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RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING RESOLUTION NO. 2005/578
SEPTEMBER 26r, 2005 AS FAMILY DAY,
A DAY TO EAT DINNER WITH YOUR
CHILDREN
WHEREAS, substance abuse constitutes one of the greatest threats to the well-being of America's
children; and
WHEREAS, surveys conducted by The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA)
at Columbia University have consistently found that the more often children and teenagerseat dinner
with their families the less likely they are to smoke, drink and use illegal drugs; and
WHEREAS, teenagers who virtually never eat dinner with their families are 72 percent more likely
than the average teenager to use illegal drugs, alcohol and cigarettes; and
WHEREAS, teenagers who almost always eat dinner with their families are 31 percent less likely
than the average teenager to use illegal drug% al%c ho'[end cigarettes; and
WHEREAS, the correlation between farbtl irtrtets and reduced for teen substance abuse are
well°°documented; and
WHEREAS, parental'-.lnfiuer�oe i known to be one of the most crucial factors irt"40*mining the
likelihood of substance abu"e'by'teenagers, family dinners have long constltut substantial pillar
of family life in Amenq,$,
NOW, THEREFORE 04T RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors of Contra0- W aunty does
hereby proclaim >0ifiber 26 2005, as
AzDay'T.b.Eat Dinner With Your Child, n
PASSED by a unanimous vote of the Board of Supervisors this 3t' d of Se tember, 2006.
JOHN OIOI1'&,__ PIPS
District i Supe itst ict III S
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MARK DESAULNIER EEIR1 fi. GLOVER
District IV Supervisor District V'`Supervisor
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GAYLE B,-61LkEMA, CHAIR
District II Supenrisor
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of an Order
entered into the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date aforesaid.
p John Sweeten,County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors. ,
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Deputy Clerk
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