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Salt Lake Tribune
"Callie Birdsall-Chambers, Encircle’s vice president of marketing and communications, said the workload changes were made to “provide stabilization for the organization” and to “make sure we’re sustainable financially.”
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Standard Examiner
Encircle spokesperson Callie Birdsall-Chambers told the Standard-Examiner a little about the non-profit’s mission: “Encircle is an LGBTQ youth and family resource center,” she said. “We were founded in 2017 and opened our first home in Provo. These are safe spaces that look like home and feel like home for those LGBTQ individuals that may not have that otherwise, but also for families to come and find connection with people they may not have otherwise."
KPCW
"Callie Birdsall-Chambers with Encircle introduces the organization's new Executive Director Alex Cutini and discusses upcoming Halloween and holiday events at the Heber House."
KSL
"We ran into delays with material orders and other components due to the widespread and long-lasting effects of the pandemic. We are happy to report we are back on track and we expect an opening later this year," said Callie Birdsall-Chambers, the Encircle vice president of marketing and communications, in an emailed statement. A precise date will come later."
Salt Lake Tribune
“Everything we do in here is really attention to detail,” Birdsall-Chambers said — about making it more accessible to families who are at a loss for how to provide for a child that just came out or those who don’t know what to expect from an LGBTQ resource center."
ABC 4 - Good Things Utah
"Today on the show- Callie Birdsall-Chambers, V.P. of Marketing at Encircle and V.P. of Sales at ION Solar, Jeremy Call, shared about their partnership to support LGBTQ+ members. Encircle’s mission is to provide safe spaces for LGBTQ+ youth and their families to feel supported in who they are. They host activities for the youth and their parents to spread love."
Utah State University
Published full press release with quotes and event details.
Fox 13
“That’s our number one priority is the health and safety of our members,” Birdsall-Chambers said. “Our outdoor program team and our COVID task force worked for months for everything to be set in place.”
Callie Birdsall-Chambers, Chief Marketing and Membership Officer for the Girl Scouts of Utah, said anyone who wishes to donate cookies may do so through their online Digital Cookie platform.
“We have over 23,820 boxes donated so far with donations continuing to come in,” Birdsall-Chambers said. “Cookies are picked up by the Utah Food Bank in April.”
St. George News
“It is a health hazard also because you don’t want children or dogs or around the ducks so we do have people check on it on a very frequent basis,” Callie Birdsall, the spokesperson for Salt Lake County Parks and Recreation, said.
ABC 4
Selected news stories and interviews highlighting my role as a spokesperson and communications leader:
“When we had to cancel the cookie booths on March 14, we still had two full weekends and a full week of cookie booths left to go, which is a big portion of the Girl Scouts sales," Birdsall-Chambers said. Cookie sales make up 60% of the organization’s program funding.