HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 11081994 - 94-557 In the Board of Supervisors
of
Contra Costa County
/it the Notter of Roso/otion No. 94/557
Commeadieg Kiwanis International, District 26,
is Recognition of Dedicated Community Service and
Outstanding Leadership in the 'Shots for Tots' Program
WHEREAS, Kiwanis International is a private, non-profit, non-denominational, non-political
organization, founded on January 21, 1915, in Detroit, Michigan, as a businessman's organization. Today, it is an
international organization consisting if 8,608 clubs with a total membership of 326,055 men and women
operating in 77 geographic areas;
WHEREAS, Kiwanis International is dedicated to community service and subscribes to the following
objectives:
To give primacy to the human and spiritual, rather than the mnterisl values of life,
To encourage the daily living of the Golden Rule in all human relationships,
To promote the adoption sad the application of higher social, business, and professional standards,
To develop, by precept sod example, a more intelligent, aggressive, and serviceable citizenship,
To provide, through Kiwanis Club, a practical means to form enduring friendships, to render
altruistic service, and to build better communities,
To cooperate in creating and maintaining that sound public opinion and high idealism which
make possible the increase of righteousness,justice, patriotism, and good will.
WHEREAS, Division 26, a part of the California-Nevada-Hawaii District, has 453 members and
presently consists of eight clubs serving Central and Eastern Contra Costa County. This year District members
have already donated over 16,692 volunter hours end $103,135 to community service;
WHEREAS, working with the Children's Safety Network and Immunization Programs, Division 26 has
been a leader in the "Shots for Tots" Program with members contributing hundreds of hours raising the level of
awareness for the need for immunization for Diptheria, Polio, Mumps, Haemophilus, and Hepatitus B, at all
economic levels throughout the county. Kiwanis members set up informational tables at shopping malls and
worked with the County Health Department and with public and private schools throughout the division to package
and distribute 70,000 informational flyers in both English and Spanish.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors commends
Kiwanis International, Division 26, for their outstanding and dedicated community service, donating.valuable time
and talent participating in several county programs that benefits youth and senior citizens and the entire
community, and particularly for their valuable participation in the "Shots for Tots" Program.
PASSED by unanimous vote of the Board Members present on this 8th Day of November, 1994.
1 certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of an Order entered into the minutes of said Board
of Supervisors on the date aforesaid.
Witness my Hand and the Seal of the
Board of Supervisors affixed on this
8th Day of November, 1994.
Phil Batchelor, County Administrator and
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
Deputy
Introduced by:
Supervisor Tom Torlakson, District V