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MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF SOCIAL SERVICES March 21, 2016 1 THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF SOCIAL SERVICES MET ON MONDAY: March 21, 2016 at the Hillsborough Commons, Hillsborough, North Carolina. BOARD OF SOCIAL SERVICES MEMBERS PRESENT: Tamara Dempsey-Tanner, Chair; Ann Wilkerson and Pat Garavaglia. GUEST: None. BOARD OF SOCIAL SERVICES MEMBERS ABSENT: Claire Millar and Earl McKee. STAFF PRESENT: Nancy Coston, Director; Lindsey Shewmaker, Human Services Manager; Tina Clark, Child Care Supervisor; Sharron Hinton, Human Services Manager. I. Call to Order and Introductions DSS Chair, Tamara Dempsey-Tanner, called the meeting to order at 4:16 pm. II. Board Comments None. III. Public Comments None. IV. Agenda Changes The item Transportation and Food Needs will be postponed to the next meeting. V. Action Items On a motion by Pat Garavaglia, the Board approved the minutes of February 22, 2016. Ann Wilkerson seconded the motion. The motion was carried without dissent. VI. Items for Discussion and/or Decision 1. Review of Holiday Program Sharron Hinton provided the Board with an overview of the agency’s holiday programs. She thanked Pat Garavaglia, Balloons and Tunes, and all the sponsors for assisting with the Share Your Holiday Program. Through this program, 227 children and 76 adults were sponsored this year. Ms. Garavaglia noted that many of the sponsors really enjoyed sponsoring seniors and would like to take on more of that next year. The Toy Chest served 2,841 Orange County children. During the weekend of the event 8,372 toys and 2,752 books were given away. An additional 1,398 stocking stuffers were given away so that most children received 3-4 items. The agency raised over $18,000 in funds to support the program and received an additional $7,000 from the Toys for Tots foundation. Approximately 176 volunteers assisted in running the holiday programs.