HomeMy WebLinkAbout1989-28 "Hire a Youth" Month
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JIM MASSEY
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THE JOB COUNCIL
3069 CRATER LAKE AVENUE .
(503) 776-5100
or 479-7861
MEDFORD, OREGON 97504
RESOLUTION TO PROCLAIM JUNE AS "HIRE A YOUTH" MONTH
WHEREAS a job provides more of an opportunity for a youth than
just earning wages, and the employment of youth makes a positive
and far reaching contribution to the community; and
WHEREAS the employment of youth provides and immediate benefit to
the community by increasing the number of people contributing to
the economic base; and
WHEREAS the employment of youth provides a more positive social
atmosphere that provides hope and opportunity; and
WHEREAS youth learn positive work habits best through firsthand
experience in the working world; and
WHEREAS statistics indicate that involvement with thE~ courts,
drugs and alcohol abuse diminish with employment of youth; and
WHEREAS strong evidence exists that prolonged periods of
unemployment as a youth increases probability of lower wages, low
self-image and more frequent periods of unemployment as an adult;
and
WHEREAS research indicates that those who work as teenagers are
better employees as adults;
BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED THAT THE CITY MAYORS OF JACKSON AND
JOSEPHINE COUNTIES AND THE ROGUE VALLEY PRIVATE INDUSTRY COUNCIL
JOINTLY PROCLAIM
JUNE AS "HIRE A YOUTH" MONTH
IN ORDER TO FOCUS COMMUNITY ATTENTION ON THE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH TO BETTER PREPARE THEM FOR
SUCCESSFUL EMPLOYMENT, RESPONSIBLE CITIZENSHIP,
CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY.
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~therine Golden
Mayor
City of Ashland
COMMISSIONERS
JACKSON COUNTY
JEFF GOLDEN n
HANK HENRY >-f,={c",<-..:L
SUE KUPILLAS
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COMMISSIONERS
JOSEPHINE COUNTY
REBECCA BROWN
BRIAN CALVERT
BRUCE McGREGOR