Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with Saint Stephen Community Services, Inc., a non-profit corporation, in support of Christmas Cares/Unions Share 2025.
St. Stephen’s Community House & the Central Ohio Labor Council, AFL-CIO are collaborating for its 71st year to brighten the holiday season for those individuals and families who find themselves in a critical position due to situations such as stretched incomes, job lay-offs, today’s economy, and rising food costs. In 2024, St. Stephen’s and the AFL-CIO served 3,200 households, distributing 120 pounds of food - meat, grains, non-perishables, fresh produce and frozen foods to each household. This request of $60,000.00 would cover the purchase of turkeys for 3,300 households.
Council deems the distribution of food and non-alcoholic beverages associated with Christmas Cares/Union Shares to be in the pubic interest in that it serves to mitigate the impact of food insecurity.
Fiscal Impact: $60,000.00 will be expended from available funds within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund.
Title
To authorize the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with Saint Stephen Community Services, Inc. in support of Christmas Cares/Unions Share; and to authorize an expenditure within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund. ($60,000.00)
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WHEREAS, Christmas Cares/Unions Share is a collaboration between St. Stephen's Community House and the Central Ohio Labor Council as well as many community partners; and
WHEREAS, the goal of the program is to help with food insecurity during the Christmas Holiday through the distribution of a 100-pound food basket to those households who are finding themselves in a financial hardship due to job layoffs, fixed/stretched incomes, evictions, or rising costs of rent and utilities; and
WHEREAS, this is the 71st year of Christmas Care/Unions Share; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
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