HomeMy WebLinkAboutres1996-007HIM TCOM COUNTY COUNCIL AGENDA BILL NO. 1996 -22
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01/17/96
01/23/96
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SUBJECT.•
Resolution designate Jan. 21 to Jan. 27, 1996 as Kiwanis Week
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COUNCIL ACTION TAKEN.•
1996.22-
1/23/96: Approved 7 -0, Resolution #96 -007
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kMnis.nes1 /17/96 SPONSORED BY: Consent
PROPOSED BY: Nelson
INTRODUCTION DATE: January 23. 1996
1 RESOLUTION NO. 96 -007
2 DESIGNATING THE WEEK OF JANUARY 21 TO JANUARY 27, 1996 AS
3 KIWANIS WEEK
4 WHEREAS, Kiwanis International, a community service organization with 327,000
5 members and 8,700 clubs, raised $63 million in cash and donated more than 6.5 million
6 volunteer hours in 77 nations and geographic areas; and
7 WHEREAS, there are 7,755 Kiwanians in 213 clubs in the state of Washington; and
8 WHEREAS, there are seven active Kiwanis clubs in Whatcom County, consisting of
9 the Bellingham Noon, Kulshan, Meridian, Ferndale, Blaine Peace Arch, Lynden Breakfast,
10 and Lynden Noon Clubs; and
11 WHEREAS, these Kiwanis Clubs sponsor four school youth clubs, consisting of the
12 Circle K Club at Western Washington University, two high school Key Clubs at Sehome and
13 Bellingham High, and one Builders Club at Shuksan Middle School, and additionally
14 sponsor one AKtion Club for the developmentally disabled in Bellingham; and
15 WHEREAS, the concept and principles of Kiwanis are embodied in their Six
16 Constitutional Objects, in which the first is to give primacy to the human and spiritual,
17 rather than the material values of life; and
18 WHEREAS, the primary thrust of all Kiwanis activities is for the youth in our
19 communities, placing major emphasis on the young children: Priority One efforts on behalf
20 of children ages prenatal through age five; and
21 WHEREAS, Kiwanis International working with Unicef and the World Health
22 Organization has made a commitment to the virtual elimination of Iodine Deficiency
23 Disorders (the number one preventable cause of mental retardation in the world) through
24 salt iodization, by the year 2000; and
25 WHEREAS, the Kiwanis Clubs of. Whatcom County have been perpetually involved
26 in all aspects of community service for over 70 years, working tirelessly to assure the quality
27 of life in our county is the best it can possibly be; and
28 WHEREAS, the Kiwanis Clubs of Whatcom County have raised and donated in
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1 excess. of $20,000 toward the Worldwide Service project, Iodine Deficiency Disorders,
2 bringing to an end suffering for over half a million children in our world; and
3 WHEREAS, the governors of Washington and Oregon have both proclaimed the
4 week of January 21 through January 27, 1996 to be Kiwanis Week.
5 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Whatcom County Council that the
6 week of January 21 through January 27, 1996 be designated as Kiwanis Week in Whatcom
7 County, and we urge all citizens to join in this special observance.
8 APPROVED this 23 day of January , 1996.
9 WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
10 ATTEST: WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON
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12 Dana rown - Davis, of the Council 4LLWadrdNeAlson, WCAncifllhair
13 APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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