Caritas Quarterly Fall 2017

caritas QUARTERLY A Spotlight on Local Charities • Fall 2017 • www.caritasutah.com /kärə ̇ˌtäs/ (noun) love of humankind, charity PAGE 3 HEALTHCARE IT TAKES FOR THOSE WHO NEED IT MOST ALL OF US • FOURTH STREET CLINIC PAGE 10 PAGE 2 SPONSORED BY RECOVERY IN AN ATMOSPHERE OF FITNESS AND SAFETY • FIT TO RECOVER F2 · Fall 2017 · caritas · A Quarterly Spotlight on Local Charities understands the value and power of improve their image as they sponsor and club. corporate giving — wrote: “Our goal participate in local volunteer activities. • Kem Gardner is a story of America. is to create value for our customers, for After all, a healthy community makes His business success is remarkable. He our communities, for our employees, for healthy companies. The fact is tests the envelope of human creativity, and for our shareholders. … We are that businesses function best when intellect, energy and promise. He It committed to improving the quality of operating in stable communities. When motivates, produces, achieves, grows and life for our customers on every rung of communities are at risk, businesses are as unites. His is lavish with his worldly gifts the economic ladder by enthusiastically well. to the arts, music, education, scholarship engaging ourselves in community issues I believe that it simply takes all of and public affairs. But he also gives of takes and offering creative financing solutions us getting involved in the community to himself. He facilitates progress on a to challenging community needs. We make a difference. It takes all of us to much grander scale by using his influence recognize that banking is a local business, make this world a better place. This idea and means to give back to society some and that to be successful, we must have of community involvement outside of of what he has reaped. very strong ties to the communities we the business is just good It is vitally all serve.” business. Business relies on important for Good corporate citizenship that customers, employees and each of us, who creates value for the communities and the communities in which are recipients of provides creative solutions to community it operates to be successful: so much, to find needs has benefits beyond simply When employees are taken opportunities to of us meeting needs that cannot be funded care of, when communities give to others. By Scott Anderson through government entities. They bind flourish, then the business This reaching out President and CEO together communities around shared benefits. to give back has Zions Bank goals, very differently than what happens We have many in the unique ability in the adversarial arena of politics. We our community who are to lift and build. Steve Schaefer, in the December need to foster this increased attention on examples of giving back This reminds us 2016 issue of Forbes magazine, wrote: and need for good corporate citizenship that should inspire us and that when we “In his influential 1962 book, and community involvement. convince us that giving think outside of Capitalism and Freedom, economist Business must be committed to back is the key to success ourselves, we Milton Friedman argues that there is working with individuals, families in business and in life: have the power ‘one and only one social responsibility and communities to help make our • Gail Miller and her to facilitate of business — to use its resources and neighborhoods stronger and our family has made one change; that engage in activities designed to increase communities better. For our success of the most remarkable when we think profits. Executives with a conscience as a business always has been and will contributions to this of others’ lives who cared about job creation, employee continue to be directly tied to the success community by putting the ownership as linked to our own, our compassion treatment or the environment,’ Friedman of the individuals and the communities of the Utah Jazz in a trust to ensure the grows. When we reach out a hand to wrote, ‘were nothing more than unwitting that each of us serve. After all, their team is never sold and moved out of the one, we influence the condition of all. puppets of a social responsibility doctrine stories make our story possible. state. Salt Lake City is unique in that it When we build the strength of our that threatened free markets.’” In my view, as Simmons so has both a professional sports team and neighborhoods, we bolster the health of I strongly disagree with Friedman’s eloquently said, business should use an orchestra. Without either, Salt Lake our communities, we build business, and philosophy. For a corporation to really be its power to create value beyond would fall to a second-tier city. we change the lives of those who walk by great and to have a lasting impact on the profits: value for our communities — • Spence Eccles and the various us every day. economy and on business, it must also making our communities better and our Eccles