PAVING THE WAY TO A Brighter Future UAPA TEAMS UP WITH THE RESCUE MISSION OF SALT LAKE TO HELP OUR HOMELESS FRIENDS On August 16, UAPA held their 12th Annual Golf Classic tournament at Soldier Hollow Golf Course. Each year at this event, UAPA raises money for their scholarship program and for charity. This year’s president, Bup Minardi, chose to support The Rescue Mission of Salt Lake, a faith-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization serving the homeless population in Utah. UAPA members raised a total of $5,450 between the two sold-out golf courses to support this worthy cause. Bup has personally been involved with the Rescue Mission for about 15 years. He is very passionate about helping those in need find a way to get on a better road. “Homelessness is something that is often misunderstood in this state,” Bup said. “You have people who, yes, have made bad choices, and they are where they are. And in all reality, being homeless is probably the best place for them to be at that time because they need to hit a point where they say ‘enough is enough.’” He went on to share, “There are also many who are generational in homelessness. Their great-grandparents were homeless, as were their parents, and they, themselves, were born into homelessness, and they just don’t know another way. And still, others have been through a very major event, circumstance or hardship in their life that they had no control over, and it totally devastated them. Unfortunately, this causes too many to turn to drugs and/or alcohol, and they secretly pray to God they fall asleep and don't wake up, which in some cases they do.” This is a harsh reality that cannot be ignored. So, for us as an organization made up of multiple 10
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