HomeMy WebLinkAboutProclamation - Mayors United Helping FeedPROCLAMATION
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WHEREAS, ACCESS Food Share Pantry Network was esl:wblished in 1982 io obtain
and efficiemly disU'ihute nutritious foods and other products to member agencies while
developing programs and partnerships to help eliminate hunger. Since its cstahlishment,
ACCESS has distributed over 30 million pounds of lood ih~roughoul Jackson County: and
WHEREAS, ACCESS Food Share provides Pood for over 3,200 families each month;
and
WHEREAS, ACCESS Food Share will distribulc over 2.3 million pounds of food in
2008-09, equivalent to over 2.3 million meals, to citizens of Jackson County, and
WHEREAS, 38 percem of the members of households served by ACCESS Food Share
are children under the age of 18, 19 percent arc senior citizens, and 46 percent of
households served have someone working; and
WHEREAS, for every dollar donated, ACCESS Food Share is able ~o distrihute 5
pounds of food, or ~ I will provide a meal fora 1 amity of five; and
WHEREAS, often people who find themsch~cs in the position of need are forced to
make choices hehveen shelter, utilities, health care/medicine, transportation and food;
and too frequently adequate nutritious food is the casualty of these choices;
NOW,1'HEREFORE, I, Hank Williams, Mayor of the City of Central Point, do
hereby designate June 1-14, 2009, as
Mayors United Helping Feed Our Community
in Jackson County and urge all of our citizens to commit to increasing awareness and
understanding of the faces of hunger, and commit to assisting in eliminating it from our
community.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I
Hereunto set my hand this
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Mayor's Name: Hank Williams
Mayor of Central Point