HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 01271987 - 87-50 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of Congratulating )
Midge Zischke ) 'Resolution No: 87/50
Orinda Citizen of the Year, 1987 )
WHEREAS Midge Zischke has been selected as Orinda ' s thirty-
seventh Citizen of the Year; and
WHEREAS Midge Zischke and her husband, Peter, have lived in
Orinda for thirty-two years and raised their four children there; and
WHEREAS Midge Zischke served on the Orinda Union School District
Board from 1975 to 1979 ; and
WHEREAS Midge Zischke foresaw waning funds for the Orinda schools
and with like-minded citizens founded the Educational Foundation of
Orinda in 1979 ; and
WHEREAS Midge Zischke focused her tremendous fundraising talents
on the Educational Foundation of Orinda, organizing it and motivating
its volunteers who have raised over $600,000; and
WHEREAS Midge Zischke has presided over the board of the Orinda
Foundation, dilligently working to acquire recreational lands; and
WHEREAS Midge Zischke is a member of the board of the Center for
Living Skills in Lafayette , where her fundraising skills are helping
young people achieve their potential as productive adults ; and
WHEREAS Midge Zischke co-chaired the petition drive to put
Orinda ' s incorporation on the ballot; obtaining over fifty per cent
more signatures than were needed; and
WHEREAS Midge Zischke has chaired the Orinda Liaison for three
successive Contra Costa County Supervisors, James Moriarty, Robert
Schroder and Nancy Fanden;
WHEREAS Midge Zischke is the quintessential full-time volunteer
and mother, who rolls up her sleeves and plunges into whatever has to
be done , applying enthusiasm, expertise and empathy to the task at hand.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors of the
County of Contra Costa, California, hereby CONGRATULATES Midge Zischke
on her selection as Orinda Citizen of the Year and COMMENDS her
exceptional efforts on behalf of the youth of Lamorinda.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board EXTENDS to Midge Zischke
its best wishes for much further civic and personal accomplishment.
Passed and adopted on January 27, 1987 , by unanimous vote of
the Board members present .
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy
of a resolution entered in the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on
the date aforesaid.
Witness my hand and the seal of
the Board of Supervisors affixed
this twenty-seventh day of January,
1987.
Phil Batchelor , Clerk of the
Board of Supervisors and County
Administrator .
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Introduced by By - Deputy Clerk
Superv ' or Nancy C . Fanden
Di trict II