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SUBJECT: <br />O R A N G E CO U N T Y <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: SEPTEMBER 4, 1990 <br />1 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item # <br />PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING SEPTEMBER 13, 1990 AS D.A.R.E. DAY <br />IN ORANGE COUNTY <br />DEPARTMENT: SHERIFF PUBLIC HEARING: Yes —X —No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />ARCHIE DANIEL /CAROL MCGOWAN <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough - 732 -8181 <br />Durham - 688 -7331 <br />Mebane - 227 -2031 <br />Chapel Hill - 967- 9251/968 -4501 <br />PURPOSE: To request that the Orange County Board of <br />Commissioners proclaim September 13, 1990 as D.A.R.E. <br />day in Orange County and endorse appropriate <br />ceremonies and activities. <br />BACKGROUND: D.A.R.E. is the largest and most successful drug <br />education program in the U.S. today. It is taught in <br />more than 100,000 classrooms in 49 states. In Orange <br />County, D.A.R.E. is a partnership between the Orange <br />County Sheriff's Department, the Orange County School <br />Board and the private sector. <br />RECOMMENDATION: In consideration of September 13 as National D.A.R.E <br />day, the Manager recommends that the Orange County <br />Commissioners adopt the attached proclamation as <br />recognition of the D.A.R.E. program in orange County. <br />