HomeMy WebLinkAboutProclamation 87- Kappa Delta Child Abuse Prevention Day March 14 1987
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PRO C LAM A T ION
KAPPA DELTA CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION DAY
March 14, 1987
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WHEREAS, child abuse is a preventable national tragedy, from which over
one million American children suffer each year, and from which
more than 2,000 of them die needless deaths; and
WHEREAS, the problem of child abuse touches every community in our State
and Nation; and
WHEREAS, the financial cost society bears in dealing with the results of
child abuse is enormous, with the cost in human suffering and
wasted individual potential immeasurable; and
WHEREAS, the National Committee for Prevention of Child Abuse believes
that prevention, and the saving of lives and dollars, is even
more important than treating the problem after it occurs; and
WHEREAS, prevention activities can keep people out of an already over-
burdened and expensive social-service system; and
WHEREAS, the National Committee for Prevention of Child Abuse believes
that abuse can only be prevented through the development of
activities and increased awareness at the community and local
levels; and
WHEREAS, Kappa Delta Sorority has undertaken a nationwide fundraising
campaign on Saturday, March 14, 1987, with 80 percent of the
money raised to be used in locally sponsored child abuse
prevention efforts, and 20 percent to go to the National
Committee for Prevention of Child Abuse.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Judith A. Mathre, Mayor of the City of Bozeman, do
hereby proclaim March 14, 1987, to be
"KAPPA DELTA CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION DAY"
in the City of Bozeman and urge all citizens of this city to support the
activities of Kappa Delta Sorority on behalf of the prevention of child
abuse.
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,
SEA L Montana, this 9th day of March, in
the Year of Our Lord, One Thousand Nine
Hundred and Eighty-Seven.
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JUDI H A. MATHRE, Mayor