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The Salt Lake Tribune would like your help to provide warm clothing and blankets for homeless teens this holiday season.
Tribune staffers will accept donations from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday and again on Dec. 16 at the nonprofit Volunteers of America Youth Resource Center, which opened in June. The center provides services and overnight shelter to homeless people ages 15 to 22 at 888 S. 400 West in Salt Lake City.
The Tribune is offering raffle tickets that can be entered into drawings for one of four prizes: a signed Pat Bagley print, a screening party with Tribune TV critic Scott Pierce to see a show before it airs for the general public, lunch with columnist Robert Kirby or a behind-the-scenes Utah Jazz experience, including a spot at the postgame news conference.
Find details about the prizes and other times you can deliver donations at sltrib.com/holidaycharity.
Donations are tax deductible. The center's greatest needs include:
• Cash donations and $5 gift cards for fast food restaurants and grocery stores.
• Coats, jackets and rain ponchos; gloves; winter socks and boots; hand warmers and thermals.
• Men's jeans, sizes 32, 34, 36.
• Sleeping bags, tents and tarps.
• Meals that can be eaten from a can (such as chili) and granola bars.
• Baby diapers (Sizes 5 and 6) and baby wipes.
• Bike-tire repair kits.
• Bus tokens.