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'''Welfare Square''' is a complex in downtown [[Salt Lake City, Utah]] owned and operated by [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (LDS Church), to provide material assistance to poor and otherwise needy individuals and families. Welfare Square is part of the Church's [[History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints#Church welfare system|Church Welfare System]]. It includes a 178-foot, 300,000 bushel grain silo, fruit orchards, a milk-processing plant, a cannery, a bakery, a [[Deseret Industries]] thrift store, a private employment office, and the LDS Church's largest<ref>{{citation |url= http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/welfare-square-place-of-hope-for-the-needy |contribution= Welfare Square: Place of Hope for the Needy |title= News Story |work= Newsroom |publisher= LDS Church |date= 6 January 2010}}</ref> [[Bishop's storehouse]], as well as associated administrative offices.<ref name="Haws 1992">{{Citation |last= Haws |first= T. Glenn |contribution= Welfare Square |contribution-url= http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/EoM/id/4335 |pages= 1558-1559 |editor1-last= Ludlow |editor1-first= Daniel H |editor1-link= Daniel H. Ludlow |title= [[Encyclopedia of Mormonism]] |location= New York |publisher= [[Macmillan Publishing]] |year= 1992 |isbn= 0-02-879602-0 |oclc= 24502140}}</ref>
'''Welfare Square''' is a complex in downtown [[Salt Lake City, Utah]] owned and operated by [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (LDS Church), to provide material assistance to poor and otherwise needy individuals and families. Welfare Square is part of the Church's [[History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints#Church welfare system|Church Welfare System]]. It includes a {{convert|178|ft|m|adj=on}} grain silo, fruit orchards, a milk-processing plant, a cannery, a bakery, a [[Deseret Industries]] thrift store, a private employment office, and the LDS Church's largest<ref>{{citation |url= https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/welfare-square-place-of-hope-for-the-needy |title= Welfare Square: Place of Hope for the Needy |type= News Story |work= Newsroom |publisher= LDS Church |date= 6 January 2010}}</ref> [[Bishop's storehouse]], as well as associated administrative offices.<ref name="Haws 1992">{{Citation |last= Haws |first= T. Glenn |title= Welfare Square |url= http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/EoM/id/4335 |pages= 1558–1559 |editor1-last= Ludlow |editor1-first= Daniel H |editor1-link= Daniel H. Ludlow |encyclopedia= [[Encyclopedia of Mormonism]] |location= New York |publisher= [[Macmillan Publishing]] |year= 1992 |isbn= 0-02-879602-0 |oclc= 24502140}}</ref>


Most of the assistance provided at Welfare Square goes to those who are members of the LDS Church. However, Welfare Square also has a homeless shelter that is open to all, regardless of religious belief. Between sixty and eighty homeless people are helped daily.<ref>{{citation |url= http://ldschristian.org/2011/01/humanitarian-center-and-welfare-square/ |contribution= Humanitarian Center and Welfare Square |date= 30 January 2011 |author= "Heather" |title= Latter-day Saint Christian |format= blog |work= ldschristian.org |archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20110204013713/http://ldschristian.org/2011/01/humanitarian-center-and-welfare-square/ |archivedate= 2011-02-04 }}{{rs}}</ref>


Welfare Square provides regular employment for around fifty people, in addition to the two hundred rotating volunteers needed to provide its services and run its operations. [[Fast offerings]] from local LDS congregations fund its operations.<ref name="Haws 1992" />
Welfare Square provides regular employment for approximately 50 people, in addition to the 200 rotating volunteers needed to provide its services and run its operations. [[Fast offerings]] from local LDS congregations fund its operations.<ref name="Haws 1992" />


==History==
==History==
Welfare Square was created in 1938,<ref name="Haws 1992" /> under the direction of the Church's General Welfare Committee, which itself had been formed just two years earlier.<ref>{{citation |url= http://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/events/economic_opportunity_road_tour_welfare_square |contribution= Economic Opportunity: Welfare Square, Salt Lake City, November 30 - December 01, 2011 |title= Events |publisher= [[Philanthropy Roundtable]] |work= philanthropyroundtable.org }}</ref>
Welfare Square was created in 1938,<ref name="Haws 1992" /> under the direction of the Church's General Welfare Committee, which itself had been formed just two years earlier.<ref>{{citation |url= http://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/events/economic_opportunity_road_tour_welfare_square |title= Economic Opportunity: Welfare Square, Salt Lake City, November 30 - December 01, 2011 |publisher= [[Philanthropy Roundtable]] |work= philanthropyroundtable.org }}</ref> Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, as the United States was experiencing the [[Great Depression]] Welfare Square became the flagship of the Church's Welfare Program.


