Newly elected Utah leaders, including Governor Spencer Cox, demonstrated their commitment to service by volunteering at the Utah Food Bank. The event highlighted the ongoing issue of hunger in the state, with over 400,000 Utahns facing food insecurity.
After taking the oath of office on Monday, Gov. Spencer Cox, Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson, Attorney General Derek Brown and others came together Tuesday afternoon to serve at the Utah Food Bank. While sorting apples, Cox told the Deseret News, 'This is just who we are. This is what we do, and it's important that we don't lose it. All of the good things we accomplish in government is because this stuff happens. If this stuff stops happening, then government is broken, and our society is broken.
We need to get back to community building.' Many of the same state leaders will take part in a public swearing-in ceremony at 11 a.m. on Wednesday at the Eccles Theater. With a population of roughly 3.5 million in the state, the Utah Food Bank reported that 415,000 people face hunger, and 1 in 6 Utah children are at risk of missing a meal every day. With the statistics in mind, the service activity coincided with the Cox administration's renewed focus on servic
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