foundations have done more As Jon M. Huntsman Sr. said in his create value for its community — the neighborhoods stronger, and improving for Utah education and the arts than book Winners Never Cheat: “At one time people and neighborhoods in which it the quality of life for everyone. any other group. Without their support, I believed charitable giving was purely operations. I would add that involvement by our universities, colleges and art voluntary. … I changed my mind. Giving As Henry Ford said, a “business businesses in the community is no longer organizations would have difficulty back applies to everyone, but it surely is that makes nothing but money is a poor considered just the “right” thing to do. fulfilling their missions. not optional. It is the moral obligation of business.” Many today expect companies to play an • Dell Loy Hansen has not only led any person, any business, and certainly In his Guiding Principles for Zions active role in solving society’s problems. out in providing affordable housing any leader worthy of its name to return to Bancorporation, Chairman and CEO The public feels better about a socially in Utah and around the country, his the community some of what they have Harris Simmons— a business visionary, responsible organization. Companies generosity is behind soccer fields, charter been given. … All must give their share. genius and great humanitarian who can make priceless contributions and schools and the Real Salt Lake soccer … Giving is a spiritual obligation.” Dear readers and friends, We are pleased to announce a new supplement to The Enterprise dedicated to exploring the caritas who, what, where, when, how and — most importantly — the why of our community’s charitable organizations. Whether large or small, these organization and the people who keep them running QUARTERLY make significant contributions to both the economy and the humanity of our city and state. A Spotlight on Local Charities • Fall 2017 • www.caritasutah.com As you can see from the title of this supplement — Caritas Quarterly — we expect to publish a new edition every quarter, with each issue featuring several local charities and their supporters. George Gregersen Publisher "Caritas" is Latin for love of humankind — or charity. That love of humankind is something many businesses, firms and other community members have been demonstrating to our local charities for 801.654.3141 years. They have given of their time and substance largely unnoticed and unrecognized. Shedding [email protected] light on their contributions is one editorial purpose of Caritas Quarterly. The other is to share the stories and missions of the remarkable charitable organizations among us. Frances Johnson We will tell their stories through the lens of facts and figures, but also through the lens of the personal Editor experiences of people whose lives have been touched and improved by the work these charities do. 303.249.1938 [email protected] And, yes, of course, we also hope to motivate you, dear reader, to get involved in whatever way you can with one or more of our community’s charities. /kärə ̇ˌtäs/ (noun) love of humankind, charity Publisher’s Note: Caritas Quarterly is an We look forward to being uplifted together by the stories of these great organizations and the great affiliated publication of The Enterprise PAGE 3 people and businesses behind them. Newspaper Group Inc. HEALTHCARE IT TAKES FOR THOSE WHO NEED IT MOST ALL OF US • FOURTH STREET CLINIC PAGE 10 PAGE 2 RECOVERY IN AN ATMOSPHERE ISSUE OF FITNESS AND SAFETY SPONSORED BY SPONSOR LOGO • FIT TO RECOVER caritas · A Quarterly Spotlight on Local Charities · Fall 2017 · F3 Healthcare with a Heart For more than 20 years, Utah's homeless population has received comprehensive primary care and other health services at the nonproﬁ t community health center For Chris Smith, it all fell apart be- received at the clinic have given him Clinic were for mental health services. clothing and food. This type of holis- cause of alcohol. Originally from Chi- extra motivation to kick his habit. Fourth Street Clinic also offers compre- tic care is usually not available in tra- cago, he relocated to Utah and had been “Everybody around me has been re- hensive primary care (54 percent of vis- ditional primary care settings, Emer- living with his girlfriend in Tooele for ally great to me,” Smith said. “I can’t its in 2016), dental services (5 percent son said, so the care delivery model at 14 years. He worked lots of jobs, in- say nothing bad about this place.” of patient visits) and case management Fourth Street Clinic is better positioned cluding at a power plant, a custodian at Smith’s story is typical of many of services (24 percent of patient visits), to meet the needs of homeless patients an elementary school and, most recent- the clients who come through the doors which includes help fi nding housing, continued next page ly, at an assisted living facility.

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