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JNZV OF s, COUNTY OF HAWAVI STATE OF HAWAVI rF OF RESOLUTION NO. 68o 24 A RESOLUTION TRANSFERRING/APPROPRIATING AN APPROPRIATION OUT AND FROM A DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT AND CREDITING SAME TO A DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT TO PROVIDE A GRANT TO THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY — WAIKOLOA REGION FOR EXPENSES RELATING TO THE BABY'S FIRST BOOK PROJECT. WHEREAS, the Friends of the Library -Waikoloa Region is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to engender a love of reading by making available an ongoing supply of books to the community, learning tools to our community schools, literacy programs and to advocate for and support the ongoing needs of the library, once it is built; and WHEREAS, the Friends of the Library — Waikoloa Region has proudly sponsored the Baby's First Book project for the last ten years, to encourage literacy at the very beginning of a child's life; and WHEREAS, with the support of the nurses in the Birthing Center at North Hawaii Community Hospital, the Baby's First Book project provides a new board book, "On The Day You Were Born" by Debra Frasier, to every baby born at the hospital, which is designed to support literacy for children by providing a book for parents to read to their newborn; and WHEREAS, as the fiscal sponsor for the Baby's First Book project, Friends of the Library — Waikoloa Region is requesting funds to purchase 200 copies of "On The Day You Were Born"; and WHEREAS, the Department of Liquor Control supports programs that provide community projects in a drug- and alcohol -free environment such as the Baby's First Book project; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2-139(a)(2)(C) of the Hawaii County Code, Contingency Relief funds shall be transferred to an accepting County department/agency via resolution identifying the nonprofit organization and the specific program, project, event, activity, service, equipment, materials, or supplies for which the grant shall be used; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAIII that Contingency Relief funds from Council District 9 will be appropriated to the Department of Liquor Control to provide a grant to the Friends of the Library — Waikoloa Region for expenses relating to the Baby's First Book Project.