HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 01011969 - 69-127 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of Proclaiming }
the Period Beginning March 1 ) RESOLUTION NO. 69/127
through April 6 , as "1969 }
Easter Seal Month . " }
WHEREAS the Easter Seal Society for Crippled Children
and Adults of Contra Costa County is a voluntary organization
which for 14 years has dedicated itself to meeting the special
needs of Contra Costa Countyvs physically handicapped children
and adults and their families; and
WHEREAS the local Easter Seal Organization has during
the past year brought services and assistance to 460 individual
physically handicapped persons; and
WHEREAS the Easter Seal Society has affirmed as its
major objectives for the year ahead an intensified effort to
assist disabled children and adults and their families in finding
and making effective use of resources that will help them in
developing their abilities and in living purposeful lives , and
to create a climate of acceptance which will enable the handi-
capped to make their own maximum contributions to the well-being
of the communities in which they live;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF
THE COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA RESOLVED that it hereby PROCLAIMS the
period beginning March l and continuing through Easter Sunday,
April 6, as 111969 Easter Seal Month" and urges the {generous help
of all citizens in this vital humanitarian cause .
BE IT BY THIS BOARD FURTHER RESOLVRD that in connection
with said proclamation this Board DOES >SALUTE Miss Roberta Sauer,
1969 Easter Seal representative of all physically handicapped
children and adults in. Contra Costa County, and DOES HEREBY
PROCLAIM. March 1, 1969 as "ROBERTA DAY. "
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 13th day of February, 1969, by
the following vote of the Board;
AYES: Supervisors James P. Kenny, Alfred M. Dias,
Thomas John Coll, Edmund A. Linscheid,
James E. Moriarty.
NOES: bane .
ABSENT: None,
RESOLUTION NO. 69/127