Gaithersburg Offers Assistance to Furloughed Residents Struggling Financially
The City of Gaithersburg has adopted a resolution which allows “fee waivers for its residents, providing them free access to select recreation programs during the shut-down period.” Gaithersburg residents who are struggling financially—because they are either a furloughed government employee or a federal contractor—are eligible to use the waiver.
In a press release, Gaithersburg Mayor Jud Ashman said that the city’s residents have been adversely affected by the federal government shutdown.
Ashman said, “While my colleagues and I may not be able to spur Congress and the President to resolve this dispute, we can provide a few amenities to make life a little more enjoyable for the employees and contractors who are caught in the middle.”
Are you or someone you know dealing with the effects of the #GovernmentShutdown? We've authorized fee waivers for some of our most popular rec offerings, see the full list at https://t.co/C1fFBhgVVC — and please RT or share with those who might need it most! pic.twitter.com/FFqtOTgT0q
— City of Gaithersburg (@GburgMD) January 15, 2019
Here’s how the City of Gaithersburg is helping residents hurt by the government shutdown:
- Federal employees and government contracts are offered fee walk-in admissions to Gaithersburg fitness centers at the Activity Center at the Bohrer Park, the Benjamin Gaither Center, and the Gaithersburg Aquatic Center.
- Fees are waived at the Activity Center for furloughed workers who want a drop-in pass to play Pickleball or Open Gym Basketball.
- Middle school and high school students whose families are affected by the shutdown are offered amenities at the Olde Towne Youth Center.
- Middle school students are offered amenities at Robertson Park Youth Center.
- Anyone furloughed can take advantage of Gaithersburg’s community assistance programs.
- Gaithersburg’s Community Services Division can help residents navigate hardships to prevent instances of eviction and foreclosure, and other health and financial challenges.
- Gaithersburg offers residents financial aid for the city’s summer camp programs.
In order for Gaithersburg residents to receive these benefits, they will need to have an ID and complete a waiver.
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Really?
No great swell of local businesses has offered free or reduced cost meals, pet supplies, gas, spa services, beers, or other such politically motivated actions to all the people who lost jobs in the private sector in the past 12 years, or the people dealing with illness be it from Lyme to cancer.
You know that every taxpayer in our Nation is paying the salaries of govvies.