HomeMy Public PortalAboutAB 20-163 Humanitarian Wood Cutting Day 2020 Proclamation
McCALL CITY COUNCIL 216 East Park Street
AGENDA BILL McCall, Idaho 83638
Number AB 20-163
Meeting Date June 4, 2020
AGENDA ITEM INFORMATION
SUBJECT:
Request to Proclaim the 11th day of July 2020 as
Humanitarian Wood Work Day
Department Approvals Initials Originator
or
Supporter
Mayor / Council
City Manager
Clerk Originator
Treasurer
Community Development
Police Department
Public Works
Golf Course
COST IMPACT: n/a Parks and Recreation
FUNDING
SOURCE:
n/a Airport
Library
TIMELINE: ASAP Information Systems
Grant Coordinator
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
Dave Holland in conjunction with the Heartland Hunger and Resource Center, has worked with churches
and other community organizations to create a humanitarian project of obtaining firewood for those in need.
The three groups of individuals designated for assistance are; 1) widows and single women with children;
2) the aged and infirmed, and 3) those injured and not capable of getting wood themselves.
Mr. Holland is requesting that the City declare, by proclamation, the second Saturday in July of each year
as the “Humanitarian Wood Work Day”. This year that day is July 11, 2020. In prior years, over 200
volunteers participated in cutting, splitting and delivering hundreds of cords of wood. Since the first Wood
Work Day over 1000 cords of firewood have been delivered to over 230 families in need.
The plan is to start at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 11, 2020. No one under the age of 18 will be permitted to
use a chainsaw. The primary sawyers will be volunteers from the Forest Service Firefighters. The goal is to
have the wood cut into rounds the week prior to reduce the need for additional sawyers. Also, volunteering
is the McCall Fire District who is providing EMT services for the activities. Enough wood has already been
purchased and is in McCall already for this year’s event.
Mr. Holland and Linda Arbach will be present to speak about the event.
The proclamation for 2020 is attached.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Proclaim the 11th day of July 2020 to be Humanitarian Wood Work Day in the City of McCall and authorize
the Mayor to sign the proclamation.
RECORD OF COUNCIL ACTION
MEETING DATE ACTION