HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES-1997-028 Resolution Special Recognition of the Orange County Disability Awareness Council Ff — l9 9 7 -a28 S -_21-- c) �
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SPECIAL RECOGNITION OF
THE ORANGE COUNTY DISABILITY AWARENESS COUNCIL
WHEREAS, the Orange County Disability Awareness Council is a non-profit,
volunteer citizens' action group dedicated to improving the quality of life
for persons with disabilities in Orange County; and
WHEREAS, the Orange County Disability Awareness Council seeks to promote
opportunities for disabled citizens to work and live in an environment free
of barriers imposed by architecture, attitude, and/or lack of opportunity;
and
WHEREAS, the Orange County Disability Awareness Council conducts annual
ceremonies to recognize individuals,organizations, or groups who actively
include in their services and programs people with disabilities; and
WHEREAS, the Orange County Disability Awareness Council guides and educates the
community about the Americans with Disabilities Act; and
WHEREAS, the Orange County Disability Awareness Council,received the 1996
Governor's Trophy as the Most Outstanding Mayor's Committee in North
Carolina by the N. C. Governor's Advocacy Council on Persons with
Disabilities; and
WHEREAS, the Orange County Disability Awareness Council won second place in the
category of counties under 100,000 population in the National
Organization on Disability's annual awards competition among 4,500
participants in the United States,which carries a cash award of$2,500;
and
WHEREAS, this is only the second time in the twenty-six year history of the National
Organization on Disability that a North Carolina entity has been
recognized.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED that the ORANGE COUNTY BOARD
OF COMMSSIONERS,congratulates the ORANGE COUNTY DISABILITY
AWARENESS COUNCIL for its recognition as the State of North Carolina's Most
Outstanding Mayor's Committee on Persons with Disabilities,for winning a second place
award from the National Organization on Disability,and for its continuing efforts to
improve the lives of the disabled citizens of Orange County.
This, the 21 st day of May, 1997.
William Crowther,Chair
Orange County Board of Commissioners