Backup Documents 10/25/2011 Item # 4BPROCLAMATION
? 4B
WHEREAS, the Red Walk is on established provider of one- to_orx youth ilmlvement and has o"wssed the
importance of drug awareness for the post eleven years; and,
WHEREAS, the Red Walk provides adu lt msMors to thousands of chi ldren in Collier Cora►iy's public and private
schoo ls; and,
WHEREAS, the Red Walk was developed as part of the Red Ribbon Activities established by the Substance
Above Coa/itlon of Collier County, as well as the Co / / %r County PUb/ic Sehoo/ System, In association
with the Aktfmwl Drug Awaremus Campaign to be presented between October 23 -31, 2011' and,
WHEREAS, national reseorrh has shown that the positive messages supported by dnq-f ree oet/vifias /�c /p
form strong bonds between youth mun/ties kad/ng to a direct, meosurabk, and
lasting Impact on chI/dren's / are more Ake/y to Improve their geodes
and their rs/atiaRShl
/us likely to skip school, use illegal
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WHEREAS, locally, the Red n bri i YIsotlons Into the /Ives of
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children for t Is the bwiaraten w r n
Southwest Florida, and,
WHEREAS, . m
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T.:; trek on and near the
campus of Le $chi/ ��
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NOW THEREFORE, be It prae%Imed '`
l /her County, Florida, that
October 28, 2011,
THE TWELFTH ilk` „F DAY OF THE RED WALK
M COLLIER COUNTY
DONE AND ORDERED THIS ZY* Day of October, 2011.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA n
FRED COYLE, CHAIRMAN