Christmas Concert Series 2021!

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Remember last holiday season, when we weren’t able to see each other in person for holiday concerts? That season ended, and we’re excited to offer a full schedule of in-person holiday music. As the Logan Tabernacle is currently under renovation, this year’s series will take place in the historic Fourth Ward Building at 294 N 100 E in Logan (near the Cache County Senior Citizen Center).

You can find the schedule below. All performances begin at 7pm and are free of charge. Happy holidays!

  • Tuesday, December 7: Ted Erekson, master storyteller
  • Wednesday, December 8: Lori Pulotu, singer/songwriter
  • Thursday, December 9: Musicality, women’s chorus
  • Friday, December 10: Lezlee Monroe and Tracine Parkinson, songs and stories
  • Saturday, December 11: Constance Jenson, vocal performance
  • Tuesday, December 14: Miho Everitt, pianist (with Jo Hays, flute and Jenni & Mike Whitely, piano & organ)
  • Wednesday, December 15: Logan High School String Quartets
  • Thursday, December 16: Craig Mecham, singer/songwriter/guitarist
  • Friday, December 17: Wood Live Music, guitars and fiddle
  • Saturday, December 18: Jacquelyn & Marc Abbot, soprano & baritone opera singers

Pure Water: An Interfaith Community Dialogue

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Cache Community Connections and the USU Center for Community Engagement are partnering with the Bear River Heritage Area to host “Pure Water: An Interfaith Community Dialogue.” The Hyrum Museum is currently displaying the Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit “H20 Today,” which explores the importance of water in the natural and cultural landscapes of our country, and this dialogue event supports the community outreach mission of the exhibit.

What role does water play in your religious or spiritual practice? What is the symbolism of water in your sacred texts or influential writings? How is water connected to the core-building experiences that have influenced who you are? All community members are invited to share their beliefs and experiences in this interfaith setting, with discussion from local representatives from various traditions and Religious Studies scholars.

Participants can expect to sit at round tables with discussion prompts and will be encouraged to rotate through the tables in order to speak with a variety of other community members. Mask-wearing is encouraged. After sharing in small groups, an invited speaker panel will discuss themes that came up in conversations and provide more insight into the importance of water in many religious and spiritual traditions.

  • Monday, October 25 at 6:00-7:00pm
  • Taggart Student Center Lounges (2nd floor) at Utah State University
  • Free admission, and guests who park in the Aggie Terrace or Big Blue Terrace will receive a free parking voucher (click here to download a PDF map with the terraces marked)

H2O Today is a traveling exhibition created by the Smithsonian Institution and brought to you by Utah Humanities and the Bear River Heritage Area. H2O Today and associated events are part of Think Water Utah, a statewide collaboration and conversation on the critical topic of water presented by Utah Humanities and its partners.

Quartet for the End of Time Performances

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As we commemorate the events that led to CCC’s creation twenty years ago this month, we are excited to partner with professors from USU’s Caine College of the Arts in their performances of Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time. This quartet was written and premiered 80 years ago in January 1941 in a prisoner of war camp, and it is a powerful work that speaks eloquently about the experience of transcendent hope in the midst of incredible loss and injustice that seems to parallel the trials that many are going through currently.

Violinist Rebecca McFaul, cellist Heather Smith, clarinetist Nicholas Morrison, and pianist Cahill Smith will perform the work twice, free of charge. Masking is encouraged for audience members.

Connecting Neighbors: Michael Bingham

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ADHD has become a common word in today’s society that was often overlooked or under diagnosed in the past. Michael Bingham relates well with the challenges ADHD brings as he too has this diverse ability, as he prefers to refer to it.

Michael is an artist, sculptor, educator and activist for people with special needs and the founder of Jump the Moon, a nonprofit organization. He has harnessed the creative power of his own ADHD to create art and opportunities that bring out the best in people as they discover their own artistic talents.

For so many, Michael has uncovered the artistic talents buried under mental or physical challenges and provides lessons in art for those who never could imagine they “had it in them!”

The building for Jump the Moon (that name is another interesting story!), was located on Main Street in downtown Logan until the building was sold. Michael had to pack up and move out. For now he says Jump the Moon is homeless, but that hasn’t stopped him. If anything, with his positive attitude he holds onto his dreams and shows an excitement in his voice about his vision for the future. He considers this bump in the road a new opportunity to re-evaluate how things were done in the past and how things can be done differently in the future.

