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ORANGE COUNTY <br /> A ODE0 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. / 1/-C. <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: November 1, 1993 <br /> SUBJECT: PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING NOVEMBER 28 THROUGH DECEMBER 4, 1993 AS <br /> HOME HEALTH WEEK IN ORANGE COUNTY <br /> DEPARTMENT: COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PUBLIC HEARING YES: NO: X <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : YES-PROCLAMATION INFORMATION CONTACT: MOSES CAREY,JR. <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBER - <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-5401 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To proclaim November 28 through December 4, 1993 as Home Health <br /> Week in Orange County. <br /> BACKGROUND: President Clinton and the Congress of the United States have <br /> declared the week of November 28 through December 4, 1993 as National Home <br /> Care Week. In addition, Governor James B. Hunt has issued a proclamation <br /> declaring that week as Home Care Week in North Carolina. The Home Health <br /> Agency of Chapel Hill has requested that the County Commissioners issue a <br /> proclamation on behalf of National Home Care Week. <br /> The Home Health Agency of Chapel Hill, Inc. , a not-for-profit agency, has <br /> been providing home health care in Orange County since 1970. This year <br /> their 350+ employees, including nurses, therapists, medical social workers <br /> and home health aides, will provide home health care services to over <br /> 2, 200 community residents. To celebrate Home Care Week and the Agency's <br /> relocation to their new building, they will have an Open House <br /> Celebration on Wednesday, December 1, 1993 starting at 4 : 00 p.m. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S) : Approve and authorize the Chair to sign the proclamation <br /> proclaiming November 28 through December 4 , 1993 as "National Home Care <br /> Week" in Orange County. <br /> II <br />