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Dept/ Agency: Recreation, Cultural Affairs and Senior Services
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Accepting a Gift
Gift: To accept a gift donation.
Purpose: Two (2) week STEM Drone Program for City youths.
Entity Name: Learning Runway, Inc.
Entity Address: 1727 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 404, Washington D.C. 20036
Gift Value: $4,500.00
City Contribution: $0.00
Other Funding Source/Amount: Not Applicable
Contract Period: Not Applicable
Additional Information:
Learning Runway, Inc. helps students and workers in rural and other underserved areas learn new digital skills through flying unmanned aviation systems (i.e. drone technology).
The STEM Drone Program is a two (2) week afterschool program, for students ages 13 and older, to learn to build and pilot drones.
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WHEREAS, Learning Runway, Inc.,1727 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Suite 404, Washington, D.C. 20036, a 501(c)(3) Educational Non-profit established in 2018, helps students and workers in rural and other underserved areas learn new digital skills through flying unmanned aviation systems (i.e. drone technology); and
WHEREAS, Learning Runway ("LR") wishes to provide the City of Newark, Department of Recreation, Cultural Affairs and Senior Services (collectively, "the Parties") with the gift of a two (2) week afterschool program, for students ages, 13 and older, to learn to build and pilot drones (hereinafter the "Afterschool Gift Drone Program"); and
WHEREAS, the Department of Recreation, Cultural Affairs and Senior Services (the "Department") shall establish a plan and process for the selection of students to participate in the Afterschool Gift Drone Program, as well as provide any necessary waiver and parental consent documents; and
WHEREAS, this Afterschool Gift Drone Program will teach students to build/construct a drone, basic flight and operational skills, computer p...
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