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Faa~ a~.s~.~~e~r 2 <br />S C I E N C E S <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />Proclamation <br />Family and Consumer Sciences Week in Orange County <br />WHEREAS, in 1911, Jane Simpson McKimmon created the home demonstration program, a <br />"rural women's college" where women were provided an opportunity to learn skills that would <br />provide ample food for their families, yet also provide additional income that could provide <br />necessities for the entire family, educate the children, and buy conveniences to make life <br />easier, affording an improved living standard for all; and <br />WHEREAS, home demonstration evolved into Home Economics and now Family and <br />Consumer Sciences (FCS), with a rich history of significant contributions to North Carolina's <br />well being for over 100 years and today helps families better understand financial planning, <br />nutrition, food safety and preparation, environmental issues, elder care and aging issues, and <br />the need for physical activity for better health; and <br />WHEREAS, FCS Agents, in partnership with volunteers in home demonstration clubs, now <br />known as Extension and Community Association Clubs (ECA), started or supported many <br />programs that are taken for granted today such as the development of rural libraries and <br />book mobile programs; the establishment of hot lunch programs in NC rural schools; and the <br />delivery of electrical services to rural North Carolina homes; and <br />WHEREAS, the idea of farmers markets' and local foods originated with Home <br />Demonstration Curb Markets in the 1920's with Jane S. McKimmon introducing the concept <br />of women and girls selling surplus produce to supplement family income resulting in 55 home <br />demonstration curb markets in the state by 1940 with an income of almost $1,200,000 for <br />farm families; and <br />WHEREAS, home demonstration club women raised more than half of the $4,000,000 <br />needed for the renovation of the US Army hospital ship Larkspur during World War II through <br />the sale of more than $2 million in war bonds; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, we, the Orange County Board of Commissioners, do hereby proclaim <br />December 18-24, 2011, as Family and Consumer Sciences Week in Orange County and <br />urge the people of the County to make use of the extraordinary benefits of this exceptional <br />program that enhances all aspects of the lives of individuals and families and to join us in <br />recognizing the unique partnership between the County and the state University System. <br />This the 13th day of December 2011. <br />Bernadette Pelissier, Chair <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />~/ State Un9vcr~it~r <br />~ s~ un~xsity <br />RATIYL <br />EXX1~I+II;ji~N <br />Em~sa+cv%rrgrds-rridri~gSnruri~evas <br />~'~~ <br />~~~ <br />