City of Monroe 2018 New Year’s Focus: City Employee Community Benevolent Projects
Note: For the past several years, on New Year’s Day, Mayor Mayo shares a new focus area that he and city officials will champion during the coming year.
City of Monroe 2018 New Year’s Focus:
City Employee Community Benevolent Projects
Mayor Jamie Mayo announces the City of Monroe 2018 New Year’s focus will be City Employee Community Benevolent Projects. This effort is #12 on Mayor Mayo’s 60 for 60 projects list.
Mayor Jamie Mayo comments, “In addition to working extremely hard to provide city services to our residents, Monroe city employees believe in going the extra mile for community service. Over the years, our employees have fully embraced a plethora of initiatives aimed at benefiting Monroe neighborhoods, our local youth, senior citizens, the less fortunate, and more! For example, our most recent United Way fundraising campaign was a record-breaking effort by our employees. In 2018, we will participate in even more benevolent projects. Our goal is to complete at least one such initiative during each month of 2018. Hopefully, we can inspire other municipalities, businesses, schools, community groups and other organizations to join in or model after our efforts.”
An outlined list of 2018 Benevolent Projects is listed below. More detailed information will be shared about these projects, each month, as the actual initiative approaches.
Month | BENEVOLENT PROJECT |
January | Distribute “Comfort Kits” to the Homeless and Less Fortunate |
February | Senior Sweethearts – Special visits to elderly residents in nursing homes and other organizations |
March | Mentoring Moments – Reading and visiting students in our local school system(s) |
April | Community Service Scholarship Scramble Golf Tournament to benefit up to 12 graduating high school seniors |
May | NELA Sickle Cell Run/Walk – fundraising and awareness effort |
June | Summer Fan Drive for Senior Citizens |
July | Bottled Water Drive for the Homeless and Less Fortunate |
August | School Supply Drive for Needy Students |
September | Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure Run/Walk – fundraising and awareness effort |
October | NELA Food Bank City Employee Canned Food Drive |
November | Annual Turkey Giveaway |
December | Mayor-Council Christmas Bike Giveaway Twin City Firefighter & City Employee Christmas Toy Drive Senior Food Box Distribution w/NELA FoodBank and Goodfellows |