HomeMy Public PortalAboutAB 16-143 2016 Humanitarian Wood Cutting Day
McCALL CITY COUNCIL 216 East Park Street
AGENDA BILL McCall, Idaho 83638
Number AB 16-143
Meeting Date June 9, 2016
AGENDA ITEM INFORMATION
SUBJECT:
2016 Humanitarian Wood Work Day Proclamation
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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 9, 2016. Last
year, over 200 volunteers participated in cutting, splitting and delivering over 100 cords of wood. Since the first Wood Work Day over 900 cords of firewood have been delivered to approximately
175 families in need.
The plan is to start at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 9, 2016. No one under the age of 18 will be permitted to use a chainsaw. The primary sawyers will be volunteers from the McCall Fire
District. There will also be volunteers who have first aid experience. Enough wood has already been purchased and is in McCall already for this year’s event.
Attached is the proclamation for 2016.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Proclaim July 9, 2016 to be Humanitarian Wood Work Day in the City of McCall, and authorize the Mayor to sign the proclamation.
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