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<br />PROCLAMATION <br /> <br />PROCLAIMING THE MONTH OF MARCH TO BE <br />MINNESOTA FOODSHARE MONTH <br /> <br />WHEREAS: Hunger exists in communities even in the best of economies: and <br /> <br />WHEREAS: Nearly half of hungry ivfinnesotans are children twelve yea.r~ old and younger; <br />and <br /> <br />WHEREAS: 1ne fast(~st h'1:o\X..ring grOUP8 of hungry I\linnesotans are senior citizens; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS: The creeping effects of hunger ill the life of an individual or family can r'mge <br />from poor health and slo\ved recovery from injury and illness to poor performance at <br />school and at \vork; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS: The impact of this on lives and communitjes can be devastating; ;1nd <br /> <br />WHEREAS: Food shelves in J\iinncsota distribute more than 42 n1illiol1 pounds of food <br />annually to case the sting of hunger; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS: Food shelf visits n~m,lins at record highs - more than 1.8 million visits in <br />2006; and <br /> <br />W'HEREAS: The CAER Food Shelf in Elk River continue:'> to see a significant increase of <br />those in need in our cotn,munity; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS: TI)is is the 25th Anniversarv of the Tvfinnesot:<l l:i'oodShareI'vIarch Catnpnign; <br />and <br /> <br />WHEREAS: 'I'he success of the 1\1inn<:sota FoodShan~ r.hrch Campaign depends upon the <br />participation of businesses, civic groups, schools, congregations, and individuals in every <br />cot1ununity; <br /> <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, on behalf of the City Couneil, that we <br />hereby proclaim the month of j\-farcb, 2007, to be Minnesota FoodShare Month in Elk <br />River, and urge everyone in our co.mmunity to donate food items and/or funding to our <br />local food shelf during :~{arch to ensure that all of our neighbors will have food enough to <br />share fully in the life of our community. <br /> <br />Stephanie A. Klinzing, Mayor <br />City of Elk River <br />