Volunteers-led "My Hometown" program pitches neighborhood resource centers and days of service to Santaquin council

Craig and Linda Burton presented My Hometown, a volunteer-driven community revitalization program, to the Santaquin City Council during the work session on March 4, outlining its two core elements — community resource centers that offer classes and tutoring, and organized "days of service" that coordinate volunteer projects in neighborhoods.

My Hometown brings city government, businesses, churches and nongovernmental organizations together to offer free instruction (English as a second language, computer basics, music and sewing), one-on-one tutoring and coordinated neighborhood cleanup and repair projects. "We have nearly 20,000 volunteers helping in 16 communities," Craig Burton said, adding that partner organizations logged "over 200,000 community service hours" statewide in 2024. He said volunteers include both church-assigned service missionaries and lay volunteers and that…