Title
Resolution Recognizing Ann Arbor Youth Football and Cheer Association 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.
Ann Arbor Youth Football and Cheer Association is a 501(c)3 civic nonprofit organization that creates a positive team sport experience for Washtenaw County Youth to learn the fundamentals of tackle football and cheer in a safe, positive environment. The program's core values of teamwork and sportsmanship are reinforced through modeling life skills of goal setting, responsibility, self-control, leadership and perseverance.
Passage of the attached resolution will allow the Ann Arbor Youth Football and Cheer Association to hold a raffle at Skyline High School, located at 2552 N. Maple Road. Passage of this resolution is required in order to obtain final approval from the Charitable Gaming Division of the Bureau of State Lottery for this event and any future events.
Staff
Prepared by: Anissa R. Bowden, Council Administrative Coordinator
Reviewed by: Jacqueline Beaudry, City Clerk
Approved by: Howard S. Lazarus, 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, Ann Arbor Youth Football and Cheer Association 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, Ann Arbor Youth Football and Cheer Association is a local civic nonprofit ...
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