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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. v_a <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: May 2, 1994 <br /> SUBJECT: Older Americans Month and Senior Center Week Proclamations <br /> ------------------------------- ---------------------------------- <br /> DEPARTMENT: Aging PUBLIC HEARING YES: NO: X <br /> ------------------------------- ---------------------------------- <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : Proclamations INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry Passmore <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBER <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> PURPOSE: <br /> To join federal and state governments in designating the month <br /> of May as Older Americans Month, a time to honor our older <br /> citizens for their contributions to society. Also, to <br /> designate the week of May 8 through 14 as Senior Center Week, <br /> a time to recognize our local senior centers as focal points <br /> for providing opportunities and services to our older citizens. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> For a number of years, Orange County Commissioners have issued <br /> an Older Americans Month and a Senior Center Week proclamation. <br /> RECOMMENDATION: <br /> Manager recommends that the Commissioners designate May as <br /> Older Americans Month and May 8 through 14 as Senior Center <br /> Week in Orange County and authorize Chair to sign proclamations. <br />