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Resolution Recognizing the University of Michigan's Camp Kesem as a Civic Nonprofit Organization Operating in Ann Arbor for the Purpose of Obtaining a Charitable Gaming License
Memorandum
To obtain a charitable gaming license under Michigan law, a nonprofit organization is required to submit a resolution from its local governing body recognizing it as a community-based organization.
Camp Kesem at the University of Michigan is a student-run 501(c)3 non-profit organization with a mission to provide a week-long summer camp to a frequently neglected special needs group; the children of cancer patients. For one week during the summer at Camp Kesem, campers enjoy typical camp activiites and are welcomed by peers of similar circumstance.
Passage of the attached resolution will enable Camp Kesem to continue its effort to host a Millionaire Party, which is a Texas Hold 'Em poker event, on March 26 - March 28 at the Manhattan Club in Lansing, Michigan as part of their fundraising efforts for this year. This resolution is required in order to obtain final approval from the Charitable Gaming Division of the Bureau of State Lottery for the event.
Staff
Prepared by: Jacqueline Beaudry, City Clerk
Sponsored by: Councilmember Christopher Taylor
Approved by: Roger Fraser, City Administrator
Body
Whereas, P.A. 382 of 1972, as amended, requires that local civic nonprofit organizations be recognized by resolution adopted by the local governmental subdivision in which the organization conducts its principal activities and that a copy of said resolution be filed with any application for a license to conduct a bingo, raffle or charity game(s);
Whereas, the University of Michigan's Camp Kesem has requested that it be recognized as a nonprofit organization operating in the community for the purpose of obtaining a charitable gaming license; and
Whereas, Camp Kesem is a local civic nonprofit organization as defined by P.A. 382 of 1972, as amended, which should be recognized...
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