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In tfw Watter of ftsofution No. 96/115
Declaring Tuesday, Warch 26, 1996, as
`Bonnie Owen Day"in Contra Costa County
in wscognition of Mer Outstanifing and
DediicatedService to the Community
U&BN,EAS, a growing number of Contra Costa County residents depend on the food
assistance they receive from the Contra Costa FoodBank-and
UNI SEAS, the food bank provides a vital service by collecting donations of good,
wholesome food that otherwise might go to waste;and
`G1 NM,EAS, this food is dutributed to more than 37,500 needy people in Contra Costa
County every month through direct service programs of the food bank, such as Food for Children and
the senior Brown Bag program and through the food banks networkof 200 local charities;and
Z1 MWL EAS, community support u more important than ever in making it possible for the
food bankto meet the needs of hungry Contra Costa County residents,and
UN-EP,EAS, the ind vidual support of Bonnie Owen, a former migrant farmworker and
(Pittsburg police woman RempCfws the spirit of caring that Contra Costa is known for, and
UYfEP,E,9S, Bonnie, on her own, walked the perimeter of Contra Costa County — more
than 150 miles—to raise money in pledges for the Food Banks work;
NOW,, TVB .,E, FOU, BE IT W�E40LVED, that the Board of Supervisors of
Contra Costa County does hereby proclaim Tuesday, March 26, 1996, as `Bonnie Owen Day' in
Contra Costa County in grateful acknowledgement of her outstanding and dedicated contribution to
the goodworkof the Contra Costa Food Bank
T,USED by unanimous vote of the Board Wem6ers present on this 26th Day of 9Karch,
1996.
1 here6y cert that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of an Order entered on the
minutes of saidBoardof Supervisors on the date aforesaid.
UAtness my iTand andSeal of the
Board of Supervisors affixed on
this 26th Day of9Karch, 1996..
VaL BATC79ELOX Clerkof
the Board and County
Admin' trator '
By
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Introduced 6y:
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Supervisor Tom Torfakson, District V