To learn more about Jump the Moon, the progress in starting up again and finding out how you can help, visit their website at jumpthemoon.org or contact Michael by email at [email protected]

Feed Utah Statewide Food Drive

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On Saturday, March 20, 2021, multi-faith-based congregations, organizations, and residents throughout Utah will collaborate with Utah Food Bank for the first annual statewide Feed Utah food drive, in partnership with Associated Food Stores, JustServe, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the NAACP, Bonneville Salt Lake (KSL TV, KSL News Radio, FM100.3 and 103.5 The Arrow) and the Boys &amp Girls Clubs of Utah Alliance.

This food drive will help provide food to the estimated 511,000 Utahns who are facing hunger this year—many of whom for the first time due to economic fallout resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Even more alarming is that 1 in 5 Utah kids are unsure where their next meal will come from. Our hope is that the Feed Utah food drive will bring together the power of Utah’s diverse religions, communities, and organizations in the fight against hunger—all while adhering to strict social distancing recommendations and safety protocols.

Residents across the state will receive door hangers during the days leading up to the food drive, and Utah Food Bank asks the public to help by placing a bag of non-perishable food outside their front door by 9am on the day of the food drive for pickup by volunteers.

Interested individuals can volunteer to help staff the drop-off sites throughout the State on the JustServe Site https://www.justserve.org/projects/ff7357ab-00ae-43cc-b321-9f531b0b71d9

Download the March 2021 Interfaith Food Drive Annoucement and list of drop-off sites in Cache Valley

NOW PLAYING: A Cache Valley Christmas Concert

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Happy holidays! Click the image to enjoy the show!

A Cache Valley Christmas Concert

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Are you ready for a special holiday experience? The CCC Logan Tabernacle Concert and Lecture Series Committee is excited to announce A Cache Valley Christmas Concert! The link to the performance will be available right here on our website starting December 17 at 6pm! The concert will be available only until January 4.

We’ve missed seeing you at the usual holiday concerts (especially the one that benefits the Cache Community Food Pantry!), but until we can meet again, we wish you a wonderful holiday season.

Featured local musicians for A Cache Valley Christmas Concert include:
Craig Mecham | Cristina Edlund & Irv Nelson | Relative Voices | Grupo Diamante (Espino Family) | CV Good Times Marching Band | Karla Axtell | Sadie Mortenson | Bear River Ramblers | Broadbent Family | Major Family Ranch Hands Band | Cache Children’s Choir | Westminster Bell Choir | USU Chorale & USU Chamber Singers 

Community Rakes and Shovels service now available

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At a CCC meeting a few months ago, we were brainstorming community-wide initiatives that we could encourage everyone in Cache Valley to support. It soon came up that there is a pressing need for community members who are senior citizens or who live with disabilities to get connected to snow shoveling services.

We’ve officially launched a partnership between CCC and the USU Val R. Christensen Service Center to coordinate volunteers who can rake leaves and shovel snow for Cache Valley community members who request either service. All information can be found on this page: https://www.usu.edu/servicecenter/rakes_and_shovels. Both forms are on secure platforms.

In addition to instructions regarding COVID-19 precautionary measures, volunteers can find a registration form to offer their services and residents can find a service request form. We encourage everyone to keep this as much of a contactless service as possible, using the phone if contact is needed.

Questions can be directed to Nelda in the Service Center at 435-797-1740 or [email protected].

Here’s a flyer asking for volunteers that you can download (PDF) crs-volunteer-letter-size

Here’s a flyer calling for service requests from residents that you can download (PDF) crs-resident-letter-size

Thanks to UPR for the article! https://www.upr.org/post/community-rakes-shovels-service-available-cache-valley-residents-need

 

Valley-wide Food Drive

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Click the link below to download a PDF of this letter!

Are you looking for an initiative that can unite your organization in a common goal, while still maintaining physical distance? Organize a food drive to benefit the Cache Community Food Pantry! Here are some materials to get you started, including an informational letter and a fill-able PDF that you can put your group’s information in. We’re aiming for November 30 through December 5 as drop-off dates (December 5 is a special drop-off Saturday!), but the pantry will accept donations throughout the holidays.

And please note, often the pantry can stretch a dollar further than the average consumer can (with their tax exempt status and wholesale accounts), so if your drive includes financial contributions, all the better!

Dear Cache Valley Letter PDF

BRING A CASE IF YOU CAN fillable PDF