Security Service Foundation Donates $5,000 to Help Fight Homelessness
August 1, 2016
Salt Lake City July 29, 2016 The Security Service Charitable Foundation recently announced a $5,000 donation to The Road Home, a Salt Lake City-based nonprofit with the mission of helping people step out of homelessness and back into the community. The donation will directly support The Road Home"s Midvale Center which offers shelter and supportive services to families with children.
"We are honored to help put the finishing touches on the Midvale Shelter, making it a more comfortable environment for the families living there," said Greg Reed, senior vice president of member service Mountain West Region for Security Service. "The Road Home is a blessing to those in our area who are working to overcome homelessness and we could not be more excited to provide them with a donation."
"We rely on the generosity of individual donors and partners like the Security Service Charitable Foundation to address the wide spectrum of needs that people experiencing homelessness encounter," said Matthew Minkevitch, executive director of The Road Home. "There"s no shortage of outstanding organizations in need of financial support, and we are deeply grateful for their partnership. I look forward to working together with Security Service as we continue to move people out of homelessness and into permanent housing."
The Road Home provides emergency shelter, case management and housing programs for single men, women and families with children who are experiencing homelessness. In fiscal year 2016, The Road Home served 7,412 people through their shelter programs.
About The Road Home
The Road Home is a private non-profit social services agency that assists individuals and families experiencing homelessness in Salt Lake County and along the Wasatch Front. The Road Home provides emergency shelter and personalized case management to help people identify and overcome the obstacles that have led them to becoming homeless. In addition to operating the largest shelter in Utah, we also address a spectrum of needs that people experiencing homelessness encounter from supplying a bus token to providing comprehensive housing programs that help people move into permanent housing as quickly as possible.
About Security Service Charitable Foundation
The Security Service Charitable Foundation was created to reinforce Security Service"s commitment to the community by contributing to deserving organizations and causes that benefit the community and help to improve the quality of life for its citizens.� The Security Service Charitable Foundation is a Texas Non-profit Corporation and federal public charity that was incorporated in 2007 and is the charitable arm of Security Service Federal Credit Union.