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PROCLAMATION
PEACE CORPS WEEK: FEBRUARY 26 – MARCH 4, 2007
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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 187,000 Americans have served as Peace Corps
Volunteers in 139 countries since 1961; and
WHEREAS: Over the past 46 years, 1,156 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: I, Jeff Krauss, Mayor of the City of Bozeman, by the authority
vested in me, do hereby proclaim February 26 through March 4, 2007, Peace Corps
Week.
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Jeff Krauss, Mayor, City of Bozeman, MT
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