🏞️ New Trail Now Open + $10 Thanksgiving Point bday bash

What’s Up Provo! 🏞️

For National Wildlife Day, Sundance Resort has been kind enough to open a new trail to the public! Actually, it’s been open for a few days now, but we’ll cover it in today’s email. Also, it’s Eat An Extra Dessert Day 🍰, but we celebrated that yesterday, twice, so we won’t mention it.

What we have today in the newsletter:

• 🍎 2 Outdoor Markets

• 👪️ Parenting Workshop

• 🏞️ New Hiking Trail in Sundance

Ono’s Malasadas

OUR STORY

While on their annual vacation to the Hawaiian Islands, Sophia Bussio and her family discovered Malasadas, a Portuguese fried sweet dough, a food staple in Hawaii. Sophia and her family saw the opportunity to bring the malasada magic to Provo. Excited to embrace the opportunity, the Bussios dove headfirst into the world of fried dough, later naming their new company “Ono’s Malasadas.”

OUR NAME

The name, a fusion of Hawaiian and Portuguese, encapsulates what a malasada truly is. “Ono” in Hawaiian means “delicious,” while in Portuguese, “Malasadas” translates to “bad dough” — a contradiction that perfectly describes the treat.

OUR MENU

Today - Sep 4th

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🍎 Outdoor Markets
Orem Sunset Farmers Market - 300 East Center Street Orem from 5pm to 9pm More info
Utah Flower Market - Grove Station (273 S 2000 W Pleasant Grove) from 11am to 1:30pm More info

⚽️ Women’s Soccer: BYU vs Boise State
South Field, BYU @ 7pm
The Cougars lead the series 2-0 but are coming off a loss. The Broncos, however, are undefeated, including a 4-0 shutout victory over UC Irvine.
Tickets | Live Stats | Watch

👪️ Parenting Workshop
Primary Children’s Hospital – Lehi Campus (2250 N Miller Campus Dr, Lehi, UT 84043), held in the Modersitzki Education Center (first floor, near, the Bistro) @ 12:30
This is a training based on a step-by-step research-backed formula. And it is intended for children of ALL ages. A quote from their materials about why they are doing this training:
“Because Lehi has higher than average rates of youth with 1) depressive symptoms, or who 2) have a low commitment to school, as well as several other risk factors that can turn into long term problems. Parents are key to buffering youth against these issues, even if you're not noticing these things in your kids right now.”
Register/More info

💊 Learn It: Opioid Overdose Prevention
Provo Library from 7pm to 8:30pm
In 2022, over 500 people died from a drug overdose in Utah and the Provo Library and the Utah Health Department would love your help in preventing such deaths in the future. Learn how you can help, including what you can do in case of an overdose, at this is a free training at the library. (Attendees will receive a free Narcan Nasal Spray Kit.)
More info

Tomorrow - Sep 5th

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🏛️ College Night @ the Provo Rec
Thursday - Provo Rec from 8pm to 10pm
"Grab your friends and dive into the ultimate back-to-school bash at our outdoor pool—FREE entry for you and your friends, games, food, and a chance to win a free membership! 🎉”
More info

🎂 Thanksgiving Point $10 Birthday Bash (plus a sneak peak at the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival)
Thursday - Thanksgiving Point - 3pm to 8pm
Thanksgiving Point is celebrating it’s birthday and allowing a sneak peak of the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival at the same time! There’s going to entertainers, face painting, pottery, food. You can tour the Ashton Gardens, Light of the World, and then get a little taste of what the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival is going to be like at 6pm and 7pm with musical performances and storytelling. (The Storytelling Festival will be happening all day Friday and Saturday this week.)
More info

🏐 Women’s Volleyball: BYU vs Lipscomb
Smith Field House, BYU @ 7pm
Tickets | Live Stats | Watch

Live Music

@ The Velour
TODAY - Open Mic
Thursday - Sego, Robert Loud and Strange Familia
Saturday - No Such Animal, Homestyle Dinner Rolls, and Aurhe

@ The Boardwalk
Friday - Cactus Wednesday, Still Fighting God and Wasatch Pin
Saturday - Lounge Monkey, Valhalla Sunnies

@ Java Junkie
Thursday (LAMPSHADE ACOUSTIC NIGHT) - El, Josh Herrera, Ella Conlee, Gabi C, and Nathan Judd
Friday - Open Mic

Wellness Wednesday Service Opportunities ❤️ 

With the National Day of Service coming up, there are a ton of service opportunities. Most of those activities will be taking place this Saturday. We will highlight a few of those here, but we’ll also include some others as well.

🧸 Humanitarian Quilting Day
Thursday, Sep 5th - 4056 Timpview Drive (Edgemont 4th ward) from 9am to 12pm
This service activity includes tying quilts and making fabric toys. They will be sent internationally, to refugee camps, and to families in need in Utah.
More info

🧒 Kids On The Move Respite Care - Orem
Friday, Sep 6th - 475 Hospital Dr, Orem from 5:45pm to 9:15pm
Respite Care is here to serve families who have children with special needs. The goal is to give parents and caregivers a three hour break on evenings throughout the week.
More info

🌻 30 volunteers needed to plant daffodils on Bartholemew Trail
Bartholemew Trail in Springville from 9am to 12pm
Put your gardening skills to good use and beautify the community by planting daffodils along one of our favorite trails.
More info

💐 Clean up the Orem Cemetery
Orem Cemetery from 9am to 11am
Volunteers are needed to beautify the cemetery, pick up trash, weed, and cut back the grass so that the headstones can be seen more easily.
More info

🍜 Tabitha's Way Food Drive
920 East State Street, American Fork from 9am to 12pm
Here are the items Tabitha’s Way is most in need of:
Canned Fruit, Noodles/Pasta, Peanut Butter, oil, sugar, flour, boxed mixes, condiments, diapers (especially sizes 5-7), shampoo, toothbrushes, soap, snacks
More info

🏞️ New Hiking Trail in Sundance

Sundance recently opened a new trail: Bearclaw Summit Trail. It is a 1.75 mile hike, and you access the trailhead at the top of “Red’s Lift”. (We have heard that the lift is not open until 10am, so be aware of that.) Apparently this trail allows hikers to look across Provo Canyon and see some new and stunning views of Cascade Mountain (the mountain behind Squaw peak)!

Here are some more details from Sundance:

“From the trail map sign at the top of Red's Lift to Dry Lakes, hikers will drop into Slide Canyon and wind into Hill's Headwall and Corkscrew trees. It's a 45-60 minute downhill adventure you won't want to miss! Bearclaw Summit trail: 1.75 miles to Dry Lakes (Stewart Falls trail intersection)
Bearclaw Summit trail ➔ Dry Lake ➔ Outlaw Summit (via Upper Stewart Falls trail): ~2.44 miles
Bearclaw Summit trail ➔ Stewart Falls ➔ Resort Base: ~4 miles”
More info

Words To Remember

Thanks for reading!

Hope it’s a great Wildlife Day for you—to celebrate, forward this email with the biggest hiker you know.😉 

-Nicole, Josh, & Carlie

Wednesday, Sep 4th, 2024