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Home My WebLink AboutR08-058 Designating May as Foster Care Month-~ Commissioner ~ moved adoption of the following Resolution: BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COUNTY OF EAGLE, STATE OF COLORADO RESOLUTION N0.2008- ~~ Designation of May 2008 as Foster Care Month "Changing a Lifetime" WHEREAS, the family, serving as the primary source of love, identity, self-esteem and support, is the very foundation of our communities and our State, and WHEREAS, in Eagle County there are children and youth in foster care being provided with a safe, secure and stable home along with the compassion and nurture of a foster family, and WHEREAS, all young people in foster care need a meaningful connection to a caring adult who becomes a supportive and lasting presence in their lives, and WHEREAS, foster, kinship and adoptive families, who open their homes and hearts and support children whose families are in crisis, play a vital role in helping children and families heal and reconnect thereby launching young people into successful adulthood, and ~ WHEREAS, dedicated foster families frequently adopt foster children, resulting in a greater need for more foster families, and WHEREAS, there are numerous individuals, public and private organizations who work to increase public awareness of the needs of children in and leaving foster care as well as the enduring and valuable contribution of foster parents, and the foster care "system" is only as good as those who choose to be part of it, NOW THEREFORE, THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS hereby proclaim May 2008 to be Foster Care Month. We urge everyone to take time this May to come forward and do something positive that will help change a lifetime for children and youth in foster care. ATTEST: ~~.~~~~ .~ ,, ~ ~ ~ ® ®~ ~r ~ ~~~ Teak J. Simonton dos®~~°' Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners COUNTY OF EAGLE, STATE OFCOLORADO, by and Through Its BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ,. -- _ . Peter F. Runyon Chair an Sara 'her C m' er Menconi ` Commissioner Commissioner seconded adoption of the foregoing resolution. The roll having been called, th vote was as follows: Commissioner Runyon Commissioner Fisher Commissioner Menconi This Resolution passed by _~ vote of the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Eagle, State of Colorado.