Zions Bank has selected three Utah women to receive its 2012 Smart Women Grants.
The grants are given to recognize women in Utah who excel in categories such as small business start-up and expansion, community development, continuing education and teacher support, child and elderly care, health and human services and arts and culture.
Joan Dixon of Neighbor-2-Neighbor, Heather Fryxell of Movement Mentor Dance Therapy and Julee Smith of Your Community Connection were each given $3,000 during a recent ceremony.
The grant money will cover the cost of stipends for Neighbor-2-Neighbor representatives, who help foster a socially cohesive community. The grant for Movement Mentor Dance Therapy will help expand this free program to more students. And the grant for Your Community Connection will help provide resources such as bus tokens, educational assistance and training, and fees for accessing documents like social security cards and birth certificates, to help victims make the transition to independent, violence-free lives. KSL
