WHEREAS, Ready, Willing & Able is a transitional housing provider that assists males in the City of Philadelphia’s emergency shelter system to acquire skills, achieve sobriety, and become educated in order to become self-sustaining and responsible members of their families and communities; and
WHEREAS, The City of Philadelphia supports Ready, Willing & Able, which trains transitioning individuals to perform work such as street cleaning and parks maintenance, providing both immediate and long-term benefit to the citizens of Philadelphia via homelessness reduction; and
WHEREAS, Jessie Anderson, Ray Foreman, Don Mitchell, Tyrieck Mitchum, and Anthony Murphy are currently enrolled in Ready, Willing & Able, and work under the supervision of Joseph Randle; and
WHEREAS, On the morning of April 12th , 2016, a female driver on Greenland Drive in Fairmount Park lost control of her vehicle, which ran over an embankment and landed vertically on a hill; and
WHEREAS, Jessie Anderson, Ray Foreman, Don Mitchell, Tyrieck Mitchum, and Joseph Randle were on their way to a work site when they witnessed the crash; and
WHEREAS, Without hesitation, all five men exited their vehicle to offer assistance to the female driver, whose vehicle was precariously positioned and in danger of tipping over; and
WHEREAS, All five men helped rescue the female driver, who was shaken but not seriously injured; and
WHEREAS, Jessie Anderson, Ray Foreman, Don Mitchell, and Tyrieck Mitchum are working diligently through Ready, Willing & Able in order to secure long-term housing and be able to provide for themselves and their families; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, THAT THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, Hereby honor, congratulate and recognize Jessie Anderson, Ray Foreman, Don Mitchell, Tyrieck Mitchum, and Joseph Randle of Ready, Willing & Able for their bravery, selflessness, and quick thinking
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FUTHER RESOLVED, That an Engrossed copy of this resolution be presented to Jessie Anderson, Ray Foreman, Don Mitchell, Tyrieck Mitchum, and Joseph Randle of Ready, Willing & Able as evidence of the sincere sentiments of this legislative body.
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