First Lady, Show Up Utah join announcement of Driven To Assist fundraising initiative to benefit Ukrainian refugees

March 4, 2022

SALT LAKE CITY, UT (March 3, 2022) – Utah First Lady Abby Cox and Gov. Spencer Cox joined the Larry H. Miller Company and the Larry H. & Gail Miller Family Foundation to announce a Driven to Assist community fundraiser and donation drive to benefit refugees fleeing Ukraine.

“This is our time to show up for our friends in Ukraine,” First Lady Cox said.

Those interested in volunteering should visit www.showuputah.org/ukraine.

Monetary donations made to the Community Foundation of Utah (CFU) through LHM.com will be matched up to $2 million with contributions from the Larry H. & Gail Miller Family Foundation, Todd and Andie Pedersen Family, Ryan and Ashley Smith, Clark and Christine Ivory Foundation, Kem and Carolyn Gardner Family, the Huntsman Family Foundation, Jeremy and Kristin Andrus Family Foundation, Ron and Janet Jibson Family Foundation, Zions Bank, and other anonymous donors. Intermountain Healthcare is joining the Driven to Assist effort by preparing to airlift donated goods to bordering countries to aid refugees fleeing Ukraine in the coming months.

“This donation drive of cash and goods will make a life-saving difference to those Ukrainians forced to leave their homes,” Gov. Cox said. “Utahns are drawn to help those in need and I encourage those who can to give and support this effort.”

CFU will distribute donated funds to trusted organizations on the ground. Donations of critically needed items will be collected at five LHM Company locations along the Wasatch Front from Friday, March 4, through Saturday, March 12. After donations have been collected, First Lady Abby Cox’s initiative, Show Up, will help organize volunteer efforts to sort and prepare donations for distribution.

“In times of crisis, Utahns respond. They take action to serve, lift, and love, and that is why I’m proud to be a member of this community,” said Gail Miller, the Larry H. & Gail Miller Family Foundation. “We have about 1,500 Ukrainian neighbors who live here in Utah. We are all heartbroken by the desperate situation their loved ones face in Ukraine. This is an opportunity for us to come together, put our arms around our neighbors, and show them that our hearts are united.”

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