South Salt Lake Journal Features The John Taylor House
The South Salt Lake Journal featured The John Taylor House in its April 24, 2008, issue. They graciously placed a teaser at the bottom of page one, and the entire article appeared on page three! They also used a rather large picture of the house. Click Here to view a PDF of the issue. We thank the South Salt Lake Journal for this much-needed exposure.
The Salt Lake Tribune and South Salt Lake Journal
to Feature The John Taylor House in May! The Salt Lake Tribune will feature an extensive article about The John Taylor House on Friday, May 9. The South Salt Lake Journal will also feature us in their May 2008 issue.
Holiday 2007 Fundraising Plea
The Tuesday after Thanksgiving we mailed out the following letter to approximately 550 nonprofit foundations and families and friends of our residents and staff:
During this Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday season, we would like to ask you to remember The John Taylor House as you consider holiday donations-in-kind and financial contributions.
The John Taylor House, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, works hand-in-hand with Valley Mental Health, Adult Probation & Parole, and the Veterans Administration to provide viable housing options for mental health patients, probationers and parolees, and veterans. We provide three meals daily, free access to laundry equipment and supplies, 24-hour on-site management and supervision, and more. We have a reduced rent program, and we offer a weekly life improvement class attended by most of our residents.
Many of the men who call The John Taylor House home have had family and friends give up on them. Without us, they could easily have found themselves living at the Road Home or the Rescue Mission … or worse.
Like you, The John Taylor House relies on tax-deductible contributions. Unfortunately, we are totally unable to mount fundraising campaigns, through the year or during the holidays, unlike other nonprofits with almost household names such as United Way, Utah Food Bank, Salt Lake City Mission, or Rescue Mission of Salt Lake. We don’t have deep pockets to fund advertising campaigns like those organizations, which is why we’re contacting you.
This year The John Taylor House has housed more men month in and month out than we have any year in our history. Yes, that meant more rental income, but it also meant significantly increased operating costs such as utility bills, food needs not met by the Utah Food Bank, and maintenance.
Frankly, our financial resources have been stretched to the breaking point over the past several months. We desperately need your help for operating expenses, a new HVAC system to replace our outdated and inefficient furnaces and swamp coolers, paint, flooring, and more to improve the living environment within our 116 year old building.
We would welcome the opportunity to show you our home and why we need your help. If you would like to take a tour, please contact:
Lon Scow, Managing Trustee
John Taylor House II Inc.
(801) 322-4830 or (801) 560-1476
If you can find it in your heart to contribute to the valuable community resource that is The John Taylor House, please make your check payable to John Taylor House II Inc. and mail it to:
John Taylor House II Inc.
Post Office Box 526182
Salt Lake City, Utah 84152-6182
We thank you in advance for your consideration and compassion. May the spirit of this holiday season be with you and yours now and throughout the new year.
As of January 4, 2008, we've received five donations as a result of the above letter. See the Donors page for information about those donations.
Thanks to these donations, we have made major repairs to our primary furnace, which heats the first floor and basement. We are also about to replace the decades-old furnace on our third floor, which heats the upper two floors of our almost 117-year old building. Additional work will be done thanks to these donations, and we'll be noting those projects here.
Online Pictorial Tour Now Available
Our online pictorial tour of The John Taylor House has been uploaded. Take a look at our Tour page and see for yourself what The John Taylor House is like inside and out.
A Killer Homemade Baked Beans Recipe
Last year the mother of Managing Trustee Lon Scow gave The John Taylor House her special recipe for homemade baked beans. It has become such a special occasion hit with our residents and staff that we thought we'd share it with you:
Mix thoroughly. Bake uncovered in a preheated 300 degree oven for approximately 2 1/2 hours. Cool to room temperature, then refrigerate overnight.
Reheat in a preheated 300 degree oven for approximately 2 hours. Let stand at least 30 minutes before serving so it can thicken up.
Hint: For a single family, divide the above ingredients by 6.
If you use and enjoy the above recipe, please take a moment to let us know. We'd love to hear from you!
