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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES-2010-030 Resolution Naming the Central Orange Adult Day Health Program for Florence G. Soltysy -,20 - ~a ~ a ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ~ Q RESOLUTION TO NAME THE NEW CENTRAL ORANGE ADULT DAY HEALTH PROGRAM FOR FLORENCE GRAY SOLTYS WHEREAS, Florence Soltys was an outspoken advocate for the needs and rights of all older adults the past 30 years, especially frail elders both in the community and institutional settings and gave countless hours of community service to improve the quality of life for Orange County's older residents; and WHEREAS, Florence Soltys was a guiding force in the planning and designing of the current Central Orange Adult Day Health Program and was the President of Senior Care of Orange County, Inc., the organization which operates the adult day health program on behalf of the County, from 2004 until her passing in 2007; and WHEREAS, Florence Soltys made numerous contributions on behalf of older adults by serving in leadership positions on the Orange County Advisory Board on Aging, the County Master Aging Plan Task Force, the Chapel Hill/Carrboro Meals on Wheels program, the Orange County Nursing Home and Adult Care Home Community Advisory Committees, the Community Coalition on Continuity of Care, the Triangle J Area Agency on Aging Advisory Council and the N.C. Study Commission on Aging; and WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of Senior Care of Orange County, Inc. in February 2008 and the Orange County Advisory Board on Aging in March 2008 and again on February 9, 2010 voted- unanimously to request that the new Adult Day Health Program facility located within the Central Orange Senior Center in Hillsborough be named in her honor; and WHEREAS, the new Central Orange Adult Day Health Program opened on January 29, 2009 and the Board of County Commissioners adopted a property naming policy on March 3, 2009; NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved that the Orange County Board of Commissioners do hereby acknowledge the years of hard work and dedication to the community by Florence Soltys and do hereby name the new Central Orange Adult Day Health Program as the "Florence Gray Soltys Adu Day Health Program". < /~/ ~ the 20th day of April, 2010. ~~~ Valerie P. FousP'`ee,~6~ha(r Orange County Board of Commissioners