City of Columbus - File #: 0265X-2018

• File #: 0265X-2018
• Version: 1
• Type: Ceremonial Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 9/12/2018
• In control: Stinziano
• On agenda: 9/17/2018
• Final action: 9/19/2018
• Title: To Recognize and Celebrate LifeCare Alliance on Their 120th Anniversary of Service to Central Ohio and Their Contributions to the City of Columbus.
• Sponsors: Michael Stinziano, Elizabeth Brown, Mitchell Brown, Jaiza Page, Emmanuel V. Remy, Priscilla Tyson, Shannon G. Hardin

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/19/2018	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
9/18/2018	1	MAYOR	Signed
9/17/2018	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
9/17/2018	1	Columbus City Council	Adopted	Pass

Title

To Recognize and Celebrate LifeCare Alliance on Their 120^th Anniversary of Service to Central Ohio and Their Contributions to the City of Columbus.

Body

WHEREAS, LifeCare Alliance was established in 1898 as the Instructive District Nursing Association (IDNA) which became the first Visiting Nurse Association and healthcare program in Central Ohio; and

WHEREAS, LifeCare Alliance was developed as a part of a vision from Mrs. Catherine Nelson Black, wife of Mr. Samuel Black, who was a judge and mayor of the City of Columbus - Mrs. Black indicated that she wanted to establish an organization that would “take care of the people who nobody else paid any attention to; ” and

WHEREAS, LifeCare Alliance also became the first organization to bring medical care and health education to the homes of the sick, poor and immigrant populations - those with high infant mortality rates; and 

WHEREAS, LifeCare Alliance leads our community in identifying and delivering health and nutrition services to meet the community's changing needs; now, therefore

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:

That this Council does hereby recognize and celebrate the 120^th Anniversary of LifeCare Alliance and thank them for their contributions to the City of Columbus and the populations that they serve.