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Keene committee authorizes city manager to accept donations for 2025 holiday sponsorship program
Summary
The committee voted unanimously to recommend authorization for the city manager to accept donations tied to the 2025 holiday sponsorship program, which provides gifts and food assistance to families and older adults who previously received help from Human Services.
The Finance, Organization and Personnel Committee unanimously recommended that the city manager be authorized to accept donations and gifts for the city’s 2025 holiday sponsorship program.
Natalie Darcy, human services manager, described the annual program that pairs community sponsors with families and older adults who have received human-services assistance during the past year. "The goal of the program is to provide holiday gifts, food, gift cards to those in need who will use them and use their own resources to pay their basic needs in January," Darcy said.
Darcy said sponsored individuals include families with children who have special needs and people who have been struggling to make ends meet. Councilors praised the program’s longevity and community support; one councilor said the program has been successful for about 17 years.
A motion to recommend the city manager be authorized to accept donations associated with the program was moved and seconded and passed unanimously.
