Explanation
Background: CelebrateOne manages multiple governmental and private grants that allow for the purchase of food and/or beverages in order to increase public participation in various programs and initiatives aimed at reducing health care disparity and infant mortality. This ordinance authorizes CelebrateOne to encumber and expend grant funding for the purchase of food and/or beverage items at various outreach events, which serve the public purpose of protecting health and improving birth outcomes for pregnant persons and families who are often food-insecure. Food and/or beverage purchases will be subject to what is allowable in the respective grant agreements. Any purchase of alcohol is strictly prohibited.
CelebrateOne conducts events during the calendar year which include:
(1) Multiple community public outreach events throughout the year in various Columbus neighborhoods geared towards pregnant persons and families with infants younger than one year old in order to inform, educate, and provide appropriate social services to improve birth outcomes and infant vitality;
(2) An annual celebration, First Birthday, to mark all Central Ohio babies first birthdays, intended to raise awareness of CelebrateOne and its mission of improving health care disparity and birth outcomes;
(3) Multiple kick-off and recognition events for volunteers who participate in any of CelebrateOne’s multiple programs aimed at improving health care disparity, birth outcomes, and infant vitality.
The food and/or beverages at these events are designed to (a) provide a nutritious meal or snack to those pregnant persons and families in our community who are food-insecure and (b) increase public participation at CelebrateOne events promoting health care equity and better birth outcomes. Typically, the catered food provided at these events are less than $15 per person. Typical foods include a sandwich that may be a hamburger or hot dog, pasta salad, fruit, vegetable, and a cupc...
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