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Pleasant Grove highlights local volunteer portal and honors public library with state award
Summary
At its May 5 meeting, the Pleasant Grove City Council welcomed JustServe representatives to present a certificate recognizing the city as a JustServe city and received the Utah State Library's Quality Library award for the Pleasant Grove Public Library for 2025.
Pleasant Grove City Council recognized local volunteer efforts and the city's library during the meeting on May 5.
Representatives from JustServe introduced themselves, described how JustServe allows faith-based and nonprofit groups to post volunteer projects without third-party vetting, and offered materials and a "Just Serve Hero" award template for the city to use. A JustServe representative said Pleasant Grove can be listed publicly as a JustServe city and encouraged the council to publicize volunteer opportunities to increase civic participation.
The council also presented the Utah State Library's Quality Library award to the Pleasant Grove Public Library for its 2025 recertification. Library staff—including the director, Sherry—outlined programs that contributed to the award, including toddler story time, summer reading, a thousand-book celebration, interlibrary loans and a literacy center that provides 1-on-1 tutoring. Library staff and volunteers described outreach efforts, social-media engagement and community partnerships that helped the library meet state standards in usage, programming and digital services.
Mayor Jensen and council members thanked the library team and JustServe representatives and took photographs at the dais. Staff noted small promotional items and signs from JustServe and said the city could add JustServe materials to municipal outreach channels.
The presentations were concluded before the council moved to the longer budget discussion that followed.
