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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COUNTY OF EAGLE, STATE OF COLORADO
RESOLUTION NO. 2016- 011,5
Resolution Designating December 6, 2016 as Colorado Gives Day
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 First Bank 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 2015 raised $28.5 million in a single 24-hour period
via online donations, $822,580 to Eagle County nonprofits, at www.coloradogives.org, a website
allowing donors to direct their contributions to one or more of the forty-one (41) 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 December 6th 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 that the Board of County Commissioners
hereby designates Tuesday, December 6, 2016, as Colorado Gives Day in 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 15th day of November, 2016.
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