It’s Ways to Help Wednesday! This week, we’re highlighting one of the many ways you can make a meaningful difference for Ogden students and families: support our Student Support Centers.
Located at Ben Lomond High, Ogden High, Ogden Technical High School, and Odyssey Elementary, these centers provide students and families experiencing housing insecurity with access to food, clothing, showers, laundry facilities, school supplies, technology, and connections to other community resources, all in a welcoming space designed to preserve dignity and help students succeed.
With an estimated 1 in 10 Ogden School District students experiencing homelessness each year, these resources matter. And there are lots of ways you can help! Donations of money and needed supplies help us keep our centers stocked and ready to support students and families when they need it most.
Learn more about our Student Support Centers, see current needs, and find ways to give at ogdenschoolfoundation.org/supportcenters.
Located at Ben Lomond High, Ogden High, Ogden Technical High School, and Odyssey Elementary, these centers provide students and families experiencing housing insecurity with access to food, clothing, showers, laundry facilities, school supplies, technology, and connections to other community resources, all in a welcoming space designed to preserve dignity and help students succeed.
With an estimated 1 in 10 Ogden School District students experiencing homelessness each year, these resources matter. And there are lots of ways you can help! Donations of money and needed supplies help us keep our centers stocked and ready to support students and families when they need it most.
Learn more about our Student Support Centers, see current needs, and find ways to give at ogdenschoolfoundation.org/supportcenters.
We officially kicked off the new school year with our annual Ogden School Foundation board training today!
Foundation board members heard an in-depth State of the District from Superintendent Luke Rasmussen, learned more about Foundation programs, responsibilities, and priorities for the year ahead, and spent time connecting around the important work we’ll be doing together to support Ogden students and educators.
The Ogden School Foundation is governed by a dedicated volunteer board of business and community leaders who generously give their time, expertise, and support on behalf of our schools. We’re grateful for their commitment, energized by what’s ahead, and ready for another great year of working together for Ogden students!
Foundation board members heard an in-depth State of the District from Superintendent Luke Rasmussen, learned more about Foundation programs, responsibilities, and priorities for the year ahead, and spent time connecting around the important work we’ll be doing together to support Ogden students and educators.
The Ogden School Foundation is governed by a dedicated volunteer board of business and community leaders who generously give their time, expertise, and support on behalf of our schools. We’re grateful for their commitment, energized by what’s ahead, and ready for another great year of working together for Ogden students!
Ways to Help Wednesday 💙
The new school year starts this week, and behind every first day are a whole lot of amazing people working hard to make it a great one for our students! So this week's way to help is simple: start the year with a little kindness. 💙
Send a quick note, email, or message to a teacher, administrator, secretary, paraeducator, custodian, bus driver, child nutrition staff member, or another school employee and let them know you appreciate what they do. A few kind words only take a minute, but they can mean a whole lot, especially during these busy first weeks of school.
Know an incredible school employee? Tag them in the comments and tell them why they're amazing! Let's start this school year by making sure the people who take care of our kids know we're cheering them on.
The new school year starts this week, and behind every first day are a whole lot of amazing people working hard to make it a great one for our students! So this week's way to help is simple: start the year with a little kindness. 💙
Send a quick note, email, or message to a teacher, administrator, secretary, paraeducator, custodian, bus driver, child nutrition staff member, or another school employee and let them know you appreciate what they do. A few kind words only take a minute, but they can mean a whole lot, especially during these busy first weeks of school.
Know an incredible school employee? Tag them in the comments and tell them why they're amazing! Let's start this school year by making sure the people who take care of our kids know we're cheering them on.
Ways to Help Wednesday
As our educators get ready to welcome students back for a new school year, they're busy preparing hands-on lessons, creative projects, and meaningful learning experiences. You can help bring those ideas to life!
This week's Ways to Help Wednesday is all about supporting our Classroom Grants Program. Every donation helps provide the supplies, materials, and experiences that help our students succeed.
Want to see exactly what our educators need? You can see the full list of current teacher requests at ogdenschoolfoundation.org/helpaclassroom
Every gift, big or small, helps create amazing opportunities for students. Thank you for supporting our schools!
As our educators get ready to welcome students back for a new school year, they're busy preparing hands-on lessons, creative projects, and meaningful learning experiences. You can help bring those ideas to life!
This week's Ways to Help Wednesday is all about supporting our Classroom Grants Program. Every donation helps provide the supplies, materials, and experiences that help our students succeed.
Want to see exactly what our educators need? You can see the full list of current teacher requests at ogdenschoolfoundation.org/helpaclassroom
Every gift, big or small, helps create amazing opportunities for students. Thank you for supporting our schools!
Heading to Lindquist Field for an Ogden Raptors game this week? ⚾️ Be sure to swing by the merchandise store and check out these limited-edition hats designed by students at Shadow Valley Elementary! These hats are seriously cool!
