Commission Facts
To strengthen and unify Utah communities through national service, volunteerism, and broader community engagement.
What is the UServeUtah mission?
This Commissioner was the 2019 and extra tidbit: is also 2020 National Service Committee chair.
Who is Karen McCandless?
This Commissioner helped write the original Volunteer Generation Fund (VGF) Grant for UServeUtah (then the Utah Commission on Volunteers) in 2009.
Who is Nancy Basinger?
This course was developed by UServeUtah to help Utah nonprofits better utilize volunteers. In 2019, training sessions were held in SLC, Utah County, and Ogden with 104 individuals trained.
What is UServeUtah Volunteer Management Training?
This award/certificate recognizes outstanding volunteers who help make Utah a better state, while promoting and inspiring further ongoing volunteer efforts. In 2019, 516 individuals were awarded.
What is the Lt. Governor Volunteer Recognition Certificate?
The year the Commission was established.
What is 1994?
We welcomed this number of new AmeriCorps programs, including one planning grant, into our Utah portfolio this year bringing our total up to 11.
What is 2?
This Commissioner is the sister of the two-time NFL MVP award winner, Steve Young.
Who is Melissa Fromm?
UServeUtah gave seven grants to organizations across the state to fund youth civic education. This is the name of this new initiative for UServeUtah.
What is the Civic and Character Education Grant?
This event held each November is hosted by UServeUtah, Utah Nonprofits Association and the Utah Association of Fundraising Professionals and in 2019 had over 800 attendees.
What is Utah Philanthropy Day?
These are UServeUtah's Strategic Plan objectives?
Build & Cultivate, Promote & Inspire, Recognize.
In March 2019, UServeUtah hosted this all day event which had 446 registrants and featured breakout sessions, speakers, and hosted the CNCS CEO Barbara Stewart.
What is the AmeriCorps Member Gathering?
These Commissioners have both served as the chair for Utah Philanthropy Day.
Who are Debra Hoyt & Debbie Hardy?
This group of youth organized over 11,658 hours of volunteerism in communities across the State.
What is the UServeUtah Youth Council?
UServeUtah staff participate in this service project annually in November. In 2019, the theme was "LEGO Volunteer" and the project helped raise $5600 dollars to support Primary Children's Hospital.
What is the Festival of Trees?
The Corporation for National & Community Service requires that each State Commission develop this every 3 years and revisit it each year.
What is a State Service Plan (strategic plan)?
In 2019, this number of AmeriCorps Members honored as AmeriCorps Members of the Month.
What is 11?
This Commissioner previously served as the Executive Director of the Community Action Partnership of Utah.
Who is Paul Leggett?
These two training pilots beginning in 2020 will engage organizations over six months to increase the number of skills-based volunteers to build capacity within nonprofits.
What is the Business and Nonprofit Executive Training?
This award was given to 3 individuals in 2019 who are honored by UServeUtah commissioners at a commission board meeting with a framed certificate, a letter signed by the Lt Governor, and the Lt Governor's coin.
What is the Power of Service Award?
This Lt. Governor was responsible for establishing the Utah Commission and its reporting structure.
Who is Olene Walker?
Current AmeriCorps members can opt in to this additional certification that is not available in every state. Hint: natural disasters
What is Disaster Corps?
Before their current role, this Commissioner worked for 18 years for the Boys and Girls Club as the Director and then National Director of Native American Services.
Who is Brian Yazzie?
This event had record attendance, with 92 participants. The participants spent two days developing the knowledge and skills to create sustainable change in their communities.
What is the Active Engagement Retreat?
This year, the commission completed a new 3-year strategic plan with public input. Public input came from listening tours and a public survey with representation from each county. This is the number of survey responses we received (within 50).
What is 1,233 (between 1183 and 1283).