Hall Food Bank)
• The Lantern House

Ogden Youth Futures helps those youths facing homelessness.

“Youth homelessness is slightly different than adult homelessness,” Kristen Mitchell, executive director and founder of Youth Futures, told the Standard-Examiner in November. “We’re dealing with kids that are minors — they’re 12-18 — and they don’t have the same options that adults do. They can’t sign a lease, they don’t have any place else to go and they’re facing higher risks of trafficking and people who are looking to exploit them on the streets. We do not want kids — not even for one night — to stay on the streets. That’s why we’re here.”

Meanwhile, the Joyce Hansen Hall Food Bank reported a tough fall ahead of the holiday season due to factors like the government shutdown and rising food prices, but noted they’ve been holding their own.

“Our pantry is surviving,” Randy Chappell, director of basic needs with Catholic Community Services, told the Standard-Examiner in November. “We’ve made it through some challenging moments in years past with COVID and how that affected our pantry and the government shutdown. It does take a lot of individuals to run our pantry and get it stocked up. We’ve had a lot of great volunteer support, but also my staff really stepped up in making sure everyone in need is being taken care of. My staff truly care about those who come in the pantry, and we’re grateful for the volunteers that have stepped up when our pantry has been busier and we’ve stayed open longer just to make sure everyone gets through.”

Stacey Gallegos, community outreach director for the Lantern House, noted last month that the nonprofit continues to seek donations.

“Our soup kitchen runs strictly off of donations and that’s how we prepare three meals per day for the population in our community that’s homeless,” she said. “It’s not even necessarily just homeless — people in the community can come and eat with us anytime. We’re in such an area where sometimes people are meeting their rents, but food insecurities are still out there and it’s huge right now.”

The full list of nonprofits assisted this year includes:

• “Bountiful Community Pantry
• Cache Community Food Pantry
• Cache Valley Humanitarian Center
• Catholic Community Services (Joyce Hansen Hall Food Bank)
• Community Action Services and Food Bank / Food and Care Coalition
• Crossroads Urban Center
• Heber Valley Center Stage / Christian Center of Park City
• Switchpoint
• The Family Support Center
• The Lantern House
• The Pamela Atkinson Resource Center
• Tremonton Community Pantry
• United Way of Eastern Utah
• Utah Foster Care, Vernal
• Youth Futures”