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Fund for Lexington <br />Meeting Minutes <br />Thursday, February 19, 2004 <br />Present: Michael Novack, Dan Lucas, Alan Fields, Jeanne Krieger, Lauren MacNeil, and <br />Dawn McKenna <br />Next Meeting: Tuesday, March 9, 2004, 5:00 PM <br />How to put the Fund to Lexington at work helping people in the community? <br />We have $34K available and collected $28K from the most recent solicitation. We are <br />not disbursing funds into the community, as we should be. <br />Human Services model: Michael is able to distribute up to $500 `on the spot' to <br />individuals in need. From February 2003 to December 2003 the Human Services Fund <br />distributed $2,059, down from prior years when as muck as $5K per year was distributed. <br />Michael has developed a brochure to raise awareness of the program. <br />Recommended Actions, to be formally considered at the next meeting: <br />1. Fund for Lexington supplement the Human Services Fund to ensure $5,000 is <br />distributed annually <br />2. Authorize Michael to disburse up to $1000 from the Fund for Lexington. Periodic <br />reporting of the distributions would be expected. <br />3. For amounts greater than $1000, Michael will continue presenting cases to the <br />Fund for Lexington Board. Approval of expenditures may be made via phone or <br />email in emergency situations. <br />4. Michael to draft a public relations program for the Fund for Lexington. Among <br />the suggested vehicles for promoting the Fund are: <br />• A brochure similar to the Human Services Fund or combining the services of <br />the Fund for Lexington and the Human Services Fund into one brochure <br />• Distribution of the brochure(s) at Stop &Shop, local banks <br />• Ask town employees working in the community to help identify clients e.g. <br />police, DPW <br />