A nonprofit staff member said a donation from Uline will support the organization's Compassionate Care Fund by paying for emergency hotel rooms for people fleeing domestic violence, activating clients' cell phones so they can be contacted by service providers, and providing gas to maintain transportation to work and appointments.
The staff member told the meeting that Uline provided "a very generous check, which helps our compassionate care fund, helps us provide, help to those in need and people in crisis," and that the support helps arrange "hotel rooms, for example, for, folks experiencing domestic violence."
According to the staff member, the fund also pays to activate cell phones so clients "can get contacted by service providers" and provides gas assistance to "keep keep them going on the road and get them to work." The speaker described the donation as enabling a "variety of needs" that "really helps people in crisis to, maintain happy, healthy lives."
The transcript does not specify the donation amount or the nonprofit's name. No motions, votes or other formal actions related to the donation were recorded in the provided transcript segment.