A four-year renovation started in the late 1990s, and was completed in 2001. The 1940 granary building was the only structure on the site that was not significantly refurbished or newly built at that time.<ref name="Moore 2001-09-06">{{citation |url= http://www.deseretnews.com/article/862499/Welfare-Square-work-completed.html?pg=all |title= Welfare Square work completed |first= Carrie A. |last= Moore |date= September 6, 2001 |newspaper= [[Deseret News]] }}</ref> The concrete grain elevator can hold {{convert|318000|USbsh|m3|adj=on}} of wheat (about 19 million pounds).<ref name="Wadley 2001-09-06">{{citation |url= http://www.deseretnews.com/article/862392/Priceless-commodities.html?pg=all |title= Welfare Square: Priceless commodities |first= Carma |last= Wadley |date= September 6, 2001 |newspaper= [[Deseret News]] }}</ref>
Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, as the United States was experiencing the [[Great Depression]] Welfare Square became the flagship of the Church's Welfare Program.

In 2011 the [[Utah State Legislature|Utah legislature]] passed, and the governor signed, a bill commemorating the founding of the LDS Church's Welfare System,<ref>{{citation |url= http://le.utah.gov/~2011S3/htmdoc/hbillhtm/HCR301.htm |title= H.C.R. 301: Concurrent Resolution Recognizing the 75th Anniversary of the Welfare System of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |work= LE.Utah.gov |publisher= [[Utah State Legislature]] }}</ref> of which Welfare Square is the centerpiece.<ref name="Wadley 2001-09-06"/>


==Values==
==Values==
As part of the LDS Church's larger Welfare Program, all aid received at Welfare Square is based on personal responsibility, thrift, and work; recipients of aid are asked to volunteer their time after receiving help.
As part of the LDS Church's larger Welfare Program, all aid received at Welfare Square is based on personal responsibility, thrift, and work; recipients of aid may be asked to volunteer their time after receiving help.<ref>{{citation |url= http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705373918/LDS-Church-Welfares-aims-and-purposes.html?pg=all |title= LDS Church Welfare's aims and purposes |first= Kristine |last= Frederickson |date= June 5, 2011 |newspaper= Deseret News }}</ref><ref name="Collins 2011-04-08">{{citation |url= http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700125412/Self-reliance-at-heart-of-LDS-Church-and-other-helping-programs.html?pg=all |title= Self-reliance at heart of LDS Church and other helping programs |first= Lois M. |last= Collins |newspaper= Deseret News |date= April 8, 2011}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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* [[LDS Humanitarian Services]]
* [[LDS Humanitarian Services]]


==References==
==Notes==
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==References==
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* {{citation |url= https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/news-releases-stories/church-welfare-program-helps-people-help-themselves-during-tough-economic-times |title= Church Welfare Program Helps People Help Themselves During Tough Economic Times |type= News Story |work= Newsroom |publisher= LDS Church |date= 17 September 2008 }}
* {{citation |url= http://www.deseretnews.com/article/595077938/UN-food-official-tours-lauds-Welfare-Square.html?pg=all |title= U.N. food official tours, lauds Welfare Square |first= Lynn |last= Arave |date= July 19, 2004 |newspaper= [[Deseret News]] }}
* {{cite news |url= http://www.nbcnews.com/id/28392743/ns/us_news-faith/t/mormons-prepared-hard-times/ |title= Mormons prepared for hard times |first= Jennifer |last= Dobner |date= December 26, 2008 |department= Faith on NBCNEWS.com |publisher= [[NBC News]] |agency= [[Associated Press|AP]] |work= nbcnews.com }} (also: [http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_wires/2008Dec26/0,4675,MormonWelfare,00.html Fox News] & [http://archive.sltrib.com/printfriendly.php?id=11313183&itype=ngpsid Salt Lake Tribune])
* {{citation |url= http://rockcenter.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/22/13400307-mormons-stash-away-for-social-safety-net?lite |title= Mormons stash away for social safety net |first= Mary |last= Kozelka |date= August 22, 2012 |work= [[Rock Center]] |publisher= [[NBC News]] }}
* {{citation |url= http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700203301/Philanthropists-eye-LDS-model-of-self-reliance.html?pg=all |title= Philanthropists eye LDS model of self-reliance |first= Elizabeth |last= Stuart |date= December 1, 2011 |newspaper= Deseret News }}


