HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 03121991 - 1.18 TOBOARD OF SUPERVISORS
'
FROM: Donelda Smith
Co
nl
ra
: Wl�
DATE: March 6, 1991
SUBJECT: Hunger Awareness Week ;
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
91/151
WHEREAS, the need for food for the hungry in Contra Costa
County is increasing; and
WHEREAS, Contra Costa County emergency food pantries provided
three-day food baskets to more than 95, 600 people in 1990; and
WHEREAS, demand for the services of the food kitchens of
Contra Costa County continue to increase; and
WHEREAS, the dedication and hard work 'of our community' s
pantry and soup kitchen workers make a significant po'sitive. impact
in addressing the problems of hunger. in Contra Costa County.
WHEREAS, steps can be taken by local' agencies and
jurisdictions to improve this dramatic situation which threatens
the health and well-being of our community; and
y
WHEREAS, the real answers to the problem of hunger require the
education and involvement of the entire Contra Costa Community; and
WHEREAS, this declaration of Hunger Awareness Week will be a
first step toward publicizing this important issue and garnering
additional support from all sectors of the community, in the fight
against' hunger;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Contra. Costa County
Board of Supervisors declares . the week of March 18-22 , 1991 as
Hunger Awareness "Week.
Introduced by:
Supervisor Tom Torlakson
Fifth District
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES - SIGNATURE;
AAAYYYAAAVVV111.���111 ///PPP�IIIlll �H .
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S1:
ACTION OF 130ARD ON '.March 12 , 1991 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT III AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE 'DATE SHOWN.
CC: County Administrator ATTESTED March 12, 1991
Social $erVZCeS
PHIL BATCHELOR, C -..._....._" —
LERK OF THE BOARD OF
Contra Costa Food Pantry SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
BY e
M382/7-83 —,DEPUTY
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY .
IN THE MATTER OF RESOLUTION NO. 91/152
honoring .Mr. Jim Frazier
as Contra Costa Hunger Task
Force Volunteer of the. Year
for-' 1991
WHEREAS, on this date the Board of Supervisors of
Contra Costa County has declared the week of March 18
through March 22, 1991 as "Hunger .Awareness Week in Contra
Costa County",,;. and
WHEREAS, Jim Frazier currently serves �',as .Executive
Director of the Loaves and Fishes Program; and
WHEREAS, in his capacity as Executive.jbirector,
Mr. Frazier is responsible for the. procurement and
distribution of all food supplying the Loaves and Fishes .
dining , rooms in Concord, Byron and Pittsburg; and
WHEREAS, ,under Mr. 'Frazier'B supervision the
Loaves and Fishes Program fed more than 120,000 ,people in
Contra Costa County last year; and
WHEREAS, on any given day in Byron, Concord, and
Pittsburg 800 people will sit down to a. meal prepared with
the help of Jim' Frazier; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Frazier has devoted countless hours,
in an unpaid. capacity, to -see that the needs of"the hungry
will be. met;
NOW, THEREFORE, ,BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, Aoes hereby
congratulate and commend Jim Frazier on being named Contra
Costa County Hunger .Task Force Volunteer of the Year, 1991.
PASSED by unanimous vote of the BoardiMembers
present on this 12th day of March 1991 .
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and
correct copy of an order entered on the minutes !of the Board
of Supervisors of the date aforesaid.
Witness my hand and the Seal
of the Board of Supervisors
affixed on this 12'th day of
March, 1991
Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors and County
Administrators.
d
By: CL
D puty "
Introduced. by:
Tom Torlakson
Supervisor,, District V