2025-02-18T13:05:01Z 2025-01-31 990EZ 2024-02-01 832392862 COLUMBUS ADULT EDUCATION CENTER COLU 8015123539 2411 E Quail Hollow Dr Sandy UT 84093 Sonia Henkel Exdcutive Director and Founder 8015123539 2025-02-17 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X COLUMBUSAEC.ORG X X 66859 66859 0 0 66859 45798 1500 47298 19561 19561 19119 3911 0 0 0 0 19119 3911 0 0 19119 3911 The Columbus Adult Education Center is honored to provide English services to adults so they may become self-reliant, productive citizens. Classes are free and are open to all religions, ethnicities, and nationalities. We Are a Faith Based Organization "Our mission is to empower individuals through English language education, self-reliance classes, and community-building initiatives. We strive to create a welcoming gathering place that fosters cultural exchange and understanding. By offering service opportunities, we aim to strengthen community bonds and promote a more inclusive society." Purpose of your Organization (one paragraph): The mission of the Columbus Adult Education Center is to empower individuals through English language education, self-reliance classes, and community-building initiatives. We strive to create a welcoming gathering place that fosters cultural exchange and understanding. By offering opportunities for service, we aim to strengthen community bonds and pr 2. Program/Project Description (not to exceed two paragraphs): Columbus Adult Education Center serves more than 1,500 immigrants and refugees annually, with locations in Salt Lake City, Herriman, and Ogden, Utah. These campuses teach a variety of free classes, including English language, legal immigration assistance (taught by volunteers from the SJ. Quinney College of Law), health, music, sewing, preparedness, and citizenship, along with providing training on such topics as getting drivers licenses, dealing with schools, Utah road safety laws, etc. Our locations are used for vision clinics, tax clinics (run by the Westminster University VITA program), homeschooling organizations, and recreation, such as basketball and dance classes for the Ukrainian and South Sudanese communities-all geared to help the immigrants in our communities feel welcomed and to help them assimilate into American society while honoring the legacy of their cultures and traditions. All of these programs are taught and led by volunteers, as is the organization itself. No one at the Columbus Adult Education Center receives a salary. The main program we offer is our free English-language courses, which have been incredibly popular and valuable. Our Salt Lake campus teaches English classes to 80 students weekly, and our Herriman campus has 250 English students with approximately 400 on a waiting list. lt is our goal to reach as many or more individuals in the Ogden area, once our facility there has been remodeled for such classes. Supp01i from the R. Harold Burton Foundation would help underwrite our programming, in pat1icular the maintenance, utilities, and internet costs required at the three locations. 60860 45798 45798 Kathy Bauman Asst. Ed. Director 20.00 0 0 0 John Lily Asst. Director 20.00 0 0 0 Muriel Lily Director 20.00 0 0 0 Linda Gaisford Education Director 20.00 0 0 0 Sean Marchant President of Board 40.00 0 0 0 Evelyn Payne Educatio Director 20.00 0 0 0 Kay Jean Koehler Teacher Trainer 20.00 0 0 0 Marne Thorpe Volunteer Coordinator 25.00 0 0 0 C Matthew Peterson Board Member 10.00 0 0 0 Pook Carson Board Member 10.00 0 0 0 Marsha Adams Secretary of Board 0.00 0 0 0 Tyson Smith Boaed Menber 10.00 0 0 0 Sonia Henkel Founder/Executive Dir 40.00 0 0 0 Rolando Ruano Board Member 10.00 0 0 0 Jeffrey Henkel VP Board 30.00 0 0 0 Luz GumatTa Board Member 10.00 0 0 0 Silvia Araoz Board Member 10.00 0 0 0 Madeleine Clark Board Member 10.00 0 0 0 Hubert Huh Ethnic Advisory President 20.00 0 0 0 Zeyad Al Mafraji Board Member 10.00 0 0 0 Otolose Fahina Tavake-Pasi Ethnic Advisory VP 20.00 0 0 0 false false false false false 0 false false 0 0 0 false 0 0 false UT sonia James-Henkel 2411 E Quail Hollow Dr Sandy UT 840932735 8015123539 false false false false false false false false false false NONE 0 NONE 0 true X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60860 60860 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60860 60860 60860 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60860 0 X 1.00000 1.00000 X X