HomeMy WebLinkAboutProclamation - World Homeless WeekWhereas, the Coachella Valley Rescue Mission provides shelter and
meals for members of our community and anticipates providing 28,800 nights
of shelter and more than 130,000 meals this year; and
Whereas, through its classes and programs, the Coachella Valley
Rescue Mission has an 82 percent success rate in helping clients to overcome
homelessness; and
Whereas, whereas the Coachella Valley Rescue Mission is proactive
in reaching out to the homeless with supplies and information;
Whereas, World Homeless Week is an effort to draw attention to the
needs of homeless people locally and provide opportunities for the community
to get involved in responding to homelessness.
Now, Therefore, I, Robert A. Spiegel, Mayor of the City of Palm
Desert, California, Do Hereby Proclaim October 10-16, 2012, as
World Homeless Week
in the City of Palm Desert and encourage all citizens to help support the
efforts of the Coachella Valley Rescue Mission and other related non-profit
organizations as they work to help end homelessness.
CITY COTINCILACTIO"4T _ In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and have
AI'I'ROVI1) - i t \TIh1) caused the Official Seal of the City of Palm Desert,
IZF.CF:IVED ' I_l I'JIZ r G alifornia, to be affixed this 11cn day of October, 2012.
NIFF'TING DATE
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