HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 08011995 - C18 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of Honoring )
The Greater Richmond )
Interfaith Program (GRIP) ) Resolution No. 951338
on the occasion of its 30th )
Anniversary )
WHEREAS, the Greater Richmond Interfaith Program, (GRIP) is a non-profit organization
and a union of 27 congregations, representing.Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish religions
all working together within the Greater Richmond community; and
WHEREAS, through its efforts, GRIP has established the Emergency Food Pantry, the
Rape Crisis Center, the Richmond Farmers Market, and the Community Housing
Development Corporation; and
WHEREAS, GRIP has worked to help develop many facilities for people in desperate
need, including the Souper Center, which serves 5,000 meals per month; the Emergency
Winter Shelter for the Homeless Families and Project Home Again, which placed 63
families into permanent housing; and
WHEREAS, GRIP has also addressed the needs of the elderly and their families in the
community by working with West County Adult Day Care, a respite for families providing
daytime supervision and therapeutic activities for the frail elderly with Alzheimer's and
other disabilities; and
WHEREAS, Supervisor Jim Rogers has been honored to participate in GRIP walks and
community events;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors, on the occasion of
the 30th Anniversary of its inception, congratulates the Greater Richmond Interfaith
Program (GRIP), on its exemplary involvement within the Greater Richmond community,
its contributions to the County of Contra Costa, its participation in creating organizations
to assist those in desperate need, as well as its model for ethnic and interfaith cooperation
and participation, and joins with its members in wishing it continued success in its
achievements in making the community a richer, healthier, safer place to reside.
PASSED AND ADOPTED on August 1, 1995, by a unanimous vote of the Board members
present.
Jim Rog rs
eff tlmith Gayle Bishop
Mark DeSaulnier Tom Torlakson
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of an order entered on the
Minutes of said Board of Supervisors on the aforesaid date.
Witness by hand and the seal of the
Board of Supervisors affixed this first day
of August 1995.
Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors and County Administrator.
By A L2
()Deputy Clerk