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73-750 Catalina Way Palm Desert, CA 92260-2906 760/341-0401 760/340-9585 (fax)
"Honoring our Corps of Five Star Volunteers"
October 2, 2007
Mayor Dick Kelly
And City Council Members
City of Palm Desert
73-510 Fred Waring Drive
Palm Desert, CA 92260
Dear Mayor Kelly and City Council Members:
RSVP is preparing for the annual celebration and recognition of the many seniors who
donate their time and talents in Palm Desert and throughout the Coachella Valley. I am
pleased to report that the RSVP program continues to expand and transition
Into a program targeting the vast number of talented and vibrant baby boomers facing
retirement. RSVP's efforts to recruit new volunteers yielded over 268 new members last
year, bringing the total number of active volunteers to over 1,401!
We want to invite the City of Palm Desert to be our partner in honoring the Palm Desert
volunteers at the November 1, 2007 recognition luncheon, "Honoring our Corps of Five
Star Volunteers".
Last year 264 RSVP volunteers supported 25 non-profit agencies in Palm Desert with
22,800 hours of service. This value to your citv is over $411,312 in saved payroll
dollars! Our request to you is to sponsor one half of the volunteers who are residents of
Palm Desert at the luncheon at $10.00 per volunteer for $2,840. This modest
partnership will help us partially offset the cost of providing this much deserved
recognition.
We are very proud of the RSVP program and the volunteers who participate. We hope
you will join us as a partner in the tribute.
On behalf of all of the senior volunteers, I look forward to hearing from you soon. If you
have any questions please call Fran Ferguson, RSVP Director at 760/341-0401.
Sincerely,
Christina Calderon
Chair, RSVP Advisory Council
Sponsored By
RIVERSIDE COUNTY OFFICE ON AGING
UNITED WAY of the DESERT
REGULAR PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL MEETING OCTOBER 11, 2007
XVIII. REPORTS AND REMARKS
E. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
o City Council Requests for Action:
NOTE: THE FOLLOWING ITEM WAS LISTED ON AN AGENDA ADDENDUM
POSTED 72 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
1. Consideration of Request for Sponsorship of Palm Desert
Volunteers at the November 1, 2007, RSVP "Honoring Our
Corps of Five Star Volunteers" Event (Mayor Richard S. Kelly).
* By Minute Motion: 1) Direct that a contribution of $2,500
to RSVP for its annual appreciation event be added to all
future City budgets for planning purposes; 2) approved the
request for the November 1, 2007, Event in the amount of
$2,840. 3_0 (Ferguson, Spiegel ABSENT)
CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
APPROVED DENIED
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