BOS-09-13-2005

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BOARD OF SELECTMEN MINUTES
 September 13, 2005
 MEMORIAL HALL

Present: Robert E. Burr, Jr., Chairman, Victor D. Del Vecchio, Vice-Chairman; John J.
Connolly, Clerk; Avril T. Elkort, Member; Gerald A. Salvatori, Jr., Member, William T.
Friel, Town Administrator; and Judy Nelson, Administrative Secretary

Location: Salah Room, Memorial Hall

Meeting was called to Order at 7:00 p.m.

Mr. Friel introduced Ed Sullivan, Ed Lynch, and Paul Carroll, Trustees for the Salah
Family Foundation:

Mr. Sullivan noted that it was with mixed emotion that the trustees are present this
evening. He then introduced Mr. Ed Lynch. Mr. Lynch read correspondence from the
Salah Foundation and the Board of Selectmen. The tragedy created by Hurricane Katrina
along the Gulf Coast of the United States has caused human pain and suffering beyond
comprehension. Joining with the fellow citizens across the nation, the good people of
Canton are responding as they have done in the past to help their countrymen in need. He
noted that because of the continued extraordinary generosity of James and Beatrice Salah
through the Salah Foundation for the Town of Canton, in partnership with the Board of
Selectmen, a donation in the amount of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars
($250,000.00) was being presented to the Salvation Army this evening to be used for
disaster relief.

Mr. Carroll then had the Board of Selectmen members sign this letter to the Salvation
Army expressing that we hoped this would ease some of the pain and hardship of those
who suffered during this terrible event.

The check was then presented to Colonel Barbara Van Brunt representative for the
Salvation Army. She introduced Jack Peters and Ted Lynch, representatives also for the
Salvation Army, Massachusetts Division. She thanked the Town and the Salah
Foundation for their generosity which would enable them to assist literally hundreds of
people in responding to some of the very basis needs that this catastrophic situation has
caused. She noted it is a privilege to provide food, clothing, and shelter, along with other
basic needs to these victims at their time of need.

Mr. Burr noted that he was not surprised by this gesture, as the Salah family has always
been very generous.

Mr. Connolly thanked the trustees for all their hard work and determination to make a
difference in this time of need.

Mrs. Elkort noted that the Salah Family Foundation has always been extraordinarily
generous. She noted the help and hard work of the Salvation Army.