2017-665-E Finance - ARC of the Triangle outside agency agreement

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DocuSign Envelope ID:7B55B196-3912-4C1A-ADB4-A753058DFEFD XHIBIT A PROVIDER'S OUTSIDE AGENCY APPLICATION friendship and fun for teens and adults with or without intellectual/developmental disabilities. • EZ Rider and Public Transportation - Arc participants use the free public bus system to access the community for their employment, education and social activities. • The Seymour Center - Arc participants volunteer weekly at the Seymour Center assisting and creating friendships with senior citizens, The Arc's Petals with a Purpose program also supplies monthly lunch bouquets honoring senior birthdays that month. • RSVP (Retired Seniors Volunteer Program) - senior citizen's volunteer with The Arc's social programs such as Petals with a Purpose and Spin class. • UNC Wellness Center Meadowmont - Arc Spin, Weight and HOOPS basketball meet weekly at the health club at no charge to The Arc. • The Chapel Hill Carrboro Chamber of Commerce - each fall the Chamber sponsors one Arc employee to participate in the Chapel Hill Carrboro Chamber's Leadership Series. • The Hillsborough Chamber of Commerce - Arc staff speaks biannually to educate and encourage Hillsborough residents to utilize Arc services and programs. • Sororities and Fraternities at UNC APO ZTA Phi Beta Chi and PKP Arc's volunteer programs are comprised of a large percentage of sorority and fraternity students. Students organize major fundraisers for the benefit of The Arc (Tar Heel 10 Miler, ZTA Race for the Cure.) • The Knights of Columbus - raise awareness and funding for The Arc's programs through the LAMB's Tootsie Roll event each year. • The Cardinal Track Club and others - The Arc is chosen as one of the local non-profits to benefit from the awareness and the money raised from these three annual races: Annual "Turkey Gallop and Gorge," "Four on the Fourth," and Tour de Carrboro in October. • The Meadowmont Homeowners Association annual yard sale donating all proceeds to The Arc, welcoming to Arc individuals residing in Meadowmont townhomes built and designated for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities (9 individuals total.) • PNC Bank,_Chapel Hill - each Wednesday the Petals with a Purpose program gathers in a PNC conference room at no charge to The Arc. • Hargraves Community Center- on Tuesdays Hargraves hosts The Arc's health and wellness cooking class allowing us to use the center at no charge. • Mardi Gras Bowling -- on periodic Fridays, Arc individuals enjoy bowling alongside people with and without disabilities. • Amante Pizza - on periodic Fridays, Arc individuals enjoy lunching at Amante's alongside people with and without disabilities. • The Root Cellar- encourages their staff to volunteer at The Arc. Each week the Petals with a Purpose program donates flower bouquets with Arc's information on each vase. The vases are displayed on their tables so patrons of the restaurant can learn about The Arc, take home and enjoy a free flower vase compliments of The Arc's "Acts of Random Compassion" Petals with a Purpose Program. People seeing these vases have contacted us to become volunteers with the Petals program. Just today we received a call from a film making student that wants to do a documentary on the Petals Program after witnessing the delivery of vases to the Root Cellar and the joy that it brought to many. • HOPE Gardens (Homeless Outreach Poverty Eradication program) - UNC School of Justice students converted an unused fourteen-acre piece of land into community gardens and offered local non-profits small garden beds to rent to grow vegetables, herbs, fruits, and flowers of their choosing. For the past six years, The Arc has rented two of these garden beds, growing food for cooking class and planting PROGRAM INFORMATION 1/26/2017 5:52:09 PM Page F 0F :'