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MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF SOCIAL SERVICES <br />December 21, 2020 <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF SOCIAL SERVICES MET ON MONDAY: December 21, 2020 virtually. <br /> <br />BOARD OF SOCIAL SERVICES MEMBERS PRESENT: Tamara Dempsey-Tanner, Pat Garavaglia, and Jane <br />Garrett. <br /> <br />GUEST: None. <br /> <br />BOARD OF SOCIAL SERVICES MEMBERS ABSENT: Susie Enoch and Earl McGee. <br /> <br />STAFF PRESENT: Nancy Coston, Director; Lindsey Shewmaker, Human Services Manager; Sharron Hinton, <br />Human Services Program Manager; Crystal Mitchell, Human Services Program Manager <br /> <br />I. Call to Order and Introductions <br /> <br />DSS Chair, Tamara Dempsey-Tanner, called the meeting to order at 4:04 pm. <br /> <br />II. Board Comments <br /> <br />None. <br /> <br />III. Public Comments <br /> <br />None. <br /> <br />IV. Agenda Changes <br /> <br />None. <br /> <br />V. Action Items <br /> <br />On a motion by Pat Garavaglia, the Board approved the minutes of November 2020. Jane Garrett <br />seconded the motion. The motion was carried without dissent. <br /> <br />VI. Items for Discussion and/or Decision <br /> <br />1. Holiday Program <br /> <br />Nancy Coston noted she thought staff did an amazing job planning the toy distribution and things <br />went well. Sharron Hinton explained the Toy Chest process for this year. Pre-registration was <br />requested when the letters went out and families were given a time slot to pick up toys in a curbside <br />delivery plan. The only real issue was related to traffic control and flow at the building but that was <br />rectified fairly quickly. Gifts were prepacked and stacked alphabetically by time slot. Final numbers <br />are not yet available but staff estimate approximately 1,250 families were served. The remaining <br />turkeys are going out to families receiving social work services, and may be shared with IFC and <br />OCIM. <br /> <br />Sponsorships went well overall. There were a few technological glitches that led to some kids <br />getting missed. There were enough monetary donations that those issues could be rectified. The <br />gifts received were really nice and most things came in and were packaged appropriately. Pat <br />Garavaglia added that she thought it went beautifully and had 171 sponsors who took 250 kids.