HomeMy Public PortalAboutAB 19-126 Humanitarian Wood Cutting Day 2019 Proclamation
McCALL CITY COUNCIL 216 East Park Street
AGENDA BILL McCall, Idaho 83638
Number AB 19-126
Meeting Date June 13, 2019
AGENDA ITEM INFORMATION
SUBJECT:
Request to Proclaim July 13, 2019 as Humanitarian Wood Work Day
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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 13, 2019. In
prior years, over 200 volunteers participated in cutting, splitting and delivering hundreds of cords of wood. Since the first Wood Work Day over 900 cords of firewood have been delivered
to over 175 families in need.
The plan is to start at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 13, 2019. 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.
Attached is the proclamation for 2019.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Proclaim July 13, 2019 to be Humanitarian Wood Work Day in the City of McCall and authorize the Mayor to sign the proclamation.
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