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Ordinance in the Amount of $10,000 Amending State, Federal, and Other Grants Fund Budget for the Appropriation of Weaver Foundation Grant for Community Food Task Force Consultant
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Department: Parks and Recreation
Council District: All
Public Hearing: N/A
Advertising Date/By: N/A
Contact 1 and Phone: Nasha McCray, 336-433-7360
Contact 2 and Phone: Phil Fleischmann, 336-373-3275
PURPOSE:
Greensboro City Council in accordance with current city fiscal procedures. The Greensboro Parks and Recreation Department has received a grant from the Weaver Foundation in the amount of $10,000 to provide a consultant to assist the Community Food Task Force Leadership Team in developing a two-year work plan. To accept this grant, a budget amendment is requested from Greensboro City Council in accordance with current city fiscal procedures.
BACKGROUND:
Acceptance of this grant allows Parks and Recreation and members of the Community Food Task Force the opportunity to network and share relevant organizational information and resources and recruit volunteers. The Community Food Task Force has worked on a variety of projects over the last several years with one of the main projects being to increase the number of free meals provided to families in need. The many partners involved continue to work together to make sure that children are fed during the school year, both before and after-school, and during the summer. The summer meals program has grown tremendously because of a unified effort and a coordinated marketing effort to support the great partners working on this effort.
Most recently, the Task Force has developed a Leadership Team that will guide the Task Force in creating their upcoming programmatic activities that will focus on the following: Access/Transportation/Food Distribution, Health/Education, Awareness/Communication/Advocacy, and Production/Agricultural Extension/Community Gardens. The development of the Leadership Team and these core focus areas...
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