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To recognize Thirty-One Gifts’ 2015 Columbus Conference and Dedicate Nationwide Boulevard as Thirty-One Way.
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WHEREAS, Thirty-One Gifts is holding its three-day national Conference for sales Consultants in Columbus; and
WHEREAS, Cindy Monroe, Founder, President and CEO of Thirty-One Gifts, has been recognized nationally as a leading business woman; and
WHEREAS, Thirty-One Gifts provides the opportunity to earn extra income to 116,000 independent sales Consultants in the U.S. and Canada, including 900 in central Ohio and 152 in Columbus; and
WHEREAS, Thirty-One Gifts’ will host 10,000 independent sales Consultants at their international Conference in Columbus; and
WHEREAS, Thirty-One Gifts’ Conference guests will account for 10,683 hotel room nights in the City of Columbus; and
WHEREAS, Thirty-One Gifts’ visiting sales Consultants will be performing random acts of kindness through the #31Share campaign in order to raise $10,000 for the Mid-Ohio Food Bank; and
WHEREAS, Thirty-One Gifts will provide 3,100 products to visitors at the Columbus Clippers baseball game on July 24th; and
WHEREAS, Thirty-One Gifts will host the Pink Heals firefighter’s community support program and offer Columbus citizens the opportunity to tour and sign their fire truck in support of cancer victims; and
WHEREAS, the national Conference will have a $12.8 million economic impact on the City of Columbus; now and therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
That Thirty-One Gifts be recognized for the economic stimulus and social influence its national Conference has on the City of Columbus and that this Council does thank and congratulate Thirty-One and dedicate Nationwide Boulevard as Thirty-One Way during the 2015 Conference.