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BEACON's After School Adventure Program
Sarah Bauman
264 South 400 E
260-9440
www.moabbeacon.net
BEACON's After School Adventure Program provides a safe place for students to access homework help/tutoring, have a nutritional snack, as well as, engage in recreational, artistic and intellectually stimulating activities. After school activities include: Academic Assistance, Newspaper, Drama, Aikido, Rock Climbing, Creative Writing, Breakdancing, Outdoor/Indoor Games, Cooking, Crocheting/Knitting, Mask-Making, Arts & Crafts, Running and more! For more information contact Sarah Bauman at 260-9440
Bike Barn
Zach O’Brien
102 East 300 North
210-0813
This volunteer run program operates on donations and grants to provide participants with the opportunity to gain hands on skills in bicycle maintenance and safety. Our interdisciplinary approach also couples environmental education and social responsibility to create unique art projects and a "build a bike" program. Located at the Moab Charter School we allow area youth to work with adult and teen mentors to meet educational goals, strengthen community ties, and have fun. To volunteer, make a donation, or participate contact: Zach O'Brien at 435 210-0813.
Canyonlands Community Recycling Center
Penny Jones
PO Box 97
259-8640
Open 8 to 4 Monday through Saturday, the recycling center offers recycling of aluminum cans; clear, green and brown glass; corrugated cardboard; white office paper; mixed office paper; steel (tin) cans, #1 PETE plastic; and newspapers. Please, no aluminum foil or pie tins, no magazines or paperboard (cereal boxes). The less contaminated the product, the greater the profit to continue the recycling center operation. We are located at 1000 E. Sand Flats Road Contact: Penny Jones, President, or Mike Horrocks, Center Supervisor, by calling 259-8640.
Friends of the Moab Teen Center
LJ Kennedy
260-2460
P.O. Box 1462
Moab, UT 84532
The Friends of the Teen Center is a non-profit organization that helps to financially support Club Red. Club Red is not only a great drop facility providing a safe, supervised place for Moab Teens, but it also coordinates teen focused events with other local nonprofits and businesses.
Grand County Hospice
Tamara Barney
719 West 400 North
259-7191 x250
The goals of hospice are to allow an individual to preserve their dignity and maintain their right of self-determination and allow the individual to remain in their home throughout the remainder of their life. The Grand County Hospice is a Medicare Certified Hospice located at 719 West 400 North in Moab. 259.7191
Humane Society
Debbie Officer
PO Box 1188
259-4862
The Humane Society of Moab Valley is 90% volunteer run and operates a no-kill foster program where every adoptable animal finds a new, loving home. Volunteer foster families care for and train foster dogs and cats until such time as a suitable adoptive family can be found. HSMV also operates a Feral Trap, Neuter and Release program, Low-cost and year round Low-Income Spay/Neuter programs, behavioral and training pet tips for the public, and is working with the City of Moab in building Moab’s First Animal Shelter. Since August of 1999, The Humane Society of Moab Valley has rescued over 1,300 cats and dogs, provided over 3,000 spay/neuters surgeries and maintains 36 feral cat colonies. HSMV, PO Box 1188, Moab, UT 84532; 435-259-4862
KZMU Community Radio
Jeff Flanders
1734 Rocky Rd
259-5968
KZMU is an all-volunteer station served by 66 DJ’s and part-time staff of 3. Almost all of our programming is locally originated. KZMU’s mission is to "inform, educate, engage, entertain and delight". In addition to offering a wide variety of music, KZMU includes Saturday children’s shows, City Council and County Council meetings, a Spanish show and the hilarious Trading Post show. Contact Jeff Flanders 259-8824
Living Rivers
John Weishett
PO Box 466
259-1063
Living Rivers employs grassroots organizing, litigation, research and campaigns that promote large-scale river restoration, habitat preservation and water user responsibility. Volunteer activities range from critical outreach work such as petitioning, organizing house parties and distributing literature at events. Contact John Weisheit 259-1063
Moab Valley Multicultural Center
Leticia Bentley
220-0209 or 259-5444
The Moab Valley Multicultural Center facilitates multicultural exchange and communication. "We provide outreach, education, advocacy, language translation and interpretation services and referrals to other agencies and services. Further, we provide a space where Moab's citizenry can have opportunities to learn about each other, celebrate and share our cultural diversity.
Native American Club
Richard Jenkinson
608 South 400 East
259-8933
Sponsored by the Grand County High School, the Native American Club encourages club members to preserve their cultural heritage as they learn to contribute and interact with their community and school. Contact Shirley Fredriksen at the Grand County High School 259-8931
Red Rock Forests
Terry Shepherd
90 W. Center St.
259-5640
www.redrockforests.org
Red Rock Forests strives to protect the sky-island mountains and plateaus above America's Redrock Wilderness in southern Utah, emphasizing the La Sal Mountains, Abajo Mountains, and Elk Ridge in the Canyonlands Basin. We recognize the vital ecological role these ranges play in sustaining Utah's desert wildlife and waterways. For this reason, ecology is our guiding principle, though we use education, public policy, the law, citizen action, and collaboration with other organizations and agencies to achieve protection for these irreplaceable high desert oases.
Seekhaven
Jaylyn Hawks
PO Box 729
259-2229
Seekhaven is a non-profit addressing the issues of domestic violence and homelessness within Grand and San Juan Counties. Seekhaven offers shelter for victims of domestic violence and homelessness, a 24 hour crisis line, and rape crisis advocacy. Seekhaven makes school and community presentations on a variety of subjects. Seekhaven also provides Spanish-speaking services. The drop-in resource center is open Mon-Friday 8am-5pm. Shelter and resources available 24/7. Contact us @ 435.259.2229
Youth Garden Project
Jen Sadoff
530 South 400 East
259-2326
The Youth Garden is a non-profit that provides experiential education programs to Grand County youth and to the greater community through organic gardening and community service projects. The Youth Garden Project has been operating since 1996 and has served over 12,000 youth and adult community members. Call 259.2326 or stop by the garden located next to Grand County High School on 400 East. |
