38 | Holiday 2021
Support The Family Place This Holiday Season to Help Their Programs All Year COURTESY OF THE FAMILY PLACE
One day a man was walking along the beach when he noticed a boy picking something up and gently throwing it into the ocean. Approaching the boy, he asked, “What are you doing?” The youth replied, “Throwing starfish back into the ocean. The surf is up and the tide is going out. If I don’t throw them back, they’ll die.” “Son,” the man said, “don’t you realize there are miles and miles of beach and hundreds of starfish? You can’t make a difference!” After listening politely, the boy bent down, picked up another starfish, and threw it back into the surf. Then, smiling at the man, he said, “I made a difference for that one.”
At the beginning of the busy holiday season, many families pause and look for ways they can help those in need of physical, emotional, or financial support. The Family Place Utah witnesses the generosity of the Cache Valley community who step up and seek for ways to love and care for their neighbors. We receive calls from businesses, youth groups, individuals, and large and small families who are looking for ways they can make a difference.
“During this past year and a half, we have seen firsthand the personal heartache and loss many children and families have experienced because of the pandemic. These very specific challenges have created very specific needs,” Sheryl Goodey, executive director of The Family Place Utah, said. “Because of that, we are shifting our holiday focus to provide critical services for children and families all year long in therapy, education, respite care in The Kid’s Place,
and our Starfish Children’s Shelter, the only children’s shelter in Northern Utah.” Instead of accepting individual and family gifts this year, we want to support the amazing local organizations that specialize in sponsoring families who need help with holiday gift giving. With your help, we can focus on the greatest needs in our community throughout the year and expand our ability to strengthen families
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