CEAP Receives New Van from Brooklyn Park Rotary Club.The "help agency" itself needed help--new van a "no brainer" for local service club BROOKLYN PARK Brooklyn Park, city (1990 pop. 56,381), Hennepin co., SE Minn., a suburb of Minneapolis; chartered as a city 1969. Manufacturing includes machinery, wood and metal products, tools, feeders, and medical and pharmaceutical supplies. , Minn. -- When their old van and their pickup truck both wore out at virtually the same time this winter, Byron Laher, President of Brooklyn Park-based Community Emergency Assistance Program (CEAP CEAP Civilian Employee Assistance Program CEAP Consolidated Emergency Assistance Program (WA DSHS program) CEAP Clinical, Etiologic, Anatomic and Pathophysiologic CEAP Corps of Engineers Automation Plan ), knew that his agency itself needed help. "We use our vehicles to pick up donations of food, clothing, holiday items, school supplies, etc. So without both of our light duty vehicles, our clients were going to suffer. The first people we thought to turn to were the members of the Brooklyn Park Rotary Rotary can refer to:
"A new van for CEAP was a virtual "no brainer" for us," said Brooklyn Park Rotary President Harry Jebens. "They do so much good for our community--they're an example for all of us. Rotary is all about service and supporting organizations like CEAP, especially with its local focus. This is an ideal way to multiply mul·ti·ply v. 1. To increase the amount, number, or degree of. 2. To breed or propagate. all our efforts. And speaking of local, another Brooklyn Park organization with a long history of community service, Brookdale Chevrolet, chipped in a generous discount on one of their vans that ideally suited CEAP's needs, and we were in business." Jebens added that CEAP's need surfaced at just the right time, too. "Most of the service projects that we support aren't as large monetarily as a delivery van. However, in conjunction with our Wild Game Dinner annual fundraiser on February 22nd, we were looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a major community project to get behind, so CEAP's need for a new van fell right into our calendar." About CEAP: The mission of CEAP is to stabilize stabilize See peg. individuals and families in financial distress Financial distress Events preceding and including bankruptcy, such as violation of loan contracts. and to maximize their ability to live independently and with dignity. About Brooklyn Park Rotary: Founded in 1981, Brooklyn Park Rotary is made up of local business people dedicated to serving the special needs of the people of their community, and in cooperation with over a million Rotarians in thousands of Rotary Clubs around the world, serving people in need around the globe. |
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