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City of Fort Collins
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, Thanksgiving Day celebrates the spirit of seNess giving and an appreciation
for family and friends; and
WHEREAS, the spirit of Thanksgiving Day is a virtue upon which our nation was founded;
and
WHEREAS, thirty-three million Americans, including thirteen million children, live in
households without an adequate supply offood; and
WHEREAS, almost three million of these children experience hunger; and
WHEREAS, seNess sacrifice breeds a genuine spirit of Thanksgiving, both affirming and
restoring fundamental principles in our society.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Ray Martinez, Mayor of the City of Fort Collins, do hereby
proclaim Thursday, November 21, 2002, one week before the traditional Thanksgiving, as
FEED AMERICA THURSDAY
and call upon the people of Fort Collins to sacrifice, or fast,for two meals on Thursday, November
21, 2002, and to donate the money they would have spent on food to a charitable or religious
organization of their choice for the purpose offeeding the hungry.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the City of Fort
Collins this 19th day of November, A.D. 2002.
Mayor
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City Clerk
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