HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - PROCLAMATION - 11/15/2016 - PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING AND CONGRATULATING THE ROPROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the mission and vision of the Ronald McDonald House Charities is
“thinking globally, acting locally to provide resources for children and their families”; and
WHEREAS, Ronald McDonald House Charities operates three Houses in Colorado and
provides lodging, meals and support to families with children receiving treatment at local
hospitals and medical centers; and
WHEREAS, Ronald McDonald House Charities strives to create a community where
children and their families embrace life and healing with a sense of hope, enthusiasm, courage
and joy; and
WHEREAS, the very first Ronald McDonald House opened on October 15, 1974 and
today there are more than 300 Ronald McDonald Houses throughout the United States and the
world; and
WHEREAS, Ronald McDonald Houses allow guests to maintain close contact with their
seriously-ill children by providing a secure and supportive environment at the barest minimum
cost or no cost at all if guests cannot afford it and keep families close in their greatest time of
need; and
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Wade Troxell, Mayor of the City of Fort Collins, do hereby
recognize and congratulate the
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES
on its success and continued growth to support families of Colorado during times of great need
when their children are hospitalized with serious illnesses and by providing health care where
children need it most. I encourage our citizens to support this worthy endeavor.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the City of Fort
Collins this 15th day of November, A.D. 2016.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk