AGENDA #1

 

CROP WALK DAY PROCLAMATION

 

WHEREAS,     hunger and poverty are serious issues that affect people around the world, in every country, in the United States, in the state of North Carolina, in every community and in the Town of Chapel Hill; and

 

WHEREAS,     CROP WALK is Community Reaching Out to People, an annual event sponsored nationally by Church World Services, one of the most effective relief services in the world; and

 

WHEREAS,     CROP WALK is locally sponsored by the Inter-Faith Council for Social Service; and

 

WHEREAS,     CROP WALK is co-sponsored by the Town of Carrboro; and

 

WHEREAS,     CROP WALK is a 10 kilometer walk through the diverse streets of Carrboro and Chapel Hill where anyone who wants to make a difference in the lives of hungry people can walk; and

 

WHEREAS,     contributions from CROP WALK will be used for refugees, disaster relief, self-help projects in more than 80 countries and to support IFC hunger-relief programs such as the Community Kitchen in Chapel Hill and the IFC Food Pantry in Carrboro; and

 

WHEREAS,     on Sunday, April 1, 2001 the Inter-Faith Council for Social Service invites walkers from Chapel Hill and Carrboro to meet in the Carrboro Town Commons at 2:00PM to walk in the 15^th Annual Carrboro--Chapel Hill CROP WALK; and

 

WHEREAS,     the Town of Chapel Hill encourages town employees and Chapel Hill residents to become CROPWALKERS or sponsor a WALKER and make a difference for our community and the world;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Rosemary I. Waldorf, Mayor of the Town of Chapel Hill, do hereby proclaim Sunday, April 1, 2001, as the official day for the

 

15^th ANNUAL CROP WALK

 

and by proclamation we agree to co-sponsor this event with the Inter-Faith Council for Social Service.

 

Rosemary I. Waldorf, Mayor