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COUNTY QF BUTTE, STATE QF' CALIFORNIA
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RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING NOVEMBER 7-I3, 2004,
AS CALIFORNIA RETIKLD TEACHERS WEEK
WHEREAS, the California Retired Teachers Association was formed by Laura E. Settle
75 years ago during the depths of the Great Depression with the goal of relieving the economic
hardships suffered by retired teachers and has since become a leading advocate for providing
teachers with sufficient retirement income; and
WHEREAS, the California Retired Teachers Association also provides continuing
support to active and future teachers, including scholarships of nearly $400,000 a year; and
WHEREAS, a vast majority of California's retired teachers share a commitment to
improve their communities through volunteer activities; and
WHEREAS, when the President called on all Americans to give more of their time to
volunteer service, retired teachers led by example, including dozens of members who have given
more than 4,000 hours of services; and
WHEREAS, retired teachers can be found serving their communities by volunteer
tutoring, mentoring students and adults, helping in public and school libraries, service as hospital
and hospice aides, providing transportation for the less able, collecting food and clothing for the
needy, publishing newsletters for various civic and religious organizations, and volunteering for
city and county activities; and
WHEREAS, here in Butte County in 2003 California Retired Teachers Association
members reported 24,557 hours of volunteer service which would have a value of $394,134; the
annual dollar value of this volunteer time throughout the state exceeded $30 million; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that in recognition of the vital role retired
teachers fulfill in every community in California, and to honor their ongoing commitment to all
teachers, the Butte County Board of Supervisors declare the week of November 7-13, 2004, be
proclaimed as California Retired Teachers Week.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte, Sate of
California, on this ninth day of November 2004 by the following votes:
AYES: Supervisors Houx, Josiassen, Yamaguchi and Chair Beeler
NOES: None
ABSENT: Supervisor Dolan
NOT VO i'ING: None
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R. J. BEELER, Chair
A'T'TES'T':
PAUL MCINTOSH, Chief Administrative Officer
And Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
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