Download Our Latest Newsletter
Our first newsletter in seven years was mailed on April 24, 2007. We mailed out 5,125 newsletters to past donors, LDS Church and public officials who would likely be interested, families members and case workers of our residents, and others known to be sympathetic to nonprofits and their financial struggles enough to make tax-deductible in-kind and monetary contributions.
Feel free to download your own copy of the Spring 2007 newsletter here:
Get a Free eBook That Could Change Your LifeThe John Taylor House has obtained limited redistribution rights for a 114-page eBook entitled The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace D. Wattles. This book has changed lives, as evidenced by the following statements:
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Online Donating Now Available The John Taylor House has arranged to accept donations online through Network For Good, one of the most trusted online donation processing nonprofit companies. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, all donations we receive are tax-deductible. To donate using Network For Good's safe and secure donation page, just click on the Donate Now button in the left-hand column of any page throughout this web site.
The John Taylor House Featured in the Deseret News The John Taylor House is featured in the May 12, 2005, issue of the Deseret News. Read the entire article here.
The John Taylor House Spotlighted in South Salt Lake Journal The John Taylor House is featured on page 14 of the May 2005 issue of the South Salt Lake Journal. The article does contain one factual error, however. Men enrolled in our Work / Success Study Program do household chores amounting to 20 hours monthly, not weekly as stated in the article. Click Here to view a PDF of the issue.
The John Taylor House released the following press release in an attempt to gain local media coverage of our facility, our clients, and the ways we benefit the community:
Nonprofit Boarding Home in Historic
Salt Lake Structure Seeks Public Affairs Publicity
Salt Lake City, Utah – We would like to bring to your attention The John Taylor House, a nonprofit boarding home for men located near Sugarhouse, and ask for your consideration in featuring our facility in a magazine or newspaper article, or for an on-air interview for radio or television in the interest of community affairs.
At The John Taylor House, we provide a housing option for mental health patients, corrections referrals, and veterans. We offer an environment perfect for short-term stays or long-term residency for such men. As a full-service boarding home, we provide three meals daily, free and open access to laundry equipment and supplies, cable television, and more in private and semi-private rooms. The John Taylor House resides in the historic John W. Taylor home, built in 1891, located on the northeast corner of 2700 South and 700 East directly behind Flower Patch.
We also offer an alternative to antidepressant pharmaceuticals for mental health, and we need sponsors to help individuals so they can afford various foods and nutritional products to make the change. The John Taylor House is in the process of developing a new Board of Advisors to supervise this much needed effort, which will operate in conjunction with a participant’s physician. This board will develop and oversee a new program for men using antidepressants who want off them utilizing a variety of health- and healing-centered modalities such as essential oils, a specialized regimen of vitamins, and more.
As a nonprofit organization, all donations received are tax-deductible. The problem we have is that not many people know we’re here, let alone what services we provide the community … and that we could use their financial assistance. We haven’t received any financial contributions in several months. That, combined with the fact that at this writing only 14 of our 25 beds are filled with rent-paying residents, makes our financial situation tenuous at best. Rental income does not meet expenses, so our managing trustee has spent much of his personal finances to help The John Taylor House pay its bills. This sort of arrangement cannot continue indefinitely, which is why we’re reaching out to the community.
We are actively seeking ways of 1) bringing in more residents by making more case workers at Valley Mental Health, the Utah Department of Corrections (especially Adult Probation & Parole), and the Veterans Administration aware of The John Taylor House, 2) making more people in our community aware of The John Taylor House, what we do, and who we help, and 3) generating financial contributions to help us pay utility bills, food costs (fresh fruits, vegetables, dairy products, poultry, beef, pork, and health supplements), and maintenance. Other projects we desperately need to accomplish include a new heating system, a new roof, other building repairs, purchasing several vacuum cleaners, and more.
Please consider featuring The John Taylor House. Our managing trustee, Lon Scow, and his wife, Peggy Hepsak, who is very active in supervising the work we do, would be eager to sit down with you for an interview to make us known to your audience or readership. If you would like to feature The John Taylor House, please contact Lon or Peggy directly at (801) 322-4830 or (801) 560-1476.
For more information about The John Taylor House, please see our web site at JohnTaylorHouse.org.
