HomeMy WebLinkAbout0220 Hunger AwarenessPROCLAMATION
WHEREAS,
WHEREAS,
last year more than 515,000 Oregon and Clark County, WA residents
sought and received emergency food supplies from the Oregon Food
Bank Network; and
hunger hurts the whole community: it harms the proper development of
children, compromises the strength of our workforce and undermines
Oregon's livability; and
WHEREAS, one in seven people in Oregon suffer from hunger; and
WHEREAS,
although the Oregon Food Bank network distributes over 41 million
pounds of food through 20 regional coordinating agencies, including
ACCESS Food Share, the problem remains unacceptably severe; and
WHEREAS,
the attention and assistance of all Oregonians is needed to bring help
and hope to hungry people by eliminating hunger as a problem in our
state.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Alan W. DeBoer, Mayor of the City of Ashland, do hereby
proclaim March, 2001, as
"Hunger Awareness Month"
in the City of Ashland and urge all citizens to fight hunger by joining ACCESS Food
Share and the rest of the Oregon Food Bank Network in finding a community solution
to a community problem.
Dated the 20th day of February, 2001.
Alan W. DeBoer, Mayor
Barbara Christensen, City Recorder