"It seems like we are always running," said the single mother of four, who has two daughters with special needs.

Then two summers ago, Latter-day Saint volunteers built a concrete ramp to her front door.

"Strangers came in and helped and put their arms around us," she said.



The project was one of hundreds completed in recent years by members of the Ogden Utah Stake, who are trying to change the inner city neighborhoods in their boundaries one home at a time.

Begun nearly a decade ago, the project came about as stake leaders realized "the assets in our stake were not located in the same areas as our needs," said former stake president L. Clifford Goff.

Their goal was simple: to "match the talents with the needs," he said.

They set up a stake committee to identify and assess needs. Then a miracle happened, he said. "We just had all kinds of people come forth."

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