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Backup Documents 06/12/2012 Item # 4BPROCLAMA TION WHEREAS, Annie Mae McKinney was born in 1910 in Monticello, o town near the Florida - Georgia border, and, WHEREAS, at the age of 16, she married William Lee Perry, moved to Copeland, Florida in 1947 and remained married to him for 73 years until his death in 1999; and, WHEREAS, Mother Perry was on icon in Collier County during her 98 years and the Mother Perry Youth Empowerment Project under the Mother Perry Scholarship Funds, Inc. Foundation dedicates its second annual brunch, "Serving to Save Our Youth, " to honor her legacy on June 16, 2012, and, WHEREAS, the purpose of the Mother Perry Youth Empowerment Project Brunch is to bring awareness to the community and to at -risk youth of its existence in Collier County. NOW THEREFORE, be it proclaimed by the Board of County Commissioners of Collier County, Florida, that June 16, 2012 be designated as MOTHER ANNIE MAE PERRY DAY DONE AND ORDERED THIS 12th Day of June 2012. ATTEST. Dwraor E. BROOK, CLERK BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA 7 -Q -�� FRED W. COYLE, CHAIRAMN