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Authorize the County's contribution of $3,500 from the General Fund contribution allocated to District 2 to benefit the Vallejo City Unified School District ($1,500), Meals on Wheels of Solano County ($500), Benicia Community Action Council ($500), Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano Counties ($500) and the Benicia High School Panther Band Boosters ($500)
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
Supervisor Monica Brown requests that the Board of Supervisors the County's contribution of $3,500 from the General Fund contribution allocated to District 2 to benefit the Vallejo City Unified School District ($1,500), Meals on Wheels of Solano County ($500), Benicia Community Action Council ($500), Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano Counties ($500) and the Benicia High School Panther Band Boosters ($500).
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
During the FY2017/18 Budget Hearings, the Board appropriated $5,000 to allow District 2 to support community service programs. District 2 recommends the distribution of $1,500 to the Vallejo City Unified School District (to be used at Grace Patterson Elementary, Franklin Middle School and Pennycook Elementary for school supplies for the teachers), $500 to Meals on Wheels of Solano County, $500 to the Benicia Community Action Council, $500 to the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano Counties and $500 to the Benicia High School Panther Band Boosters.
Meals on Wheels of Solano County is a nonprofit organization that provides meals to low income seniors in Solano County. The Benicia Community Action Council is a nonprofit organization that provides resources and services to people in need in Benicia. The Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano Counties is a nonprofit that provides food to those in need. The Benicia High School Panther Band Boosters is a nonprofit that supports the band program at Benicia High School.
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