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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #944 |
| The Volunteer Way Food Bank |
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| Requester: |
Lester Cypher |
Organization: |
The Volunteer Way, Inc. |
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| Project Title: |
The Volunteer Way Food Bank |
Date Submitted |
1/12/2006 11:31:11 AM |
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| Sponsors: |
Fasano |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| Will provide needed food and nutrition to families that are nutritionally challenged in all of Florida. Will assist food banks and food pantries with free food distribution to hungry families throughout Florida. |
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| Recipient: |
The Volunteer Way, Inc. |
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Contact: |
Lester Cypher |
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7820 Congress Street |
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Contact Phone: |
(727) 815-0433 |
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New Port Richey 34653 |
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Contact email: |
lester@thevolunteerway.org |
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| Counties: |
{Statewide} |
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| Gov't Entity: |
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Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
Yes |
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| Project Description: |
| A variety of nutritional food will be transported and distributed to hunger relief charities throughout Florida. There are some nutritional foods that are not typically donated in sufficient quantities. We will be able to obtain those foods to distribute to the needy families of Florida. |
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| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| 4 million pounds of food will be distributed to the nutritionally challenged of Florida. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$300,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$600,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Operations |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Private |
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Cash Amount |
$50,000 |
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In-kind Amount |
$250,000 |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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No |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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Yes |
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Amount: |
$300,000 |
To Fund: |
Operations |
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| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? |
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Yes |
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Agency |
Agriculture And Consumer Services, Department Of, And Commissioner Of Agriculture |
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| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? |
No |
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| Is there a documented need for this project? |
Yes |
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Documentation: |
Documented need for additional food for the nutritionally challenged of Florida. |
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| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? |
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Yes |
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Hearing Body: |
Pasco County Legislative Delegation |
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Hearing Meeting Date: |
11/01/2004 |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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No |
