Kids staying at this family homeless shelter facility now have a place to play

By: Katie McKellar

Outlets: Utah News Dispatch

Published: May 6, 2026

Words: 833

Last Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago

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South Salt Lake Mayor Cherie Wood and Laurie Hopkins, director of Shelter the Homeless, a nonprofit that owns several homeless shelter facilities in Utah, laughed as they both took a ride down the slides at a new playground installed behind an old Motel 6 that has been converted into a shelter facility for homeless families.

Wood, Hopkins and other leaders held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday for the new playground at the Family …

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