==Further reading==
==Further reading==
* {{citation |url= http://preparedldsfamily.blogspot.com/2013/02/my-tour-of-salt-lake-city-lds-welfare.html |title= My Tour of Salt Lake City LDS Welfare Square |date=February 2013 |first= Valerie |last= Albrechtsen |work= PreparedLDSFamily.blogspot.com }}
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* {{citation |url= http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/news-releases-stories/church-welfare-program-helps-people-help-themselves-during-tough-economic-times |contribution= Church Welfare Program Helps People Help Themselves During Tough Economic Times |title= News Story |work= Newsroom |publisher= LDS Church |date= 17 September 2008 }}
* {{citation |url= http://facinghungerinamerica.blogspot.com/2012/05/fostering-self-reliance.html |title= Fostering Self-Reliance |format= blog |first= Carolyn |last= Pesheck |first2= Betsy |last2= Comstock |date= May 13, 2012 |work= facinghungerinamerica.blogspot.com }}
* {{citation |url= http://facinghungerinamerica.blogspot.com/2012/05/fostering-self-reliance.html |title= Fostering Self-Reliance |first1= Carolyn |last1= Pesheck |first2= Betsy |last2= Comstock |date= May 13, 2012 |work= facinghungerinamerica.blogspot.com }}


==External links==
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHOl9QwHsDc] - youtube
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHOl9QwHsDc - YouTube


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Welfare Square grain silo

Welfare Square is a complex in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah owned and operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), to provide material assistance to poor and otherwise needy individuals and families. Welfare Square is part of the Church's Church Welfare System. It includes a 178-foot (54 m) grain silo, fruit orchards, a milk-processing plant, a cannery, a bakery, a Deseret Industries thrift store, a private employment office, and the LDS Church's largest[1] Bishop's storehouse, as well as associated administrative offices.[2]


Welfare Square provides regular employment for approximately 50 people, in addition to the 200 rotating volunteers needed to provide its services and run its operations. Fast offerings from local LDS congregations fund its operations.[2]

History

Welfare Square was created in 1938,[2] under the direction of the Church's General Welfare Committee, which itself had been formed just two years earlier.[3] Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, as the United States was experiencing the Great Depression Welfare Square became the flagship of the Church's Welfare Program.

A four-year renovation started in the late 1990s, and was completed in 2001. The 1940 granary building was the only structure on the site that was not significantly refurbished or newly built at that time.[4] The concrete grain elevator can hold 318,000-US-bushel (11,200 m3) of wheat (about 19 million pounds).[5]

In 2011 the Utah legislature passed, and the governor signed, a bill commemorating the founding of the LDS Church's Welfare System,[6] of which Welfare Square is the centerpiece.[5]

Values

As part of the LDS Church's larger Welfare Program, all aid received at Welfare Square is based on personal responsibility, thrift, and work; recipients of aid may be asked to volunteer their time after receiving help.[7][8]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Welfare Square: Place of Hope for the Needy", Newsroom (News Story), LDS Church, 6 January 2010
  2. ^ a b c Haws, T. Glenn (1992), "Welfare Square", in Ludlow, Daniel H (ed.), Encyclopedia of Mormonism, New York: Macmillan Publishing, pp. 1558–1559, ISBN 0-02-879602-0, OCLC 24502140
  3. ^ "Economic Opportunity: Welfare Square, Salt Lake City, November 30 - December 01, 2011", philanthropyroundtable.org, Philanthropy Roundtable
  4. ^ Moore, Carrie A. (September 6, 2001), "Welfare Square work completed", Deseret News
  5. ^ a b Wadley, Carma (September 6, 2001), "Welfare Square: Priceless commodities", Deseret News
  6. ^ "H.C.R. 301: Concurrent Resolution Recognizing the 75th Anniversary of the Welfare System of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints", LE.Utah.gov, Utah State Legislature
  7. ^ Frederickson, Kristine (June 5, 2011), "LDS Church Welfare's aims and purposes", Deseret News
  8. ^ Collins, Lois M. (April 8, 2011), "Self-reliance at heart of LDS Church and other helping programs", Deseret News

References

Further reading

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