HomeMy WebLinkAboutProclamation 08- Peace Corps Week February 25-March 3, 2008Ma oral Proclamation: Peace Cor s Week
February 25--March 3, 2008
WHEREAS, The Peace Corps has become an enduring symbol of our nation's
commitment to encourage progress, create opportunity, and expand development at
the grass-roots level in the developing world; and
WHEREAS, More than 190,000 Americans have served as Peace Corps volunteers
in 139 countries since 19G1; and
WHEREAS, Over the past 47 years, 1,182 men and women from the state of
Montana have responded to our nation's call to serve by joining the Peace Corps;
and
WHEREAS, Peace Corps volunteers have made significant and lasting
contributions around the world in agriculture, business development, information
technology, education, health and HIV/AIDS, and the environment, and have
improved the lives of individuals and communities around the world; and
WHEREAS, Peace Corps volunteers have strengthened the ties of friendship and
understanding between the people of the United States and those of other countries;
and
WHEREAS, Peace Corps volunteers, enriched by their experiences overseas, have
brought their communities throughout the United States a deeper understanding of
other cultures and traditions, thereby bringing a domestic dividend to our nation;
and
WHEREAS, It is indeed fitting to recognize the achievements of the Peace Corps
and honor its volunteers, past and present, and reaffirm our country's commitment
to helping people help themselves throughout the world;
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved that I, Kaaren Jacobson, Mayor of the City of
Bozeman, do hereby proclaim February 2S-March 3, 2008 to be Peace Corps Week.
DATED this 25t~' day of February 2008.
Kaaren Jacobson
Mayor