Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with the Urban Lacrosse Academy, a non-profit corporation, in support of organizational programming.
The grant request will be directed towards supporting all of Urban Lacrosse Academy’s current initiatives. The organization uses the game of lacrosse as a vehicle to mentor young boys and girls based on four pillars: integrity, respect, goal setting, and determination. These pillars not only help participants become better teammates but better people.
Urban Lacrosse Academy offers several programs that simply introduce the game of lacrosse to students in grades K-6. These programs include physical education classes in Columbus City Schools and other schools that are in Columbus City proper. The organization works with after school programs to fulfill their physical activity requirement. Urban Lacrosse Academy also provides services to Columbus Recreation and Parks, as well as lacrosse programming year around for entities such as Ethiopian Social Taewahedo Services and Ohio Hispanic Coalition and Whitehall City Schools. Academy students will participate in mentoring programs and community service projects and will also learn other skills such as equipment maintenance.
Fiscal Impact: Funding is available within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund.
Emergency action is requested in order to provide Urban Lacrosse Academy with the resources necessary to expand programming to additional schools this school year.
Title
To authorize the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with Urban Lacrosse Academy in support of organizational programming; to authorize an appropriation and expenditure within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($15,000.00)
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WHEREAS, Urban Lacrosse Academy offers several programs that simply introduce the game of lacrosse to students in grades K-6; and
WHEREAS, the organization uses the game of lacrosse as a vehi...
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