HomeMy WebLinkAbout1999-0420 VOLUNTEER WEEKPROCLAIVIATION
WHEREAS,
the Ashland Community Service Volunteers contributed many thousands
of hours during 1998 and 1999 to the Ashland community; and
WHEREAS,
WHEREAS,
.their volunteer activities encompass service to students in the remedial
reading program in our local schools, offering clerical assistance to our
Municipal Court and Police Department and administering the Community
Service Volunteer office; and
the Forest Service attributes the lack of fires in the watershed to the
volunteers who patrol the 35~mile circuit and provide a lot of goodwill by
making the public aware of the restrictions in that area; and
WHEREAS,
many of our senior citizens are assisted by volunteers providing assistance
with transportation, shopping, home visits, household upkeep, income tax
preparation, and assistance to those seniors in nursing homes; and
WHEREAS,
these volunteers also perform other vital services such as the influenza
inoculation clinic, blood pressure clinic, Meals-on-Wheels, Loaves &
Fishes, mail courier for city departments, participation in the Block Home
Program, Neighborhood Watch, Vacation House Check Program and the
Adult Crossing Guard Program, as well as many others.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Catherine M. Shaw, Mayor of the City of Ashland, do hereby
proclaim April 18 through 24, 1999, as
VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION WEEK
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in Ashland and ask that all citizens recognize these special people who give their time,
energy and resources in assisting others, thereby making our community a nicer place in
which to live.
Dated this 20 day of April, 1999.
Catherine M. Shaw, Mayor
Bar ara Christenseb/~'''ff/~/, City Recorde~