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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />Action Agenda <br />«� <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT item No. <br />Meeting Date: August 20, 1991 <br />SUBJECT.: PROCLAMATION FOR LITERACY WEEK IN ORANGE COUNTY <br />---------------------------------- <br />DEPARTMENT: COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PUBLIC HEARING YES: NO: X <br />- --- ----------------------- ------- <br />ATTACHMENT(S): YES - PROCLAMATION INFORMATION CONTACT: MOSES CAREY,JR. <br />TELEPHONE NUMBER <br />Hillsborough <br />- 732 -8181 <br />Chapel Hill <br />- 968 -5401 <br />Durham <br />- 688 -7331 <br />Mebane <br />- 227 -2031 <br />PURPOSE: To recognize on the - local -level the Literacy Council - and :their <br />efforts in improving literacy in Orange County. <br />BACKGROUND: International Literacy Day is celebrated each year on <br />September 8. Its purpose is to recognize institutions, organizations, and <br />individuals that have "distinguished themselves by making a particularly <br />meritorious and effective contribution to the struggle against <br />illiteracy.' This Proclamation is an effort on the local level to promote <br />adult literacy in all of Orange County. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): Proclaim September 8 - 14 as Celebrate Literacy Week in <br />Orange County. <br />