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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDAITEMS~Y
Meeting Date: November 19,2003
Division:
District 1
Bulk Item: Yes
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Department: Mayor Dixie M. Spehar
AGENDA ITEM WORDING:
Proclamation to declare November, 2003 National Adoption Month and November 22nd, 2003 National
Adoption Day in Monroe County.
ITEM BACKGROUND:
Currently in Monroe County there are children in need of loving, caring, homes and within our Cities
and County there are families filled with love, courage, and compassion, who can help waiting children
realize their dream of permanently belonging to a family through adoption.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION:
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES:
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:
TOTAL COST:
BUDGETED: Yes
No
COST TO COUNTY:
SOURCE OF FUNDS:
REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes
No
AMOUNT PER MONTH
Year
APPROVED BY:
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OMB/Purchasing Risk Management
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DIVISION DIRECTOR APPROVAL: J I:;,;. 'n2. ~:"".tt.I .
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DOCUMENTATION:
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DISPOSITION:
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J'roclamation
WHEREAS, all children need love, support and stability of a family; and
WHEREAS, in the State of Florida, children are separated from the families who gave
birth to them and are currently living in temporary foster homes; and
WHEREAS, the majority of these children will not retum to their birth families and are in
need of loving, caring, adoptive families; and
WHEREAS, brothers and sisters currently living in separate foster homes are asking to
be adopted by families who can give them an opportunity to live together; and
WHEREAS, many adolescents living in foster care feel they are too old to be adopted,
yet they long for the sense of belonging that adoption could provide; and
WHEREAS, currently in Monroe County there are children in need of loving, caring,
adoptive homes; and
WHEREAS, within our Cities and County there are families filled with love, courage, and
compassion, who can help waiting children realize their dream of permanently belonging to a
family; and
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WHEREAS, those families that have already adopted children deserve community and
agency support to sustain these adoptions.
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NOW, THEREFORE, by the power vested in me as Mayor of Monroe County, Florida, I,
Dixie M. Spehar, do hereby proclaim November, 2003 as
NATIONAL ADOPTION MONTH
And November 22- , 2003 as
NATIONAL ADOPTION DAY
WITNESS my hand and seal of the County of Monroe, Florida, this 19TH day of
November, 2003.
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