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R 0 C L A M A T I 0 N
"CAMP FIRE BIRTHDAY WEEK"
March 16 - 22, 1987
WHEREAS, Camp Fire, Inc. , national youth organization, will
be celebrating its 77th birthday on March 17, 1987; and
WHEREAS, the Chumash Camp Fire Council, in Atascadero offers
young people the opportunity of informal educational programs
which combine group activities with the development of individual
talents, as well as offering flexible programming focused on
encouraging life skills education for young people to age 21; and
WHEREAS, as a community organization, Camp Fire is concerned
with preserving the environment, adapting to social change, the
application of democratic standards and stimulating and guiding
young people; and
WHEREAS, in Camp Fire, recognition of accomplishments is
combined with the encouragement to use developing skills to serve
others in the community; and
WHEREAS, Camp Fire is commended for the opportunities its
programs offer young people and for the many services these young
people perform for their communities as Camp Fire members;
THEREFORE, I Marjorie Mackey, Mayor of the City of
Atascadero, do hereby proclaim March 16 through 22, 1987 , as
"Camp Fire Birthday !meek" .
MARJORAS R. MACKEY, Mayor
City Atascadero, Calif nia
March 10, 1987
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PR0CLAMATI0M
DAFFODIL DAYS
MARCH IS - 20, 1987 �t „
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WHEREAS, the City of Atascadero wouZd Zike to join -with _
the American Cancer Society by proeZaming March °18-20, 1987,
as Daffodil Days; and
WHEREAS, DaffodiZ Days is a state-wide benefit during
which ZocaZ voZunteers deliver flowers in exchange for a
donation towards the American Cancer Society; and
WHEREAS, as the first fZower of spring, daffodiZe are a
weZcomed site that symboZixes HOPE for cancer patients; and
WHEREAS, this event offers the opportunity to deveZop
wide pubZic interest in the American Cancer Society 's work
whiZe raising funds to support research, education, and
service to cancer patients.
THEREFORE, I Marjorie Mackey, Mayor of the City of
Atascadero, do hereby procZaim March 18-20, 1987 to be
"DAFFODIL DAYS"
in the City of Atascadero, and urge our citizens to spread
the message of HOPE in the fight against cancer during
DaffodiZ Days.
MARJORIE R. MACKEY
Mayor
City of Atascadero, CaZifornia
March 10, 1987
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P R O C L A M A T I O N
"ATASCADERO ELKS LODGE"
(IN ORGANIZATION)
WHEREAS, Many of the citizens of our community are attempting
to establish a Subordinate Lodge of The Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks of the U.S.A.
WHEREAS, It is a nation-wide organization of more than one million,
six hundred thousand loyal American citizens who love their country
and desire to preserve its cherished institutidns; who respect their
fellowman and seek to promote his well-being; and who love the joy-
ousness of life and endeavor to contribute to it, as well as to share it,
WHEREAS, The Order questions no man's religion, nor bars him because
of his creed. It is not concerned with one's political affiliations. It
does not permit either religion or politics to be infected into, or to
have any effect upon, its fraternal deliberations, national or local.
WHEREAS, It seeks to draw into its fraternal circle only those who
delight in wholesome associations with congenial companions, who are
deeply Imbued with the spirit of patriotic loyalty and devotion; who
recognize the obligations of human brotherhood, and who desire, with-
out the fanfare of publicity, to share with their associates in the en-
deavor to feed the hungry, to shelter the homeless, to relieve those
in distress and to prove themselves true friends to all in need.
WHEREAS, With a membership,holding such high ideals, the Order has
grown from a modest but purposeful group of organizers into a great
and powerful fraternity, whose patriotic serviceshave won for it a
high place in national esteem and whose benefactions have smoothed
the pathway of countless thousands.
WHEREAS, It expends several hundred thousand dollars yearly to bring
encouragement, cheer and comfort to hospitalized veterans throughout
the United States in fulfillment of its solemn pledge: "So long as
there are veterans in our hospitals the Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks will never forget them."
WHEREAS, The Elks National Foundation, a perpetual fund with assets
exceeding fifty million dollars, it provides over $2,000.000each year
for college scholarships and grants to State Elk Associations to help
finance charitable and youth programs. The Youth Activities reach more
than five million boys and girls throughout America in all types of
recreational and leadership programs, especially the Elks National
"Hoop Shoot" Contest, for which the Elks National Foundation provides
funds,
WHEREAS, Elks operate numerous hospitals, mobile therapy units,
clinics, training centers, and schools for children afflicted with
cerebral palsy, and in their many benevolences over 2,200 Subordinate
Lodges throughout the United States spend approximately fifteen
million dollars annually in their various works of community better-
ment and charitable programs.
WHEREAS, An Elks Lodge in our community will afford us to ,loin with
our neighbors and friends in taking a prominent role in the establish-
ment of a center of community life and activity,
WHEREAS, The cardinal principles of the B.P.O.Elks are Charity,
Justice, Brotherly Love and Fidelity, and in the practice of these
virtues our community will be a better place in which to live.
THEREFORE, I'Marjorie Mackey, Mayor of the City of Atascadero, do
hereby proclaim our approval and cooperation for the organization and
establishment of a Subordinate Lodge of The Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks of the United States of America.
MARJORIE 137 MACKEY
City of A scadero,California
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