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RESOLUTION
3167 -03
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana
March 10,
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Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana
March 11,
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City Clerk
President of Common Council
Approved and signed by me March 11 2001 .
City Clerk
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Resolution No. _S � ('� — b 3
A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND,
INDIANA, HONORING THE VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED THEIR
TIME, TALENT AND RESOURCES FOR FOURTEEN (14) SUCCESSFUL YEARS OF
THE REBUILDING TOGETHER WITH CHRISTMAS IN APRIL PROGRAM
Ub Mefls, in October of 1973, volunteers in Midland, Texas, repaired seventeen (17) of
their neighbors' homes and decided to assist in an "annual workday each April" to assist low -
income, disabled or elderly who needed help in maintaining their homes; and
V17eIMOA in 1988 a national program entitled "Christmas in April, USA" was formed to
help spread the program throughout the United States and it has grown today to include 260
local affiliates in communities in all of the fifty states where 1.8 million volunteers in more than
865 cities and towns participate to repair and rehabilitate homes and non - profit facilities
resulting in a market impact of more than $84 million nationally; and
96eMe40, Christmas in April, USA, officially changed its name to "Rebuilding Together,
Inc." in early 2001 and is today the largest volunteer organization, one that has preserved and
revitalized over 63,000 low- income homes in communities throughout the nation; and
'Mere00, Christmas in April, in St. Joseph County began in 1989 and since its creation
over 30,000 volunteers have donated their time, talents and resources in completing nearly $7
million of repairs to 570 homes in the following neighborhoods: Northeast, Southeast, West
Washington, Westside /St. Casimir's, Rum Village, Northwest, Near Northwest, Near
Westside Partnership Center Neighborhood and the Westside; and
V1)C UZ, volunteers in the Rebuilding Together with Christmas in April Program in
South Bend include skilled union workers from the Saint Joseph Valley Building and
Construction Trades Council and other trade contractors; Home Builders Association; local
businesses, churches and synagogues; employees from the City of South Bend; and students
from the University of Notre Dame, St. Mary's College, Holy Cross College, Bethel College
and IUSB working in partnership and utilizing Community Development Block Grant dollars
and other generous donations to "repair and spruce up homes of low- income, disabled and
elderly neighbors ".
'Rob), therefore, be it resolbO bV the Common ttonneil of tie city of Onto
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Section I. On behalf of all of the citizens of South Bend, Indiana, the Common Council
hereby publicly thanks the countless volunteers who have donated their time, talents and
resources for fourteen (14) years of successful and rewarding REBUILDING TOGETHER WITH
CHRISTMAS IN APRIL PROGRAMS in South Bend, Indiana.
Section II. The Common Council is indeed grateful to each and every volunteer and salutes
all of those who will be participating on April 5th and April 12th, 2003, in the REBUILDING
TOGETHER WITH CHRISTMAS IN APRIL PROGRAM in South Bend's Miami Village
Neighborhood.
Section III. This Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption by
the Common Council and approval by the Mayor.
James Aranowski, First District
Charlotte D. Pfeifer, Second District
Roland Kelly, Third District
Karl King, Fourth District
2ttest:
PRESENTED
NOT, APPROVED
ADOPTED, _ \U'03
Loretta J. Duda, City Clerk
Dr. David Varner, Fifth District
Ervin Kuspa, Sixth District
Sean Coleman, At Large
Al `Buddy" Kirsits, At Large
Karen L. White, At Large
Kathleen Cekanski- Farrand,
Council Attorney
Stephen J. Luecke, Mayor