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HomeMy WebLinkAboutR20-092 Colorado Gives Day 2020 DocuSign Envelope ID:BE9F2018-0CD5-4404-8281-03FB5128C9AA Commissioner McQueeney moved adoption of the following Resolution: BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COUNTY OF EAGLE, STATE OF COLORADO RESOLUTION No. 2020- 092 RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING DECEMBER 8,2020 AS COLORADO GIVES DAY IN EAGLE COUNTY WHEREAS,charitable giving in Eagle County, Colorado is critical to providing support that local nonprofit organizations need to make our community a desirable place to live; and WHEREAS,research shows an increase in online giving both locally and nationally, and many believe it is the future of philanthropy; and WHEREAS,Community First Foundation and FirstBank have partnered in an effort to increase charitable giving in our community through the online giving initiative Colorado Gives Day; and WHEREAS,Colorado Gives Day in 2019 raised $355 million in a single 24-hour period via online donations, $1.1 million to Eagle County nonprofits, at eaglecogives.org, a website allowing donors to direct their contributions to one or more of the 50+local, Eagle County, charities featured on the site, making it an ideal resource for facilitating charitable giving to our locally-based nonprofit organizations; and WHEREAS,Colorado Gives Day is Tuesday, December 8th this year, and all citizens are encouraged to participate because all donations, large or small, can make a difference to nonprofits in need. NOW THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED,BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF AVON,COLORADO: THAT,Tuesday, December 8, 2020, will be known as Colorado Gives Day in our community. THAT,the board hereby finds, determines and declares that this Resolution is necessary for the public health, safety and welfare of the residents of the County of Eagle, State of Colorado. MOVED,READ and ADOPTED by the Board of County commissioners of the County of Eagle, State of Colorado, at its regular meeting held the 17 day of November, 2020. DocuSign Envelope ID:BE9F2018-0CD5-44C4-8281-03FB5128C9AA COUNTY OF EAGLE, STATE OF of OGLECpGy COLORADO, by and through its ;1 1 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ATTEST: DocuSigned by: l— r—DocuSlgned by: °�t.�lln.A. o11°JV'l un, ���O R Poc By: a,.wn.JLty—tknn ry Clerk to th' 4K6Eftgle County a1/4tal n lkr-Henry Board of County Commissioners County Commissioners Chair p—ADocuuSigne'd'ctyby.: n4(4A1�^ rv1 S'd metigeherro473.. Commissioner DocuSigned by: 1MoQueeney Commissioner Commissioner Scherr seconded adoption of the foregoing resolution. The roll having been called,the vote was as follows: Commissioner Chandler-Henry Aye Commissioner Scherr Aye Commissioner McQueeney Aye This resolution passed by 3/0 of the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Eagle, State of Colorado.