Backup Documents 01/12/2016 Item # 4D 7
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WHEREAS, Bob Votruba has challenged many school children and adults in Collier County to reach One Million
Acts of Kindness in their lifetimes through his nationwide bus and bicycle tour, promoting that kind
thoughts and acts can be practiced in schools, public governments, businesses, and communities to
create a better and more efficient society as a whole; and,
WHEREAS, He has bicycled thousands of miles while travelling the perimeter of the United States to visit
Collier County at least five times with his dog Bogart, in his five year bicycle tour so far; and,
WHEREAS, Suicide prevention and awareness of this persistent challenge facing our nation's youth is one of
Bob Votruba's priorities to ultimately reduce death by suicide in our nation's young people; and,
WHEREAS, Bob Votruba a/so recognizes many United States military veterans who gave years of dedicated
service to our country. Mr. Votruba has recently completed the Victory Florida Kindness Tour, a
1,600 mile perimeter ride/drive of Florida, visiting veteran nursing homes, veterans hospitals,
veteran organizations and veterans groups along his travels thanking them for their bravery,
sacrifice and service to our country: and,
WHEREAS, Bob Votruba wants to raise awareness for those veterans who often face multiple mental health
issues resulting from their honorable service, and prevent suicide as much as possible in returning
military veterans lives; and,
WHEREAS, Bob Votruba has a positive message for everyone he meets on his journey that bullying is a serious
problem at schools, playgrounds, and at school bus stops nationwide, and kindness is a virtue that
everyone can practice every day to prevent bullying behaviors in our nation's young people,
especially. Cyber bullying on the Internet is another critical problem amongst our nation's
teenagers that can be reduced by seeking more parental involvement and adult leadership in young
people's lives; and, I
WHEREAS, When all generations of Collier County residents work together to build a peaceful, kind, and
harmonious community, everyone benefits from such interactions every single day and each resident
of Collier County has the potential to be proactive in modeling kind behaviors no matter what their
age, race, religion, gender, or national origin; and,
WHEREAS, Everyone can be proactive in spreading the message of kindness in their everyday life within Collier
County.
NOW THEREFORE, be it proclaimed by the Board of County Commissioners of Collier County, Florida, that
January 14, 2016 be designated as
Collier County Kindness Awareness bay
DONE AND ORDERED THIS 12th Day of January 2016
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