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PROCLAMATION
Whereas, last year more than 429,000 Oregon residents sought and received '
emergency food supplies from the Oregon Food Bank Network;
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y Whereas, hunger hurts the whole community: it harms the development of
children compromises the strength of our work force and r
undermines Oregon's livability; and
Whereas, one in seven people in Oregon suffer from hunger; and ",!(E,;,•
r-eih. Whereas, although the Oregon Food Bank distributes over 20 million pounds
of food through 20 regional coordinating agencies and 650 local
member agencies, including Access Food Share, the problem
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remains unacceptably severe; and
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help and hope to hungry people by eliminating hunger as a .�_--
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E Now, therefore, I do hereby proclaim the month of March 1997 as
Hunger Awareness Month
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City of Ashland and urge all citizens to fight hunger,by joining Access 1 >;
Food Share and the rest of the Oregon Food Bank Network in finding a � I
I � community solution to a community problem. =,_,;; ;I
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ib. Dated the 18th day of February, 1997.
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a. Catherine M. Golden �� _f
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