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January 8, 1996 Zaire Canada CL it CPLLs, Inc. 2900 North Rice Street, #380 Little Canada, Mn 55113 (612) 486 -0528 Members of the City Council City of Little Canada Little Canada, MN 55117 Dear Council Members. Our organization, Little Canada Charity Plus, Inc., is a Minnesota non - profit corporation and has been a residence Charity in the City of Little Canada from its inception in 1979. Primary functions of our organization are: 1) Acquisition, development and maintenance of community parks and recreational facilities in the Little Canada area for community welfare and wellbeing. 2) Implementing and /or supporting sports and educational activities or medical care programs for the youth in the Little Canada area. 3) Providing financial assistance to the elderly, needy, or handicapped in our community. We were the primary donor (in excess of $500,000.00 over the years) in the acquisition and development of Pioneer Park. Our members participate each year in planting flowers and trees at the Park and most recently, our organization fimded $20,820.00 for furnishing and installing an 8 foot high outfield fencing in 1994 and contributed $40,000.00 last month to cover the cost of constructing lighting facilities for youth sports activities at Pioneer Park. We also contributed a complete Playground facility at Nadeau Park. In 1992 when our city was devastated by the straight lined wind storm, our organization funded to clean -up the city streets. In addition to our direct approaches to the youth and needy in the community, we also are working very closely with a number of community organizations to implement broader and more effective charitable programs in our community. Over the years, we have been working very closely with Little Canada Recreation Association and contributed over $50,000.00 for youth activities and subsidized youth activity registration fees for many years. In partnership with Little Canada Volunteer Fire Dept. we provided smoke detectors to the seniors in the community and contributed substantial sums of money (in excess of $100,000.00) to the Fire Dept.in its aquisition of state of art Fire trucks for the safety of our community as well as volunteer firefighters. Our organization as a Charitable organization under WC Section 501(c)(3) also has contributed substantial sums of money for the area seniors in general and Mayfair Residences age 1