Stories of Success

A Full-Circle Journey Out of Poverty

A Full-Circle Journey Out of Poverty

Written by Jessica Miller Last month Cody Martensen started as Community Action Services & Food Bank’s Circles Initiative Coordinator for Utah & Wasatch Counties. Six years ago, when he started as a Circles Initiative participant, no one would have thought...

Poverty Summit Review: Meili’s Story of Success

Poverty Summit Review: Meili’s Story of Success

As part of the 2023 kNOw Poverty Summit, one of our own was featured as a speaker. Meili Tark, Recruitment Team Chair for Circles, shared her incredible story of overcoming an abusive marriage, finding the Circles initiative, and rising to help other women in her same...

Circles Sets Man on Path to Success and Helping Others

Circles Sets Man on Path to Success and Helping Others

Trevor Buit is a vocational rehabilitation officer at the Utah State Hospital in Provo. Life hasn’t been easy for him, though: He was born with cerebral palsy and diagnosed with OCD, primarily acute anxiety, at age 17. By 2015, he was living on benefits, volunteering,...

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