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PROCLAMATION
City of Fort Collins
WHEREAS, on March 1, 1977 President Jimmy Carter announced the formation of the
Friendship Force; and
WHEREAS, the Friendship Force is a private non-profit organization with a single mission to
create an environment in which personal friendships are established across the barriers that separate
people, and includes more than 367 clubs in 55 countries and 39 U.S. states including 6 clubs in
Colorado; and
WHEREAS, March 1, 2006 marks the 29th birthday of Friendship International and on that
same day Friendship Force of Northern Colorado will celebrate 20 years of active representation in
Fort Collins and surrounding communities; and
WHEREAS, during the past 20 years, 44 delegations of local citizen diplomats from Northern
Colorado have traveled to 22 different nations to extend a hand of friendship and to promote global
goodwill through personal friendships; and
WHEREAS, 581 foreign guests in 41 delegations representing 23 different nations have visited
Northern Colorado communities to learn about our history and culture; and
WHEREAS, on March 1, 2006 Friendship Force members from around the world will celebrate
and commemorate World Friendship Day.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Doug Hutchinson, Mayor of the City of Fort Collins, do hereby
proclaim the month of March 2006 as
MONTH OF INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP AND UNDERSTANDING
in the city of Fort Collins.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the City of Fort Collins
this 7th day of March, A.D. 2006.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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