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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />Proclamation <br />Nonprofit Awareness Month <br />WHEREAS, Orange County is home to more than 276 charitable nonprofit organizations which <br />provide diverse services to the community; and <br />WHEREAS, these organizations spend more than $480,000,000 annually serving the people of Orange <br />County; and <br />WHEREAS, North Carolina's nonprofit sector is growing faster than the business or government <br />sectors; and <br />WHEREAS, six percent of all jobs in the state are provided by charitable nonprofits; and <br />WHEREAS, nonprofit employees pay income taxes and spend their salaries locally, paying local and <br />state sales taxes, and buying houses, cars, computers, groceries, clothes, home products, and all other <br />items sold in our community; and <br />WHEREAS, Orange County nonprofits build partnerships and collaborate with governments, <br />businesses, faith-based organizations, and other groups to expand resources; and <br />WHEREAS, nonprofits play a central role in the democratic process by providing a means for <br />individuals to deliberate on and advocate for public policies and decisions that affect them; and <br />WHEREAS, Orange County nonprofits provide opportunities for developing skills, leadership <br />abilities, and service through civic engagement; and <br />WHEREAS, everyone who lives in Orange County benefits from nonprofits' vital contributions of <br />strengthening our social fabric, public policy, culture, sense of community, and future; <br />NOW THEREFORE, be it resolved that the Orange County Board of Commissioners hereby declares <br />November 2007 as NonprofitAwareness Month and extends its congratulations to charitable <br />nonprofits serving our community for their dedicated and unselfish service to the community and its <br />sincere gratitude to the residents of Orange County whose volunteer spirits and donations make <br />these organizations strong. <br />Adopted this 15~ day of November 2007. <br />< ~~~> <br />Moses Carey, Jr., Chair <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />