89-017
RESOLUTION 17-89
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VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA WEEK
March 5-12, 1989
WHEREAS, the Volunteers of America, a Christian social service
organization, is celebrating its 93rd year of service to the people
of Minnesota and the nation; it is therefore certainly appropriate
for us to join in the observance of this milestone with the
commemoration of March 5-12, 1989 as Volunteers of America Week;
and,
WHEREAS, the Volunteers of America is making a valuable contribution
to the people of Minnesota by providing 2 residential treatment
centers for emotionally handicapped boys; a children's emergency
shelter; 6 programs serving autistic, autistic-like and/or
developmentally disabl.ed chilclren3.nd youth; 50 treatment foster
homes and group homes for infants, children and youth; 4 homes for
elderly and/or mentally disabled adults; 42 senior citizen dining
sites in Anoka and Hennepin Counties; a pre-release and work-release
correctional program for men and a jail, workhouse, and work-release
correctional facility for female offenders; plus 3 housing complexes
for families, the handicapped, and the elderly; and 4 long-term care
facilities; and,
WHEREAS, the Volunteers of America, through its compassionate, yet
practical crusade, is extending spiritual fellowship as it provides
~ relief where it is most urgently; and,
WHEREAS, the Volunteers of America is commemorating its founding in
1896 and urges others to uphold the American philanthropic spirit
through their commitment to help those in need
NOW, THERE, BE IT RESOLVED, that I, Jan Haugen , Mayor of
Shorewood., do hereby proclaim the week of March 5-12, 1989,
as
VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA WEEK
in Shorewood
AND, BE IT RESOLVED, that copies of this proclamation be transmitted
to the Volunteers of America as evidence of our esteem.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great
Seal of the City of Shorewood to be affixed this 13th day of
February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred
and eighty-nine.
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