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Lessons from a life of service: Pamela Atkinson

Pamela Atkinson poses for a portrait in her home in Salt Lake City on Friday, March 7.

Pamela Atkinson poses for a portrait in her home in Salt Lake City on Friday, March 7. (Laura Seitz, Deseret News)


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It's hard to live in Utah and not know the name Pamela Atkinson. It's even on the state tax form for a homeless trust fund. Drive downtown in Salt Lake City and you may pass the Pamela Atkinson Fourth Street Clinic or Pamela's Place transitional housing. Her First Presbyterian Church has a Pamela's Closet, collecting items to donate to nonprofits like Thrive, which helps refugees who survived torture.

Read more at Deseret.com.

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