HomeMy WebLinkAboutProclamation 87- Montana Employ the Handicapped Month October 1987
PROCLAMATION
MONTANA EMPLOY THE HANDICAPPED MONTH
October, 1987
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WHEREAS, the City of Bozeman has seen its efforts to promote the
employment of disabled persons rewarded over the years by
the skills, contributions, and accomplishments of these
persons; and
WHEREAS, public and private employers in this City are charged to
consider disabled persons without prejudice in all
opportunities for employment and promotion; and
WHEREAS, disabled people have repeatedly demonstrated their
capability to perform in the work place, as volunteers in
the civic arena, and in all other walks of life commensurate
with their abilities and the opportunities afforded them; and
WHEREAS, we cannot meet future challenges without the support and
cooperation of all our people, disabled and able bod i ed
alike; and
WHEREAS, "Making Employment a Reality" has been designated the 1987
theme for Employ the Handicapped Week.
WHEREAS, the President of the United States has declared the week of
October 4-10, 1987 as NATIONAL EMPLOY THE HANDICAPPED
WEEK.
WHEREAS, Montana Job Service Offices, Vocational Rehabilitation Offices,
and the Governor's Committee on Employment of the
Handicapped will be undertaking special activities throughout
the month of October to increase public awareness of the
employment potential of handicapped persons.
NOW, TH EREFORE, I , Judith A. Mathre, Mayor of the City of Boze-
man, Montana, do hereby proclaim the month of October, 1987 as
MONTANA EMPLOY THE HANDICAPPED MONTH
SEA L 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 5th day of October, in the
year of our Lord, One Thousand
Nine Hundred and Eighty-Seven.
~A.~.
J . MA rHRE, Mayor