A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH TO RETROACTIVELY ACCEPT A DONATION FROM THE LITTLE LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION, IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $9,000.00, FOR THE CITY'S PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT'S AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER, OR HIS DESIGNEE, TO MAKE SUCH EXPENDITURES OR REIMBURSEMENTS CONSISTENT WITH THE AFORESTATED EVENT AND PURPOSE.

The City of Miami Beach Parks and Recreation Department offers an after-school program open to children living in and outside of Miami Beach.  The after-school program includes literacy and homework help, dance lessons, nutrition education, physical fitness education, and recreation activities.  The after-school KidzLit, Positive Action, and the Sports, Play, and Active Recreation for Kids (SPARKS) curriculums are used during after-school and summer programs to ensure children improve in literacy, social skills, and physical fitness throughout their time in the program.

On Saturday, December 15, 2018, the Little Lighthouse Foundation made a holiday toy donation to City’s Parks and Recreation Department’s after-school programs in the total amount of $9,000. 

The City Administration recommends that the City Commission retroactively approve and authorize the acceptance of the donation from the Little Lighthouse Foundation, in the total amount of $9,000, for the City’s Parks and Recreation Department’s after-school programs, and authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to make such expenditures or reimbursements consistent with the aforestated event and purpose.