CITY-COUNTY SPECIAL RESOLUTION NO. , 2004

A SPECIAL RESOLUTION recognizing the Home Craftsmen Forum.

WHEREAS, the Home Craftsmen Forum was founded in 1948 and is composed of central Indiana woodworkers who use their craft to provide community service, such as making toys or other items for disadvantaged residents in the community; and

WHEREAS, last year, the forum distributed over 1,600 toys through organizations such as Catholic Social Service, Children’s Bureau of Indy, Children in Crisis, Coburn Place, Dayspring Center, Good News Ministries, Holy Family Shelter, Indiana Methodist Home, Julian Center, Lutherwood, Guardian Home, Methodist Children’s Hospital, Ronald McDonald House, Salvation Army, and St. Mary’s Child Center; and

WHEREAS, members often take on other beneficial projects, such as adapting furniture for children with special needs and providing wooden kits for campers through the Lutheran Disabilities Mission’s handicamps; and

WHEREAS, the Forum meets each month at the Center for Agricultural Science and Heritage across from the State Fair Grounds and also has five locations where they gather regularly to make toys in group settings, as well as making toys in their own shops on their own time to be donated; and

WHEREAS, the director of St. Mary’s Child Center has accounted how the wooden cell phones donated by the Forum have helped the emotional health of at-risk children by getting them to open up and talk about their concerns; now, therefore:

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY-COUNTY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS AND OF MARION COUNTY, INDIANA:

SECTION 1. The Indianapolis City-County Council recognizes the Home Craftsmen Forum and their willingness to use their skills and craft to help others in the community less fortunate.

SECTION 2. The Council extends its appreciation and gratitude to the Home Craftsmen Forum for their contribution to the children and disadvantaged of the community and wishes them continued growth and success.

SECTION 3. The Mayor is invited to join in this resolution by affixing his signature hereto.

SECTION 4. This resolution shall be in full force and effect upon adoption and compliance with IC 36-3-4-14.