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PROCLAMATION
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB WEEK
April 14~20, 1996
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WHEREAS, the young people of Montana are tomorrow's leaders; and
WHEREAS, many such young people need professional youth services to help them cope
with a wide range of social and financial hardships; and
WHEREAS, there are four Boys and Girls Club organizations in Montana, in Billings,
Bozeman, Lame Deer and Red Lodge, providing services to young people; and
WHEREAS. the Boys and Girls Clubs are at the forefront of efforts in drug and alcohol
prevention, teen pregnancy prevention, after school activity programs,
prevention of gangs and gang violence, etc.; and
WHEREAS, the Boys and Girls Club organizations in our state help ensure that our young
people keep off the streets, offering them a safe and supportive place to go and
providing them with quality programs; and
WHEREAS, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Montana will celebrate National Boys and Girls Club
Week 1996, along with some 1,800 clubs and more than two million young
people nationwide.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Don E. Stueck, Mayor of the City of Bozeman, do hereby proclaim
April 14 through April 20, 1996 as
"BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB WEEK"
in the City of Bozeman, and call on all citizens to join with me in recognizing and
commending the Boys and Girls Club organizations in our state for providing comprehensive,
effective services to the young people in our communities.
SEAL IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set
my hand and caused the Great Seal of the
City of Bozeman, in the State of Montana, to
be affixed at Bozeman, Montana, this 15th
day of April in the year of our Lord One
Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety-six.
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DON E. STUECK
Mayor