S Proclamation FIFTEENTH ANNUAL CROP WALK PROCLAMATION

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3 ,'�!e -e_)/ ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS A PROCLAMATION TO CO- SPONSOR THE 15TH ANNUAL CROP WALK WITH THE INTER -FAITH COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL SERVICE AND TO ENCOURAGE ORANGE COUNTY RESIDENTS TO WALK OR SPONSOR A WALKER TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY WHEREAS, hunger and poverty are serious issues that affect people around the world, in every country, in the United States, in the state of North Carolina, in every community and in Orange County; and WHEREAS, CROP WALK is Community Reaching Out to People, an annual event sponsored nationally by Church World Services, one of the most effective relief services in the world; and WHEREAS, CROP WALK is locally sponsored by the Inter -Faith Council for Social Service; and WHEREAS; CROP WALK is a 10 kilometer walk through the diverse streets of Carrboro and Chapel Hill where anyone who wants to make a difference in the lives of hungry people can walk; and WHEREAS, contributions from CROP WALK will be used for refugees, disaster relief, and self - help projects in more than 80 countries and to support IFC hunger - relief programs such as the Community Kitchen in Chapel Hill and the IFC Food Pantry in Carrboro; and WHEREAS, on Sunday, April 1, 2001 the Inter -Faith Council for Social Service invites walkers from the Orange County to meet in the Carrboro Town Commons at 2:OOPM to walk in the 15th Annual Carrboro -- Chapel Hill CROP WALK; and WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Commissioners encourages residents to become CROPWALKERS or sponsor a WALKER and make a difference. for our community and the world; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Orange County Board of Commissioners that we recognize Sunday, April 1, 2001 as the official day for the 15th Annual CROP WALK and by proclamation we agree to co- sponsor this event with the Inter -Faith Council for Social Service. This the 20h day of March, 2001. Steve Halkiotis, Chair ItL-