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Dept/ Agency: Fire
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Accepting a Donation
Gift: Smoke Detectors; Dollar Value Amount $3,338.00
Purpose: To distribute smoke detectors to Newark's residents who currently do not have smoke detectors
Entity Name: The Shauger Group, Inc., and Steve Weatherford and Laura Weatherford, individually
Entity Address: 429 Dodd Street, East Orange, New Jersey 07017
Gift Value: $3,338.00
City Contribution: $0
Other Funding Source/Amount: $0
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WHEREAS, The City of Newark, by and through the Fire Department, (collectively the "City") desires to accept a gift of 750 smoke detectors, in the amount of Three Thousand Three Hundred Thirty Eight Dollars ($3,338.00), donated by The Shauger Group, Inc. ("Shauger Group"), 429 Dodd Street, East Orange, New Jersey 07017, and Steve Weatherford and Laura Weatherford, individually; and
WHEREAS, this gift would allow residents of Newark to be able to obtain a smoke detector from the City who currently do not have one in their place of residence, do not have the means to purchase one for their place of residence or purchasing one for their residence would impose upon them a financial strain; and
WHEREAS, the Shauger Group, and subsidiaries, is a family owned and operated New Jersey corporation founded in 1981 by Donald and Lisa Shauger; and
WHEREAS, the Executive Vice President of Shauger Group, his wife, Lisa Shauger, along with New York Giants' punter, Steve Weatherford and his wife, Laura Weatherford (individually and collectively referred to herein as, the "Donors"), learned of a house fire in Newark that killed a family of six on Father's Day; and
WHEREAS, that family did not have a single smoke detector and the Donors felt compelled to do something in memory of the six family members who perished and in hopes of prevent...
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