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Resolution Recognizing Howard Hanna Children's Free Care Fund of Michigan 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.
Howard Hanna Children's Free Care Fund of Michigan is a 501(c)3 civic nonprofit agency with a mission to ensure that children are never denied the medical care that they need due to their current economic situation. Their fundraising efforts help to support un- or underinsured families afford life-saving treatments for their children as well as support children with special needs, child-life services, and end of life-care. In Michigan, the Howard Hanna Children's Free Care Fund currently supports the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital and Arbor Hospice.
Passage of the attached resolution will allow Howard Hanna Children's Free Care Fund of Michigan to hold a raffle on November 7, 2025, at the Howard Hanna Ann Arbor Office. 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: Rachel Rickinger, Deputy Clerk
Reviewed by: Jacqueline Beaudry, City Clerk
Approved by: Milton Dohoney Jr., 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, Howard Hanna Children's Free Care Fund of Michigan has requested that it be recognized as a nonprofit organization operating in the community for the purpose of obtaini...
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