Title
Resolution Recognizing Girls Group 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.
Girls Group is a 501(c)3 civic nonprofit agency that empowers young women in middle school and high school to achieve emotional and economic self-sufficiency by graduating high school and creating meaningful college and career pathways .
Passage of the attached resolution will allow Girls Group to hold raffle at Ann Arbor Marriot Ypsilanti, located at 1275 S. Huron St., Ypsilanti, Michigan 48197. 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: Matthew Morrow, Administrative Assistant
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, Girls Group 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, Girls Group is a local civic nonprofit organization as defined by P.A. 382 of 1972, as amended, which should be recognized for its ability to empower young women in middle school and high school to achieve emotional and economic self-sufficiency by graduating high school and creating meaningful college and career pathways ;
RESOLVED, That City Coun...
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