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PROCLAMATION <br />HONORING "THE THREE MUSKETEERS" <br />WHEREAS, Willie Mae Green, Curley Mae Feagen, and Julia Mae Brown -- collectively known as <br />"The Three Musketeers" -- have set tremendous examples of selfless service and civic involvement for <br />Indian River County through their accomplishments in social justice and are being honored as African <br />American Pioneers; and <br />WHEREAS, The Three Musketeers have been core members of the "Beyond Special K" program at <br />the Gifford Youth Achievement Center for over 30 years, serving adults and senior citizens by providing <br />educational, social, recreational, and cultural activities in a caring, supportive, and friendly environment; and <br />WHEREAS, The Three Musketeers have forwarded the goals of the Gifford Youth Achievement <br />Center by teaching summer arts and crafts classes, volunteering in the Center's food pantry, and <br />participating in the very first Gifford Youth Orchestra Silver Strings classes; and <br />WHEREAS, The Three Musketeers have given countless hours to our elderly population by making <br />Christmas bags for homebound seniors, providing Valentine candy cups to local nursing home facilities, and <br />volunteering twice a week in the "Breathing Room" for the Alzheimer and Parkinson Association of Indian <br />River County; and <br />WHEREAS, The Three Musketeers have devoted their time to our most -needy citizens by crafting <br />pillows for homeless shelters and serving with the Mobile Food Pantry of the Treasure Coast; and <br />WHEREAS, The Three Musketeers have dispatched their acts of kindness around the globe by <br />sewing cotton into sanitary napkins for Haitian girls and assembling care packages for our military troops <br />overseas. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, that this Proclamation recognizes the pioneer spirit and civic <br />contributions made to the Treasure Coast by Willie Mae Green, Curley Mae Feagen, and Julia Mae Brown -- <br />The Three Musketeers. <br />Adopted this 19th day of February, 2019. <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br />Bob Solari, Chairman <br />Susan Adams, Vice Chairman <br />Joseph E. Flescher <br />Tim Zorc <br />Peter D. O'Bryan 1 <br />