Matt Minkevitch, executive director of The Road Home, was optimistic in a recent interview about the progress of the homeless shelter’s annual holiday fundraiser.
Donations amassed during the two-day telethon, he said, are critical to keeping The Road Home running smoothly through the end of June, when its fiscal year turns over.
“It’s not superstition,” Minkevitch said, “but I don’t count until we’re done.”
The looming summer months have additional weight this year, because The Road Home will relocate sometime in June or July to a new location. It will be one of three new homeless resource centers scheduled to open next year in Salt Lake County after years of planning, debate and occasional missteps by the various government agencies and private organizations that serve Utah’s indigent population.