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IN THE MATTER OF HONORING RESOLUTION NO. 2007/282
JOHN MUIR/MT. DIABLO COMMUNITY
HEALTH FUND ON THEIR 10TH ANNIVERSARY
WHEREAS, John Muir/Mt. Diablo Community Health Fund granted $11 million from 1997-2006 to
improve the health of overlooked, uninsured, and underserved people in central and east Contra
Costa County; and
WHEREAS, John Muir/Mt. Diablo Community%Health..Fund contributed $4 million dollars to over
sixty programs designed torarespond� to immediate and;:targeted health needs, from dental and
prenatal services to pLunait-.care, pharmacy/support, and hcAih education for self-care of chronic
disease; and
WHEREAS,John Muir/ Mt Diablo Community Health,Fund also contributed $7. million dollars to five
large initiatives awned°"at'fosterin sustainable s stetmc cFian e' includin�', stren therein the
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cultural,psoflciency 'of_crisis suppot -vices for an increasingly diverse population, exposing the
often hidden mental' health needs ofidevelopmentally disabled.adults, supporting efforts to
stabilize families and get at-risk youth babk on track, ens.-.,,, =ixnde> erued La'tinas get timely
breast cancer",detecton and treatment and meetingthe mental'and'„physicall health needs of the
county's aging population; and
WHERE- S, Muir/Mt. "Diablo Community Health Fun& has1. conp't ted,'its fits ttsdecade of
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WHEREAS, John.<Muu'Health has distinguished'itself;by,giving th% e'`Community Health Fund its
Independence,% "gr'antnakuig '.`missiot .of unproving ahe-'health .of :uninsured and n°undeserved
populationssand,by;contrlbi ting significant annual resources:ao fund our work,ands'.
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WHEREAS, m ten years; the oh'n.Muir/Mt Diablo Coinmuni` Health Fund,has established itself
among'local`foundations as the leading funler�for health programs and iniflattes�m central and
eastern ContrasCosta County; and ,
WHEREAS, many of those organizations and health uutiatives .funded over the„`l"t ten years have
touched the lives and improved the healthof underserved,aid uninsured families, children and
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seniors in Contra Costa County; and i
NOW, THEREFORE;,.BE IT, RESOLVED THAT the Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa
County honors John Muir/Mt.Di "lo Community:Healthy Fund on their 10`h Anniversary for
their hard work and dedtcation"f m Idua and c ianizations'in Contra Costa County.
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MARY N. PIEPHO
Chair
District III Supervisor
JOHN GIOIA GAYLE B`UILKEMA
District I Supervisor _ District II Supervisor
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.SUSAN A. BONILLA FEDERAL D. GLOVER
District IV Supervisor District V Supervisor
nn d, I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken
and entered on the minutes of the Board of supervisors on the date
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ti ATTESTED: JUNE 5,2007
�OsrA colt G� JOHN CULLEN, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and County
- Admirustrato*r l J
By �y . �' (/L.,Deputy
liaroduced by Supervisor Piepbo, District III YY ”