The Utah Council of The Blind
Easter Basket Fundraiser
We now have new pickup locations
Our Easter Basket Fundraiser is underway. It's bigger and better with many really nice donated items. Order your baskets by Monday, April 7th, and pick them up on Saturday, April 12th, at the Blind Center or in the Orem/Provo area on Monday, April 14th, or Saturday, April 19th at the Roy Hope Center at 11 am in Roy.
Small baskets are $15, medium baskets are $30, and large baskets are $60. Our baskets beat the store baskets out of the park. Plus 100% of the proceeds go to direct services for the blind. Tell your family, neighbors, co-workers. The baskets will be available for pick up at the UCB and Legacy Pioneers Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 12th, from 10 am - 1 pm.
Please specify if the basket will be for a toddler, child, teen, or adult, and the gender. We have items to fill the baskets for everyone.
Due to the rising costs of shipping the Easter Basket items, the UCB will not be offering shipping of the Easter Baskets. They will be available for pickup only. Thank you for your support.
On behalf of the UCB and all the wonderful donations from local stores, corporations, and individuals, we thank you. So don't hesitate to support this awesome fundraising event.
Call the office at: 801-245-9264 to order yours.
Open the Pdf Easter Basket Fundraiser: Click Here
April 2025, Easter Egg Hunt and Easter Basket Fundraiser – watch for updates (Kate Balzly, chair & Legacy Pioneers, sponsors)
When: April 12th, from 10am - 1pm at the Blind Center
Where: DSBVI, 250 N 1950 W, SLC, UT.
Legacy Pioneers Beeping Easter Egg Hunt and Luncheon
Please join us for our annual Easter Egg Hunt put on by the Legacy Pioneers.
Saturday, April 12th, from 10 am - 1 pm, rain or shine.
The whole family is invited. Those who are sighted may join in the fun searching for beeping eggs blindfolded.
After the egg hunt, a hotdog lunch will be served.
The UCB will also have a few filled Easter baskets for purchase as well as a boutique to shop for Easter and Mothers Day items. Mothers Day is the 11th of May. Please call the office to RSVP at 801-245-9264
Open the Pdf Flyer: Click Here
Open the Pdf Easter Basket Fundraiser: Click Here
Listen to UCB Interview, 2023
The Utah Council of the Blind, also known as UCB, is a membership organization made up primarily of blind and visually impaired individuals who seek to improve the lives of people with various degrees of vision loss. We are a state affiliate of the American Council of the Blind (ACB), which gives us a national voice, yet allows us to be independent in creating our own goals, programs, along with keeping and using donations within the State of Utah. The UCB is recognized by the IRS as a nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation, which allows donations to our organization to be tax deductible. Our members pay a small annual fee, but we primarily depend on grants, private donations, and small fundraising events throughout the year to provide the funding for our many programs and activities.
Our organization uses over 90% of all income solely for our programs, with less than 10% spent on administrative costs. With that in mind, in order to keep our overhead costs down, all of our board members and our executive director work on a volunteer basis. We also have a large need for volunteers to complete various tasks, from office work, driving, reading mail, helping with getting large mailings ready to send, and soliciting donations to assist with setting-up, running, and taking down of activities.
Ways to give to the Utah Council of the Blind
Smith's Rewards
First, you must have a Smith's rewards card. If you do not have this card, ask for one at a checkout or service desk when you are at Smith's. For those of you who use your rewards cards to earn gasoline discounts, be aware that the Community Rewards do not affect those discounts at all. You will still be able to accumulate fuel points as before.
Second, you must have registered the card online. To do this, go to www.smithsfoodanddrug.com, follow the link to register and fill out the form with your email address, a password you create, your home store, etc.
To assign the UCB as your charitable organization:
- Sign in to your Smith's account
- Open the "My Account" page if it does not take you there automatically
- Look for "Community Rewards" near the end of the page, find "Edit" below it, and activate that
- On the search page that opens, below "Find your Organization" you can type either our number, which is "32989", or "Utah Council of the Blind"
- Tab to "Search" and activate that
- Go down to the results, find the checkbox in front of "Utah Council of the Blind", and press the spacebar
- Tab to "Enroll" and activate that
- You will be taken back to your "My Account" page where you can see that you have set "Utah Council of the Blind" as your selected organization.
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