HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 03131984 - 84-157 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of Proclaiming )
the Month of March, 1984 } Resolution No. 84/157
Professional Social Worker Month )
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WHEREAS social problems continue to block our country' s
progress towards the free, productive and rewarding life
guaranteed by our Constitution; and
WHEREAS the incidence of child abuse and neglect, youth
alcohol and drug use, teen depression, suicides and runaways is
on the increase; and
WHEREAS trained professional social workers put together
the wreckage of broken families, hungry children, unemployed and
displaced workers, the handicapped, the ill, and the elderly
without sufficient resources; and
WHEREAS professional social workers work effectively and
compassionately with these human tragedies both in crisis and
everyday situations daily; and
WHEREAS Contra Costa County is fortunate to be blessed
with dedicated and caring professional social workers in both the
public and private sectors; and
WHEREAS these professionals need and deserve the informed
support of our community to continually maintain and improve the
quality of our social services to individuals and groups , and
WHEREAS Dorothy Headley of Lafayette was named Region C
Social Worker of the Year from Alameda, Contra Costa, Napa and
Solano Counties by the California Chapter of the National Association
of Social Workers , and
WHEREAS the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors wishes
to commend the devotion, knowledge and contributions of professional
social workers towards the improvement of the social environment
of the County' s residents;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE
COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA, CALIFORNIA RESOLVED that we do hereby
proclaim the month of March, 1984 as Professional Social Worker
Month.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by unanimous vote of the Board on the
thirteenth day of March, 1984.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct
copy of a resolution entered on the minutes of the Board of
Supervisors on the date aforesaid.
Witness my hand and the Seal of
the Board of Supervisors affixed
this thirteenth day of March, 1984.
J. R. OLSSON, County Clerk
By Deputy Clerk
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