HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 02051991 - 91-74 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of Congratulating )
Sheyla Kantor ) Resolution No. 91/74
Orinda Citizen of the Year, 1991 )
WHEREAS Sheyla Kantor has been honored with her husband,
Bob, as Orinda ' s forty-first Citizen of the Year; and
WHEREAS Sheyla Kantor raised funds. for the Tot .. Lot , started
the unique , gentle Easter Faire , chaired the Orinda Community
Center ' s Holiday Bazar, and presided over the Orinda Foundation as
it effectively collected donations for Community . Center programs
and equipment ; and
WHEREAS Sheyla Kantor guided Orinda students to educational
excellence as a teaching assistant at Glorietta School, where she
also taught art and science classes as a volunteer; and
WHEREAS Sheyla Kantor drew on her fundraising skills as
Vice President of the Miramonte Parents ' Club, coordinating the
Holiday Boutique and Auction/Dinner Dance , while donating her
time to speech contests , graduation .and other school activities ; and
WHEREAS Sheyla Kantor cast in concrete an important gift to
the City of Orinda as chair of the "Buy a Brick" fundraiser, which
collected $12 ,000 for the City Offices Beautification Project ; and
WHEREAS Sheyla Kantor served on the Orinda Women' s Club
Executive Board in many capacities , and is currently President of
the Club, which is dedicated to service and philanthopy.
WHEREAS Sheyla Kantor managed the Orinda Chamber of Commrce
for the last two years , and diligently developed and promoted the
Downtown Revitalization Program and the Art and Wine Faire .
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors
of the County of Contra Costa, California , hereby CONGRATULATES
Sheyla Kantor on her selection as Orinda ' s forty-first Citizen of
the Year , COMMENDS Sheyla Kantor for her unstinting gifts of her
time and talents to the youth, recreation, and beautification
activities of the City of Orinda, and EXTENDS to Sheyla Kantor
its best wishes for much further civic success and enrichment .
PASSED and ADOPTED this fifth day of February, 1991 by the
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 the the seal of
the Board of Supervisors affixed
this fifth day of February, 1991 .
Phil Batchelor , Clerk of the
Board of Supervisors and
County Administ ator.
By ° Deputy Clerk
Introduced by:
Supervisor ancy C . Fanden
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