Service Spotlight: WHOlives
Over the past year, I have had the opportunity to partner with WHOlives and have become incredibly passionate about what they do. WHOlives provides drills to build clean water wells …
Service Spotlight: Volunteers of America Utah
Volunteers Of America Utah provides many services for individuals and families below the poverty line. From helping those who are homeless to get back into housing while also providing help …
Service Spotlight: Ronald McDonald House Charities
I had the pleasure to interview the Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) in Salt Lake City. Their motto is “keeping families close,” which is very important during these tiresome and …
My Miss America Journey
I am still in complete shock and awe that I had the fabulous opportunity to represent my beloved state at the Miss America Competition — something I have been working …
Service Spotlight: The Gem Foundation
The Gem Foundation creates a caring and loving environment for orphaned children with special needs and disabilities in Uganda, Africa. They currently service 40 children who have been orphaned, abandoned …
Fox 13’s The Place: Miss Utah 2019 shares her life-changing experience in Uganda
As part of Dexonna Talbot’s social impact initiative for being Miss Utah 2019, she partnered with the local non-profit WHOlives to bring clean water to other countries. She just returned from a …
Spanish Fork 17: Studio Chatter, WHOlives and Miss America Competition
Dexonna sat down with the ladies of Studio Chatter to go into depth about her trip to Uganda with WHOlives. She also touched on her departure for the 2020 Miss …
Traveling to Uganda with the WHOlives Foundation
I recently returned from a humanitarian trip to Uganda, Africa with my partner WHOlives. They are a non-profit organization committed to bringing clean water to developing communities in a self-sustainable …
Service Spotlight: Kids Who Count
Kids Who Count (KWC) is a program for pre-K students with developmental disadvantages. It is a non-profit organization whose mission is empowering to “optimize the developmental potential of their young …
KSL: Group Helps Terminally Ill Man Fulfill Final Wishes
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — A small group gathered at Raw Tin Garage Thursday to help fulfill a terminally ill Utah man’s final wishes. The group was there to create a special …