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CHARITY SOLICITATIONS BOARD
October 8, 1975
The meeting opened at 1:45 P.M. with the f9110wing present:
Guy L. Kennedy, Jr., Chairman
LaJ:'lry W. Lord, Secretary
Frank Daniels
James Ayers
Also present were:
Representing City Attorney
Jr. Chamber of Commerce
Police Chief
Chamber of Commerce
R. G. Whitehead
Lucille Williams
City Clerk
Assistant City Clerk
Absent:
Rev. Thomas M. Johnston
Ministerial Association
The Chai~an called the meeting to order and briefly outlined
the following applications which had been previously approved
verbally and were now presented for confirmation.
1. Application from Clearwater For Youth, Inc. to
solicit one day, August 23, 1975.
2. Application of the Sun Coast Chapter, Pinel1as Unit,
Leukemia Society of America, Inc. to solicit funds
for the period of September 1st to September 30th, 1975.
3. The application of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation to
solicit for funds during the period of September 7th
through September 14th, 1975.
4. The request of The Salvation Army to solicit for their
maintenance and special Thanksgiving Campaign from
September 20th to October 30th, 1975.
5. The Science Center of Pinellas County, Inc. for solici-
tation from September 5, 1975 to March 5, 1976.
6. The application of Christian Youth Sports, Inc. to
solicit one day, September 27, 1975.
7. The Clearwater Shrine Club to solicit November 21 and
22, 1975.
8. The request of UNICEF - Church Women United in Central
pine lIas for their annual Trick or Treat solicitation
from October 25 to October 31, 1975. The Clerk called
attention to the Board of an article in the National
Inquirer strongly criticizing Unicef and claiming that
some of the donations helped finance communist takeOVer
of South Vietnam. He reported that he had written to
the National Information Bureau and they had replied
that their report on Unicef is being revised and that
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they will send a copy as soon as it becomes available.
9. Application from the Arthritis Foundation, Florida
Chapter, to solicit funds during the period of
October 15 to November 30, 1975.
Chief Daniels moved to confirm the verbal approval of the
applications outlined by the Chairman. Mr. Lord seconded the
motion which carTied unanimously.
The first application to be considered at this meeting was
that of the Pine lIas County Chapter of The National Foundation
to solicit for funds from December 1, 1975 to May 31, 1976.
It was brought out that their application showed under l1methods
of solicitation1f, that they would have so called "):load blocks"
and it was requested that the Clerk notify the applicants to
contact the Chief of Police for a permit before using this
method. Chief Daniels moved to approve tne application of the
National Foundation in accordance with their application.
Mr. Lord seconded the motion which carried unanimously.
The next application to be considered was that of the Gulf
Coast Lung Association, Inc. to solicit during the period of
October 15 to Decemberi'31, 1975. Chief Daniels moved to approve
the request of the Gulf Coast Lung Association, Inc. in accord-
ance with their application. Mr. Ayers seconded the motion
which carried unanimously.
The third application to be presented was that of the Upper
Pinellas Association for Retarded Children for solicitation
during the period of about October 1 to December 1, 1975. Mr.
Lord moved to approve the request of the Upper Pinellas
Association for Retarded Children in accordance with their
application. Chief Daniels seconded the motion which carried
unanimously.
The Big Sisters of PinellabCounty, Inc. requested permission
to solicit funds from November 3 to December 31, 1975. It was
brought out that they did not include a financial statement with
their application. Chief Daniels moved to approve the request of
Big Sisters of Pinellas County, Inc. in accordance with their
application subject to receipt of a financial statement of thei~
last yea~s solicitation. Mr. Lord seconded the motion which
carried unanimously.
. The last application to be considered was that of St. Petersburg
Alumnae Chapter, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. to solicit funds
during the period of October 27, 1975 through February 26, 1976.
Chief Daniels moved to approve the application of Delta Sigma
Theta Sorority in accordance with their application. Mr. Lord
seconded the motion which carried unanimously.
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The City Clerk reported on the August 5, 1975 joint meeting
of the Pine lIas County, St. Petersburg Charity Solicitation
Boards and representatives involved with Charity Solicitations
from various municipalities. He briefly outlined the possibility
of making the application forms and the financial report forms
uniform and having a central mailing address and then distributing
the applications to the various places affected. A discussion
was held about the Police Benevolent Fund as to whether they were
a ,Charity Organization or union. It was decided that no date
would be set for the next meeting but material would be gathered
from, the various municipalities and an attempt made to correlate
all of it and then make out proposed report forms, application
forms, financial forms, etc. It was specifically requested that
the municipalities furnish their requirements on Charity
Solicitations.
The Chairman presented the .minutes of the meeting of July 23rd
for approval. Mr. Lord moved to approve the minutes of July 23,
1975 as presented to each board member in writing. Chief Daniels
seconded the motion which carried unanimously.
There being no further business, the
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