And what’s even better? A portion of every hat sold will be donated to the Ogden School Foundation to support students throughout the Ogden School District. Amazing! Grab yours while they last, or order online here: https://www.ogdenraptors.com
And what’s even better? A portion of every hat sold will be donated to the Ogden School Foundation to support students throughout the Ogden School District. Amazing! Grab yours while they last, or order online here: https://www.ogdenraptors.com
Well, THIS was a fun delivery!
A huge thank you to our new friends at Wasatch Soccer Club for showing up with an incredible assortment of Adidas sweatshirts, hoodies, T-shirts, shorts, socks, and more for Ogden School District students! These items will be distributed to students throughout the district. And thanks also to our friends at America First Credit Union for helping Wasatch Soccer Club find us and making this awesome connection happen. We love when good people connect us with more good people! 💙
Thank you, Wasatch Soccer Club, for supporting our students! We can’t wait to get all of this great gear into their hands!
A huge thank you to our new friends at Wasatch Soccer Club for showing up with an incredible assortment of Adidas sweatshirts, hoodies, T-shirts, shorts, socks, and more for Ogden School District students! These items will be distributed to students throughout the district. And thanks also to our friends at America First Credit Union for helping Wasatch Soccer Club find us and making this awesome connection happen. We love when good people connect us with more good people! 💙
Thank you, Wasatch Soccer Club, for supporting our students! We can’t wait to get all of this great gear into their hands!
We said goodbye to our summer intern, Anne, this week! We’ve loved having her on our team over the past few months and will miss her positive attitude and willingness to jump into any assignment we sent her way. We’re so excited to see what’s next as she heads back to Utah State University for her senior year. Thanks for everything, Anne! We’ll miss you!
Ways to Help Wednesday 📚💙
Sometimes the simplest things make the biggest difference.
Spending just 20 minutes a day reading with a child helps build vocabulary, strengthens language skills, sparks imagination, and creates a lifelong love of learning. But maybe even more importantly, reading together strengthens relationships and teaches children that books aren't just about school, they're something to be enjoyed.
So pick up a book or two and settle in with a kiddo in your life this week. Those 20 minutes today just might help shape a lifetime of success.
Sometimes the simplest things make the biggest difference.
Spending just 20 minutes a day reading with a child helps build vocabulary, strengthens language skills, sparks imagination, and creates a lifelong love of learning. But maybe even more importantly, reading together strengthens relationships and teaches children that books aren't just about school, they're something to be enjoyed.
So pick up a book or two and settle in with a kiddo in your life this week. Those 20 minutes today just might help shape a lifetime of success.
Have you got a story to tell? We want to hear it!
As part of our 2026 Fall Author Event featuring award-winning author Ann Patchett, we're inviting all Ogden School District students entering grades 10-12 to participate in our annual Student Writing Contest!
This year's theme, "These Precious Days," challenges students to reflect on a disappointment, failure, or unexpected obstacle that changed the way they saw the world and helped shape the person they are becoming.
Ten winning writers will be recognized at our Fall Author Event in October, meet Ann Patchett personally, and receive a $100 prize.
We can't wait to read your stories!
Full contest details can be found here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vkr1aGM4GpPL-d2wqUio9ZoX0ymjotU3v0f2nD9X0pQ/edit?usp=sharing
Ways to Help Wednesday 💙
One of the greatest gifts you can give a child is a love of reading.
Research consistently shows that early literacy builds vocabulary, strengthens language skills, supports school readiness, and lays the foundation for lifelong learning. Just as importantly, reading together helps strengthen the bond between children and the adults who love them.
That's why we're so excited to be partnering with Operation Literacy to bring Dolly Parton's Imagination Library to every eligible child in Weber County. Through this incredible program, children from birth to age five receive a FREE, high-quality book in the mail every month, helping them build a home library one story at a time.
You can help make that possible! Every donation puts more books into the hands of young readers throughout Weber County.
➡️ Visit ogdenschoolfoundation.org/give
➡️ Select "Dolly Parton's Imagination Library" from the dropdown menu
Thank you for helping us inspire a lifelong love of reading and build brighter futures, one book at a time!
One of the greatest gifts you can give a child is a love of reading.
Research consistently shows that early literacy builds vocabulary, strengthens language skills, supports school readiness, and lays the foundation for lifelong learning. Just as importantly, reading together helps strengthen the bond between children and the adults who love them.
That's why we're so excited to be partnering with Operation Literacy to bring Dolly Parton's Imagination Library to every eligible child in Weber County. Through this incredible program, children from birth to age five receive a FREE, high-quality book in the mail every month, helping them build a home library one story at a time.
You can help make that possible! Every donation puts more books into the hands of young readers throughout Weber County.
