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St. Louis City Resolution Number 155 July 23, 2010 |
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WHEREAS, Humanitri, a Saint Louis faith-based human services provider was incorporated in 2006; and
WHEREAS, Humanitri was created by the merger of three Lutheran social ministry organizations, with a combined 130 years of service to the Saint Louis community; and
WHEREAS, those three founding agencies: Lutheran Ministries Association, Good Samaritan Service Center for the Homeless, and Friend of Moms, were dedicated to serving families affected by incarceration, homelessness, single parenthood and poverty; and
WHEREAS, Good Samaritan was the first provider of scattered-site transitional housing program for homeless families in the City of St. Louis; and Humanitri continues its founders' legacies by serving over 1,000 Saint Louisans every year; and
WHEREAS, Sarah Barnes joined the Lutheran Ministries Association in 1975 and has helped countless needy families through her dedicated service. She has honored Humanitri and our community through her tireless work and advocacy on behalf of the poor.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Aldermen of the City of St. Louis that we pause in our deliberations to thank and congratulate Ms. Sarah Barnes upon her retirement from Humanitri after 35 years and we further direct the Clerk of this Board to spread a copy of this Resolution across the minutes of these proceedings and to further prepare a commemorative copy to the end that it may be presented to our honoree at a time and place deemed appropriate by the Sponsor.
Introduced on the 23rd day of July, 2010 by:
Honorable Phyllis Young, Alderwoman 7th Ward
Adopted this the 23rd day of July, 2010 as attested by:
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David W. Sweeney
Clerk, Board of Aldermen____________________________
Lewis E. Reed
President, Board of Aldermen