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PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING MAY 5 — 11, 2002, AS NATIONAL GOODWILL WEEK WHEREAS, the citizens of Indian River County value hard work and support the right of individuals to provide for themselves and their families, and believe all people should have every freedom to pursue careers, integrate into the workforce and participate as full members in the economic marketplace; and WHEREAS, Gulfstream Goodwill Industries was established in 1966 as a non-profit provider of vocational services to assist people with disabilities and other barriers to employment to become self-sufficient, working members of our community by providing assessment, work experience, job placement services, life skills training and residential services; and WHEREAS, 8,277 residents received these services through Gulfstream Goodwill Industries during the last year; and WHEREAS, people placed in community employment while receiving services from Gulfstream Goodwill in 2001 earned $9,861,004, representing a significant contribution to the local economy; and WHEREAS, Gulfstream Goodwill Industries diverted over 5 million pounds of textile materials from area landfills last year, and 89% of all revenues generated by Gulfstream Goodwill Industries supports employment and training programs within the community; and WHEREAS, Goodwill Industries International is celebrating 100 years of opening doors of employment opportunities to countless people, and has prepared them for brighter, more fulfilling futures in the United States and 25 other countries. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA that May 5 — 11, 2002, be designated as NATIONAL GOODWILL WEEK in Indian River County. Adopted this 23rd day of April, 2002. / /, BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA Ruth M. Stanbridge, Chair an April 23, 2002 4 nu 80