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Agenda 12/13/2016 Item # 4A 4.A 12/13/2016 PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, Bob Votruba has challenged many school children and adults in Collier County to reach One Million Acts of Kindness in their lifetimes through a nationwide bus and bicycle tour including visits to the seven State of Florida Veteran nursing homes with the desire of offering comfort to veterans and thanking them for their service to our country; 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, bullying is a serious problem at schools, playgrounds, school bus stops and cyberspace, and kindness is a virtue that everyone can practice every day to prevent bullying behaviors; and, WHEREAS, kind thoughts and kind acts can be practiced in schools, public governments, businesses, and communities to create a better and more efficient society as a whole; and, 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 no matter what their age, race, religion, sex, or national origin; and, WHEREAS, the Collier County Kindness Awareness Celebration that has taken place over the last three years has expanded to an eight day celebration where schools, businesses, houses of worship, families and others will be taking part this year in doing some wonderful kind act for their community or neighborhood. NOW THEREFORE, be it proclaimed by the Board of County Commissioners of Collier County, Florida, that January 7-15, 2017 be designated as Kindness Awareness Week in Collier County Packet Pg.26 4.A 12/13/2016 DONE AND ORDERED THIS 13th Day of December, 2016 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA DONNA FIALA, CHAIRMAN Packet Pg. 27 4.A 12/13/2016 COLLIER COUNTY Board of County Commissioners Item Number: 4.A Item Summary: Proclamation designating January 7-15, 2017 as Kindness Awareness Week in Collier County. To be accepted by Bob Votruba and his dog Bogart. Meeting Date: 12/13/2016 • Prepared by: Title: Executive Coordinator to Commissioner—Board of County Commissioners Name: Michael Brownlee 11/18/2016 3:12 PM Submitted by: Title: Manager-Communications &Cust. Relations—Communication and Customer Relations Name: Mike Sheffield 11/18/2016 3:12 PM Approved By: Review: Communication and Customer RelationsMike Sheffield Additional Reviewer Completed 11/29/2016 11:40 AM County Manager's Office Nick Casalanguida County Manager Review Completed 12/04/2016 11:36 AM Board of County Commissioners MaryJo Brock Meeting Pending 12/13/2016 9:00 AM Packet Pg.28