➡️ Visit ogdenschoolfoundation.org/give
➡️ Select "Dolly Parton's Imagination Library" from the dropdown menu
Thank you for helping us inspire a lifelong love of reading and build brighter futures, one book at a time!
Fore! The Ogden School Foundation is thrilled to be one of the charities selected to benefit from the very first Utah Guild Mortgage Guild for Good Golf Invitational on August 24!
It’s going to be a great day of golf, community, and giving back, and we would love to have you join the fun.
It’s going to be a great day of golf, community, and giving back, and we would love to have you join the fun.
Ways to Help Wednesday 💙
This week, we're looking for adult-sized backpacks to help ensure our secondary students have what they need for a successful start to the school year.
Many junior high and high school students need larger backpacks that can hold binders, laptops, and other school supplies. New, sturdy backpacks in neutral colors are especially appreciated.
Need ideas? Here are a couple of great examples:
🎒 https://a.co/d/0935IMeB
🎒 https://a.co/d/08yU3CWY
If you'd like to donate, you can drop backpacks off at the Ogden School Foundation Office (1950 Monroe Blvd., Building 1) during normal business hours. Questions? Contact us at ogdenschoolfoundation@ogdensd.org or 801-737-7307.
Thank you for helping remove barriers and making sure every student is ready for a successful school year!
This week, we're looking for adult-sized backpacks to help ensure our secondary students have what they need for a successful start to the school year.
Many junior high and high school students need larger backpacks that can hold binders, laptops, and other school supplies. New, sturdy backpacks in neutral colors are especially appreciated.
Need ideas? Here are a couple of great examples:
🎒 https://a.co/d/0935IMeB
🎒 https://a.co/d/08yU3CWY
If you'd like to donate, you can drop backpacks off at the Ogden School Foundation Office (1950 Monroe Blvd., Building 1) during normal business hours. Questions? Contact us at ogdenschoolfoundation@ogdensd.org or 801-737-7307.
Thank you for helping remove barriers and making sure every student is ready for a successful school year!
Howdy! The Ogden School Foundation and Weber School Foundation had so much fun last night joining our friends at Operation Literacy during the Ogden Pioneer Days Rodeo to put FREE books into the hands of kids. There is nothing quite like watching excited young readers pick out a book to take home and call their very own!
We know that having books at home helps build strong readers, sparks imagination, and creates a lifelong love of learning. That's why we're so excited to be teaming up with incredible community partners to bring Dolly Parton's Imagination Library to Weber County, helping even MORE young children build their own home libraries and supporting early literacy across our community.
We'll be sharing more information soon about how you can get involved, but in the meantime, if you'd like to help put more books into the hands of children in our community, you can make a donation here: https://www.ogdenpioneerdays.com/dolly-partons-imagination-library-donations/
We know that having books at home helps build strong readers, sparks imagination, and creates a lifelong love of learning. That's why we're so excited to be teaming up with incredible community partners to bring Dolly Parton's Imagination Library to Weber County, helping even MORE young children build their own home libraries and supporting early literacy across our community.
We'll be sharing more information soon about how you can get involved, but in the meantime, if you'd like to help put more books into the hands of children in our community, you can make a donation here: https://www.ogdenpioneerdays.com/dolly-partons-imagination-library-donations/
Up to 10% of Ogden School District students experience housing insecurity each year. Thanks to our incredible donors, our Student Support Centers are there to help. This school year alone, these spaces have been utilized more than 12,500 times, a significant increase that highlights both the growing need and the importance of having these resources available. We are so grateful for the community that makes this support possible. ❤️
Learn more at ogdenschoolfoundation.org/supportcenters.
Learn more at ogdenschoolfoundation.org/supportcenters.
We're still 11 weeks away from our Fall Author Event (who's counting, though?!), but our Decorating Committee is already hard at work! If you've ever attended one of our Fall Author Events, you know this group does not mess around. Every year, they dedicate hundreds of volunteer hours to transforming the Conference Center, and we're always amazed by what they're able to create. We can't wait to see it all come together as we welcome Ann Patchett on October 1!
It's time for another Ways to Help Wednesday! 💙
This week, we're looking for reusable shopping bags to support Catholic Community Services of Northern Utah's Bridging the Gap program. Each week, the program provides students at select elementary schools with healthy, easy-to-prepare meals and snacks to take home over the weekend, helping ensure that children have access to food even when school is not in session. Donated reusable shopping bags are used to pack and distribute this food to our students.
If you can help, please contact Durrell at dannis@ccsutah.org or reach out to our office at ogdenschoolfoundation@ogdensd.org.
This week, we're looking for reusable shopping bags to support Catholic Community Services of Northern Utah's Bridging the Gap program. Each week, the program provides students at select elementary schools with healthy, easy-to-prepare meals and snacks to take home over the weekend, helping ensure that children have access to food even when school is not in session. Donated reusable shopping bags are used to pack and distribute this food to our students.
