HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 09232008 - 2008 621 I 6a
IN THE MATTER OF HONORING RESOLUTION NO. 2008/621
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY LITERACY COALITION
FOR ITS DEDICATION TO IMPROVING LITERACY
WHEREAS,September 2008 is National Literacy month;and
WHEREAS, 25%of Californians are at the lowest literacy skills level; and
WHEREAS,it is estimated that 33% of California children are at risk for not fix-ii-,hing high school;and
WHEREAS, low literacy skills affect the health and citizens of Contra Costa County and pose a
strain on public services;and—.",��-
WHEREAS,low literacy skills-,contribute tolow c?rages and uneinploynient;and
n anaJ -a� ,etter job and higher
WHEREAS, literacy r5 fundaffiental-tb a.chld's 'Success i schoof" in _ttajmjga�,b
wages later,,ih°lifc;and
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WHEREAS, thre' ontta;,Costa-Liieracy Coalition strives to educate ffic.pollci on 1o*lite'racy m Contra
Costa,C6unty while helping to develop nd e
view and-impyoveffoits'tc)witd',bteracy, and
WHEREAS,-'fi'tEiac,y1i§,the cornerstone of a free and democfAtic soctety"
WHEREAS, thele are many organizations widLin Contra-t" osta County that ate>atwork year.-round
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pr 6 :"
V1 inviteracypro' arns; and
WHEREAS unteer'lli'school
,res,idents;:ap
lit
Costa County-Li C'ola'btion�ls"-.c6lllr)asslonaic�qnd evote to ralsmQ
WHEREAS, the.CQntr.a,C G teracy- etacy
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WHEREAS, such"8rganizatioris"include the Contra Costa'lateAcCounty
Library,'Pi-ject Second Chance,Mt Diablo tSchooi District,:L3rablo Valley,Literacy
CouncilJ11'rs 5j'114ad*,Srart
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE RESOLVED that the Bard, o rs acknowledges and supports
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the efforts dedicatio-ti,of die many organizations, qwCosta t provide literacy
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services to the ri,�siden6iof Contra Costa County.
FEDERAL D. GLOVER fti
Chair
District V Supervisor
,-"'JOHN GIOIA /� GAYLE Bi-LAL-K—EMA
DJ$6 I Supervisor District 11 Supervisor
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ARIN-, P I E P H 0 SU B ONILLA
ct III Supervisor District IV Supervisor
I hereby certify that this is a tine and correct copy of an action
taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supmisors
on the date shown:
1�2 11 iAif 1,40e-r t,,�6
ATMISITD:
DAVID .11 PXIA Clerk of the Board of Supervisocs and
CQUI Coon Administrator
Deputy
n1roduced by Suporisor Bonilla ,