Board of County Commissioners Dade County, Florida

WHEREAS:

Miami-Dade County takes great pride in recognizing initiatives that contribute to enhancing the fabric of our society, and

Kids 4 Kids Club at Jack D. Gordon Elementary Community School under the leadership of Mrs. Beth Davis, started with 40 members who met weekly before school, to perform community service projects to help those in need in their own community, and

WHEREAS:

Kids 4 Kids made and delivered cards to sick children in hospitals, decorated and assembled Halloween bags for homeless kids, collected toiletry bags and beanie babies for hurricane victims in the keys, hosted homeless kids and kids with Downs Syndrome for a winter party, adopted 65 homeless families and purchased gift for them for the holidays, shipped Valentine bags to earthquake victims who were left homeless in Colombia sent appreciation letter to troops in Kosovo, and sent cards to the families who suffered a recent loss in the Colorado shootings, and

WHEREAS:

Through interacting with others, club members learn that the only difference between themselves and a homeless child is that they have a home to live in, and

WHEREAS:

It is fitting that official recognition be given to Kids 4 Kids and Mrs. Davis for the wonderful labor of love they are doing on behalf of the community:

NOW THEREFORE:

BE IT RESOLVED THAT I, ALEX PENELAS, MAYOR OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY FLORIDA, do hereby proclaim Tuesday, June 2, 1999 as KIDS 4 KIDS DAY

IN OBSERVANCE THEREOF:

I urge the good people of Miami-Dade County to join me in saluting Kids 4 Kids on this special occasion, and in wishing them the very best in all future endeavors.

 

June 2, 1999

Alex Penelas, Mayor

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