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Yes:
Candida Affa, Cynthia Mota, Daryl Hendricks, Ed Zucal, Ce-Ce Gerlach, Joshua
Siegel, and Natalie Santos
Communications
Disclosure
Ms. Cynthia Mota stated that under Communications we have a surprise,
and she is really excited to do this. We have two Proclamations and she
read the proclamations for Jeffrey Glazier and his father Leonard Glazier.
She stated that it is signed by all City Council members. Congratulations.
You both can come and receive your Proclamations.
Ms. Vicky Kistler stated that they have tonight board members from the
Fund to Benefit Children and Youth to recognize the fact that she is also on
that board. That agency could not have done nearly what it has done
without their help and dedication. Before Jeff tries to discount his
wonderful achievement here. He not only delivers the beds, he goes to
whatever floor of the house need it be and assembles those beds so those
kids have a safe place to sleep. Thank you.
Mr. Jeff Glazier stated that this is a little bit of a surprise, and asked Ms.
Mota is he is limited to three minutes in his remarks. He saw his dad walk
in tonight and said why are you here and then he saw his wife walk in and
his son. He stated that he is really touched by this. He thanked the Fund
and stated that it has been an honor to serve that organization for many,
many years. First, a caseworker would come in and say they want to buy
kids a bed and it was one or two here and then it became more. What has
been happening was the caseworkers were going out and buying the beds
on their own and then deliver them and do all that stuff. We know how
overworked caseworkers are. It made great sense and applauded the
Fund for recognizing that to have somebody else do it so the caseworkers
could really concentrate on the work that they do best which is working with
families and not schlepping mattresses to third floors. We did this for a
number of years and he never ceased to be amazed at the demand and it
is good that the good people in the Lehigh Valley are very generous to the
fund to help them meet that demand. We closed the store and sold the
building a little bit over five years ago so he only kept one client. He kept
the Fund and rent space elsewhere to do this and he has been doing it
pretty much by himself since June of 2017. At the end of this year, he is
going to stop. He figures that he is almost 66 and it is about time because
carrying mattresses to third floors is for a younger person. One of the
reasons that he has done this and occasionally he would take his kids with
him is because seeing how other people live and how they struggle and
how they do their best to provide for their family and sometimes they need
some help has kept him a little bit humbled to have that understanding to
how the other half lives. He always thought that was important. When you
get, if you are on the mailing list, the solicitations to the Fund, he
encouraged them to give generously. They are a no overhead pretty much
organization so that the dollar that goes in is the dollar that goes out.
Whether it is to give a child a bed so they are not sleeping on the floor or to