Minutes | GPIA Monthly Meeting | 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024 | Pine Island Community Church

Call to order

• Erin Lollar Lambert, Executive Director

GPIA State of the Union

• Aaron Barreda, GPIA Board Co-Chair / Erin Lollar-Lambert

Treasurer’s Report – Dave Connor

• Revenue for the month: $73,069.85
• Expenses, including prepaid rent and rebuilding costs: $64,044.11
• Net Revenue: $9,000

General Updates

• Camp Noah – GPIA is offering a free spring break camp March 18-22 for the children of Pine Island. The nationally acclaimed program focuses on resiliency and preparedness for children. We still have spaces available for children in grades K-5. We are REALLY in need of volunteers. Please reach out to Jeannine at team@gpialliance.org for more information. We would like to thank the St. James Civic Center for allow-ing us to use their space to hold Camp Noah.

Construction Updates

• Over the last month we have helped four survivors return home.
• We presented at the Lee County Unmet Needs table and received $76,000, which will help another three families return to a safe, sanitary, and secure housing.
• We will be presenting another eight cases for funding on Feb. 29.
• We also had 25 volunteers from Collamer Christian Church in Indiana help our survivors.

Planning Grant Proposal

Mike’s Maillakakis, General Manager of the Greater Pine Island Water Association (GPIWA), provided a briefing on CDBG-DR NOFA Planning Grant proposal being submitted by the GPIWA, in partnership with GPIA

• Click here for details (See “Teaming Up for Resiliency Planning”)

Public comments / Questions:

• Would Zello work in emergency situations? If cell service is down it would not work.
• Who is applying for the grant? GPIWA is submitting the grant application on behalf of GPIA and will be managing the grant funds.
• How can individuals help GPIA? Visit our website at www.gpialliance.org and select “Donate” to make a donation or to volunteer. Also, email team@gpialliance.org to volunteer for Camp Noah.

Closing Remarks

• As always, we would like to thank Pastor Michelle and the Pine Island Community Church for al-lowing us to use their space for our monthly GPIA meetings.
• Reminder: If you cannot attend a meeting in person, our meetings are shown via livestream on the GPIA Facebook page and you can also watch a recording of the meeting there as well.

—Minutes respectfully submitted by Jeannine Herbinsky, Executive Assistant, GPIA