HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 05.aApril 4, 2011
Item No.
PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING APRIL 12, 2011 AS
LAKEVILLE SENIOR CENTER VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION DAY
Overview
As part of National Volunteer Week, the Lakeville Senior Center will be acknowledging
the many volunteers who make things happen all year with a recognition program and
lunch. Senior Center volunteer opportunities include picking up day old bread,
instructing programs, assisting with special event meals (setup and cleanup), telephone
committee, greeting cards, Pan -O -Prog, flu shots, bazaars, Waffle Breakfast, Senior
Center coverage and Christmas tree setup and take -down. This special volunteer
recognition program and lunch will be held to thank the many volunteers on Tuesday,
April 12 at 11 a.m. This year's theme is, "Volunteers— Touching Lives, Lifting Spirits."
Ted Billy, Senior Center President, and Sandy Burinda, Senior Center Historian, will be
present at the City Council meeting to accept the proclamation. Staff is requesting City
Council consider approval of a proclamation designating April 12, 2011 as Lakeville
Senior Center Volunteer Recognition Day.
Whereas,
Whereas,
Whereas,
Whereas,
Whereas,
Therefore,
Proclamation
the Lakeville City Council in its support of volunteerism has
designated the week of April 10 -16, 2011 as Volunteer
Recognition Week in Lakeville; and
volunteers are a vital resource, contributing to the health,
education, welfare, recreation, culture and environment of the
participants of the Lakeville Senior Center; and
volunteers of the Lakeville Senior Center are carrying on the
rich tradition of helping others by enriching the lives of the
senior community through concern, commitment, and
generosity of spirit; and
the Council recognizes that the valuable contributions of the
volunteers at the Lakeville Senior Center have made the senior
community a better place in which to live; and
the Senior Center will give special recognition to its volunteers for
their time and efforts on April 12, 2011.
the City Council of the City of Lakeville hereby proclaims
April 12, 2011 as
Lakeville Senior Center Volunteer Recognition Day
Proclaimed this 4th day of April, 2011,
BY:
Mark Bellows, Mayor