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RESOLUTION DECLARING RESOLUTION NO. 2001/187
MAY 12, 2001 LETTER CARRIER
DAY IN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY
WHEREAS, the need for donations of food for hungry people in Contra Costa County isincreasing
despite the efforts of local charities to provide food to residents in need; and
WHEREAS, the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano and its network of 202 membership agencies
is helping to feed 77,000 people each month, and the demand keeps growing; and
WHEREAS, the National Association of Letter Carriers, as represented in this county by Greater East
Bay Branch 1111, has dedicated Saturday,May 12, 2001, to the even greater service of collecting
nonperishable foodstuffs as they deliver the mail; and
WHEREAS, each citizen of our county is urged to help alleviate hunger by making a donation of
canned or packaged food by their mailbox or at their local post office:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County
does hereby proclaim May 12, 2001 as Letter Carrier Day in Contra Costa County. This action is
taken to recognize the partnership of the NALC Greater East Bay Branch 1111, the United States
Postal Service, the AFL-CIO, and the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano in their efforts to help
hungry citizens in our community.
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Passed by a unanimous vote of the Board of Supervisors present this 8 h day of May 2001.
14:� Gayle IB. ilkema John Gioia
District II Sup isor, Chair District 1 Supervisor
Donnaer er, Chair Mark DeSaulnier
District 19 Supervisor District IV Supervisor
deral D. Glover
District V Supervisor
I hereby certify drat the foregoing is a true and correct copy of an Order
F,ntered into the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date aforesaid.
.John Sweeten,Countvrldminist d Cle the Board f Supervisors
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Deputy Clerk