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BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Action Agenda
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ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: May 6,1998
SUBJECT: Proclamation Designating May 18th as Retired Senior Volunteer
Program Day in Orange County
DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC HEARING: YES:
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Department on Aging
ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT:
Proclamation Jerry M. Passmore, Director, ext. 2000
Orange County Retired Senior Volunteer Program
TELEPHONE NUMBER:
Hillsborough - 732-8181
Chapel Hill - 968-2054
Mebane - 227-2031
Durham - 688-7331
PURPOSE:
To join Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Hillsborough in desig-
nating May 18, 1998 as RSVP Day in Orange County. A
day to honor our senior volunteers for their community
service contributions. Last yeaz 633 RSVP volunteers
provided 66,558 community service hours to over 100 non-
profit agencies throughout Orange County.
BACKGROUND:
Orange County Commissioners have issued RSVP Day
proclamations several yeazs past for additional recognition
of the senior volunteers. RSVP, along with you and other
special guests, will honor the volunteers on May 18 at the
Annual RSVP Volunteer Recognition Luncheon. May be-
ing "Older Americans Month" makes it a special time to
recognize the senior volunteers. The RSVP also celebrates
it's 25th Year Serving Orange County. In addition, we are
celebrating along with federal and state governments 1998
as The Year of the Volunteer".
RECOMMENDATION(S):
Manager recommends that the Commissioners designate
May 18 as RSVP Day in Orange County and authorizes the
Chair to sign the proclamation.
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RSVP VOLUNTEER DAY IN ORANGE COUNTY
1998
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, Governor James B. Hunt has declared 1998 as the year of the volunteer to
connect North Cazolina communities through the spirit and power of the volunteer; and
WHEREAS, The Orange County Retired & Senior Volunteer Program celebrates its twenty-
fifth yeaz as a leader in helping others through the caring efforts of over 1,800 volunteers who
have contributed over a million and a half•hours of their time; and
WHEREAS, The Program has currently over 600 volunteers who aze assisting,
approximately, 95 Orange County non-profit agencies and who play a vital role in the success
of the schools, libraries, senior centers, English As A Second Language and other programs;
and
WHEREAS, the estimated value of their contribution, calculated at a minimum wage, exceeds
six million dollars, saving millions in tax dollazs.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Orange County Boazd of Commissioners do hereby proclaim
May 18,1998
RSVP VOLUNTEER DAY IN ORANGE COUNTY
AND, FURTHER, urge all our citizens to recognize the Program volunteers' contributions to
our County and to extend appreciation to those who make this tremendous effort.
IN WITNESS THEREOF, as Chair of the Orange County Boazd of Commissioners, I have
hereto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the County of Orange this 6th day of May, 1998.
Margazet Brown, Chair
Boazd of Commissioners