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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Action Agenda Item No V_ ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: June 3, 1996 SUBJECT: PROCLAMATION - JOINT ORANGE-CHATHAM COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY WEEK DEPARTMENT County Commissioners PUBLIC HEARING YES NO x -------------------------------- ------------------------------- BUDGET AMENDMENT: YES A_NO ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT Moses Carey YES - PROCLAMATION TELEPHONE NUMBER Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Mebane 227-2031 Durham 688-7331 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- PURPOSE : To proclaim the week of June 16-22 as the Joint Orange Chatham Community Action, Inc. Week. BACKGROUND: The Joint Orange Chatham Community Action, Inc. (JOCCA) is a private, nonprofit organization that was established in March 1966, by the Boards of Commissioners of Orange and Chatham counties. For the past 30 years, the Board of Directors, staff and volunteers have successfully brought attention to and addressed the problems and needs of disadvantaged citizens in these two counties. Today, JOCCA continues to work toward its mission to help low-income families, individuals and communities improve the quality of everyday life by working to change or eliminate the economic, social and political institutions or constraints that impair their life chances. On June 22, 1996, JOCCA will celebrate its 30th anniversary. This proclamation will be included in the agency's 30th Anniversary Report that will be prepared in conjunction with a banquet celebration that will be held on June 22, 1996 at the Holiday Inn, Chapel Hill . RECOMMENDATION: Proclaim the week of June 16-22, 1996 as the Joint Orange Chatham Community Action, Inc. Week and authorize the Chair to sign the proclamation.