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2 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING <br /> DANIEL AARON TOBEN <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County is committed to the health of its residents, both human and non-human; and <br /> WHEREAS, trash and refuse discarded in the forests and streams and roadsides in Orange County pose a <br /> health risk to those residents, and despoil the County's natural beauty; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Mission of Orange County to provide services to its residents depends on the energy, <br /> skills and dedication of all our employees and volunteers; and <br /> WHEREAS, Daniel Aaron Toben, a lifelong resident of Orange County, has voluntarily spent thousands <br /> of hours and thousands of dollars of his earned income over the past ten years cleaning up <br /> trash and tires in some of the most neglected parts of Orange County; and <br /> WHEREAS, Daniel Aaron Toben has led school groups and church groups on volunteer clean-up days <br /> around Orange County; and <br /> WHEREAS, Daniel Aaron Toben is voluntarily teaching classes about environmental restoration and <br /> remediation to middle school and high school students across Orange County; and <br /> WHEREAS, Daniel Aaron Toben has raised over $6,500 from concerned residents via online crowd- <br /> funding sites to purchase trash bags, gloves, and others supplies needed to complete his <br /> tasks for the benefit of Orange County; <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, the Orange County Board of Commissioners recognizes the significant <br /> contribution that Daniel Aaron Toben has made to improve the health and welfare of the <br /> residents of Orange County and to its streams and forests, offers thanks to Daniel Toben for <br /> his sacrifice of time and resources to improve the quality of life of the residents of Orange <br /> County, and for the example that he sets for the students he teaches and leads in <br /> environmental restoration and remediation across the County and encourages others to <br /> likewise help keep Orange County the most beautiful county in North Carolina. <br /> This the 2nd day of May 2019. <br /> Penny Rich, Chair <br /> Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />