Mayor Aftab Pureval and Cincinnati City Council on Tuesday issued a proclamation declaring June 4 "CACCI Day," honoring a volunteer collaborative that provided food and resources to students at downtown transit centers.

The proclamation recognized volunteers who, the city said, handed out more than 7,500 food sacks and more than 12,000 bottles of water in the final 30 days of the academic year.

Council and administration officials described the effort as a community-based response to unintended consequences from recent school-busing changes. City manager Cheryl Long credited the volunteers with reducing tension at transit centers and said the project will inform a permanent, city-supported position to expand the approach.

"I, Aftab Pureval, mayor of the city of Cincinnati, do hereby proclaim June 4 as CACCI day in Cincinnati," Pureval said while reading the proclamation.

Volunteer organizer Iris Rowley and council members praised the coalition of more than 35 volunteers and donors that included corporate and nonprofit partners. Council members said the initiative addressed hunger, created trusting adult presence and likely prevented incidents that otherwise might have required police response.

City officials said the collaborative distributed the donations with support from partners including Cincinnati Public Schools security, Cincinnati Police Department, City Gospel Mission and corporate donors; organizers told council they mobilized roughly 35 volunteers and received donations from more than two dozen organizations.

The proclamation does not create a new legal requirement but signals city support; city staff said they will work to sustain the program and explore formalizing staffing to support summer operations.