If you can help, please contact Durrell at dannis@ccsutah.org or reach out to our office at ogdenschoolfoundation@ogdensd.org.
Do you like kids? Do you like baseball? Do you like kids AND baseball? Then you definitely want to be part of our Raptors Night Event!
We're currently looking for sponsors for this year's event on Friday, September 4! Not only is it one of our favorite community traditions, but every dollar raised through event sponsorships goes directly into our Classroom Grants Program, helping provide teachers with the resources they need to create incredible learning opportunities for students. What a great way to kick off the new school year!
Visit ogdenschoolfoundation.org/raptors to learn more about our sponsorship opportunities and benefits. We'd love to add you to our team!
We're currently looking for sponsors for this year's event on Friday, September 4! Not only is it one of our favorite community traditions, but every dollar raised through event sponsorships goes directly into our Classroom Grants Program, helping provide teachers with the resources they need to create incredible learning opportunities for students. What a great way to kick off the new school year!
Visit ogdenschoolfoundation.org/raptors to learn more about our sponsorship opportunities and benefits. We'd love to add you to our team!
It's Ways to Help Wednesday! 💙
This week's way to help couldn't be easier: like, comment on, or share one of our social media posts.
Every time you engage with our content, it helps more people see the incredible things happening in the Ogden School District and introduces more of our community to the work of the Ogden School Foundation. That means more opportunities to celebrate our students and educators, connect with new supporters, and strengthen the partnerships that make so many amazing things possible.
It only takes a few seconds, but it can make a big difference. Thanks for helping us spread the word and support our schools, one post at a time!
This week's way to help couldn't be easier: like, comment on, or share one of our social media posts.
Every time you engage with our content, it helps more people see the incredible things happening in the Ogden School District and introduces more of our community to the work of the Ogden School Foundation. That means more opportunities to celebrate our students and educators, connect with new supporters, and strengthen the partnerships that make so many amazing things possible.
It only takes a few seconds, but it can make a big difference. Thanks for helping us spread the word and support our schools, one post at a time!
We've got another amazing number to share with you today: 17,300. Over 17,300 items were distributed to students and families across our district just this school year alone.
The MarketStar Student Resource Center helps provide Ogden School District students and families with essential items like clothing, hygiene products, school supplies, and other basic necessities when they need them most. Thank you to our generous donors, volunteers, and community partners for making this possible. Together, we're helping remove barriers so every student has the opportunity to learn, grow, and succeed.
Learn more about the MSRC at ogdenschoolfoundation.org/msrc
The MarketStar Student Resource Center helps provide Ogden School District students and families with essential items like clothing, hygiene products, school supplies, and other basic necessities when they need them most. Thank you to our generous donors, volunteers, and community partners for making this possible. Together, we're helping remove barriers so every student has the opportunity to learn, grow, and succeed.
Learn more about the MSRC at ogdenschoolfoundation.org/msrc
💙 Welcome to our very first Ways to Help Wednesday! 💙
One of the things we love most about this community is how often people ask, “How can I help?” Starting today, every Wednesday we'll be sharing a simple way you can support students in the Ogden School District. Because when a community comes together on behalf of its children, incredible things happen.
This week's need is a simple one: magazines!
Our school social workers use magazines in a variety of student support activities, including vision boards, "glimmer" projects, self-reflection masks, and happy books. These creative activities help students identify moments of joy, safety, connection, and resilience while building confidence and strengthening emotional well-being.
📚 Have magazines you'd like to donate?
Drop them off at:
Ogden School District Office (1950 Monroe Blvd) – Building #2, Student Advocacy Services during normal business hours
Or contact:
Stephanie Hernandez
📧 hernandezst@ogdensd.org
Thank you for helping us create meaningful opportunities for students to learn, grow, and thrive. We can't wait to share more Ways to Help Wednesdays with you!
One of the things we love most about this community is how often people ask, “How can I help?” Starting today, every Wednesday we'll be sharing a simple way you can support students in the Ogden School District. Because when a community comes together on behalf of its children, incredible things happen.
This week's need is a simple one: magazines!
Our school social workers use magazines in a variety of student support activities, including vision boards, "glimmer" projects, self-reflection masks, and happy books. These creative activities help students identify moments of joy, safety, connection, and resilience while building confidence and strengthening emotional well-being.
📚 Have magazines you'd like to donate?
Drop them off at:
Ogden School District Office (1950 Monroe Blvd) – Building #2, Student Advocacy Services during normal business hours
Or contact:
Stephanie Hernandez
📧 hernandezst@ogdensd.org
Thank you for helping us create meaningful opportunities for students to learn, grow, and thrive. We can't wait to share more Ways to Help Wednesdays with you!
