Title
Resolution Recognizing Eberwhite School Parent Teacher Organization 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.
Eberwhite School Parent Teacher Organization is a 501(c)3 civic nonprofit organization that provided support to all students at the school to ensure academic and social success for the entire school community.
Passage of the attached resolution will allow the Eberwhite School Parent Teacher Organization to hold a raffle at Eberwhite Elementary School, located at 800 Soule Boulevard in Ann Arbor, Michigan. 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
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, Eberwhite School Parent Teacher Organization 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, Eberwhite School Parent Teacher Organization is a local civic nonprofit organization as defined by P.A. 382 of 1972, as amended, which should be recognized for the support it provides to all students at the school;
RESOLVED, That City Council hereby approve recognition of the Eberwhite School Par...
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