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V O L U N T E E R S O F A M E R I C A
MINNESOTA
5905 Golden Valley Road • Minneapolis,MN 55422 • (612)546-3242
' February 3 , 1988
Mr. Thomas Hamilton
Mayor of Chanhasssen
690 Coulter Drive
Chanhassen, MN 55317
tDear Mayor Hamilton:
Volunteers of America, one of this nation's and Minnesota's
' largest human service organizations, has been helping others for
nearly 92 years.
' Volunteers of America Week is scheduled for March 6-13 ,
which commemorates its founding on March 8, 1896. I am asking you
to proclaim the week in our behalf.
During the previous fiscal year we provided 595, 607 units of
service (be it meals or days of care) to 13,488 boys and girls, men
and women. But, more important than these numbers is the kind of
' care, the quality of service provided. We believe ours is a
ministry of service as we give food and clothing, as we visit the
sick and imprisoned, as we help a child learn to love and trust and
grow.
Your interest and support makes a significant difference in
the success of our organization. And, as you know, our success is
measured through the lives of those we touch.
I sincerely hope you will proclaim March 6-13 , 1988 as
' Volunteers of America Week in your community and ask that you join
us in celebrating our 92nd year of service.
Respectfully yours,
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' rifles E. Hogie, Jr.
resident
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' FEB 51988
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SAMPLE PROCLAMATION
VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA WEEK
March 6-13, 1988
WHEREAS, the Volunteers of America, a Christian social service
organization, is celebrating its 92nd year of service to the people of
Minnesota and the nation; it is therefore certainly appropriate for us
to join in the observance of this milestone with the commemoration of
March 6-13 , 1988 as Volunteers of America Week; and,
WHEREAS, the Volunteers of America is making a valuable contribution to
the people of Minnesota by providing 2 residential treatment centers
for emotionally handicapped boys ; 3 programs serving autistic ,
autistic-like and/or developmentally disabled children and youth; 40
treatment foster homes and group homes for infants , children and youth;
5 homes for elderly and/or mentally disabled adults ; 41 senior citizen
dining sites in Anoka and Hennepin Counties ; 2 pre-release and work-
release correctional programs for men and a jail, workhouse , and work-
release correctional facility for female offenders ; plus 3 housing
complexes for families , the handicapped, and the elderly; and 4 long-
term care facilities; and,
WHEREAS, the Volunteers of America, through its compassionate , yet
practical crusade, is extending spiritual fellowship as it provides
relief where it is most urgently; and,
WHEREAS, the Volunteers of America is commemorating its founding in
1896 and urges others to uphold the American philanthropic spirit
through their commitment to help those in- need
NOW, THERE, BE IT RESOLVED, that I , , Mayor of the
City of , do hereby proclaim the week of March 6-13 , 1988 , as
VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA WEEK '
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AND, BE IT RESOLVED, that copies of this proclamation be transmitted to
the Volunteers of America as evidence of our esteem.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great '
Seal of the City of to be affixed this day of
in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred
and eighty-eight.
M A Y O R
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