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HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION
2006 RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS AWARDS
The Random Acts of kindness award is,presented by the Human Relations Commission to honor
the various citizens in each of the supervisorial districts who have gone out of their way to assist
other individuals throughout the County. Each of the award recipients has, in his or her own
respective ways, been heroic in extending themselves to their neighbors and to the community,
as well as perfect strangers. The youth awardees have dedicated themselves collectively with
over 3500 hours of unpaid community service throughout Contra Costa County, albeit attending
school and achieving good grades in the process. They are truly a beacon for other youth.
2006 Award Recipients:
District I Arturo Cruz
District II Donna Kaufman
Mr. & Mrs. Bryan Holt
District III Mike Conklin
David Wahl
District IV Terrence Pope
Gigi Walker
District V Officer Mark Lambert
Tim Stone
Youth Award Recipients: Ralph Cones III, Jheeran Rezvani, and Javier Johnson
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Mr. John Gioia C,I�I�YI,YrU���7irU1�
Contra Costa County
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11780 San Pablo Ave., Suite D
EI Cerrito, California 94530
Re: Human Relations Commission's"Random Acts of Kindness"
Dear Supervisor Goia:
On behalf of the Human Relations Commission (HRC) and in follow-up to conversations between
yourself, Reverend Schumacher of Richmond, and Malia Everette of the HRC, we hereby submit our
request to you for the Board of Supervisors (BOS)to participate in the presentation of the RRCs Rando
Acts of Kindness to award recipients in the BOS Chambers. Z3
It is the RRCs understanding that you have requested this event take place as soon as possiee
Program Committee has established 2 tentative dates for the BOS to consider, �-.
respectfully request a minimum of 30 minutes for the presentation of the awards, which shall include 2-3
minutes for each Supervisor to speak on the topic of human kindness or about the act(s) of kindness of
their district's recipient, followed by the presentation of the award scrolls.
The number of award recipients for this event is 12, and will be selected as follows:
5 (1 adult recipient from each supervisor from his or her respective district)
7 (5 adults, 1 Sheriff Dept. employee, and 1 youth recipient from the HRC)
Please provide us with the date and time that would work best for the BOS soon so that the Program
Committee can proceed with obtaining media coverage and planning the event. You may reach me at
(925) 439-0894,our Program Chair, Gerald Williams, at(925) 755-3508, or our Media Chair, Malia
Everette, at(510)290-0573.
In addition, with the approval of the BOS, the Media Committee will make arrangements with CCTV to film
the presentation.
Thank you in advance for your time in this matter, and, we look forward to working with you (or your
designee) on this event.
Sincerely,
HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION
Elizabe WillNiams-Thomas
Chair
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