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Dubuque Eagles Aerie & Auxiliary Month (February 2022)City of Dubuque City Council Meeting ITEM TITLE SUMMARY: SUGGESTED DISPOSITION: Copyrighted February 21, 2022 P rociamation(s) # 1. Dubuque Eagles Aerie & Auxiliary Month (February 2022) On behalf of the Dubuque Fraternal Order of the Eagles. ATTACHMENTS: Description Dubuque Eagles Aerie and Auxiliary Month Proclamation Type Supporting Documentation 'FHE CITY OF DUB E Masterpiece on the Mississippi WHEREAS, the Dubuque Eagles has been in existence and serving the Dubuque community and its residents for over 118 years; and WHEREAS, over the past 50 years, the Dubuque Eagles has made numerous contributions to charities, agencies and people in need by assisting people of all walks of life especially the youth of our beloved community; and WHEREAS, the Dubuque Eagles has donated to such organizations as: Hospice of Dubuque; Finley Hospital; Wendt Cancer Center, Kehl Diabetes Center, Rehabilitation, Kidney, Mental and Pediatrics Health Departments; Hills and Dales; Camp Albrecht Acres; Prevention of Child Abuse and the VNA's Parent Partnership Program, Big Brother/Big Sister Programs; law enforcement projects; CPR grants for fire departments; food pantries and homeless shelters such as Maria House, the Teresa Shelter and the Dubuque Rescue Mission; weatherization grant projects and grants to assist Operation New View Community Action Agency and Crescent Community Health Center; the Dubuque Sheriff and Police D.A.R.E. programs; and the P.T. Department at Clarke University under the Spinal Cord Injury Fund; and WHEREAS, students from Loras College, Clarke University, University of Dubuque, Hempstead High School, Wahlert Catholic High School, and Senior High School have raised over $54,000 in college scholarships in the last fourteen years. The Dubuque "Eyes on the Future" Committee has raised over $240,000 in the last 14 years with the combined total raised by the Dubuque Eagles of nearly a million dollars in the last 52 years equaling over one million dollars raised in its 118-year history. NOW THEREFORE, I, BRAD M. CAVANAGH, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, STAFF AND THE CITIZENS OF DUBUQUE, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF FEBURARY 2022 AS DUBUQUE EAGLES AERIE & AUXILIARY MONTH IN THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA AND OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZE THE TREMENDOUS AND CONTINUED EFFORTS OF THE DUBUQUE EAGLES FOR THEIR AMAZING VOLUNTEER WORK AND ENGAGED CITIZENSHIP. IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the City of Dubuque to be affixed this 21 st day of February 2022. Brad M. Cavanagh, Mayor Attest: Adrienne N. Breitfelder, City Clerk 2022: Submitted by and accepted by to Michael Duehr, Grand Trustee, Fraternal Order of Eagles, 1575 Wood Street, 663.2249 2021: Submitted by and accepted by to Michael Duehr, Grand Trustee, Fraternal Order of Eagles, 1575 Wood Street, 663.2249 2020: Submitted by and accepted by to Michael Duehr, Grand Trustee, Fraternal Order of Eagles, 1575 Wood Street, 663.2249 (3 Originals) 2019: Submitted for signature only by and returned to Michael Duehr, Grand Trustee, Fraternal Order of Eagles, 1575 Wood Street, 663.2249 (3 Originals) 2018: Submitted for signature only by and returned to Michael Duehr, Grand Trustee, Fraternal Order of Eagles, 1575 Wood Street, 663.2249 (3 Originals) 2016: Submitted for signature only by and returned to Michael Duehr, Grand Trustee, Fraternal Order of Eagles, 1575 Wood Street, 663.2249 (3 Originals) 2015: Submitted for signature only by and returned to Michael Duehr, Grand Trustee, Fraternal Order of Eagles, 1575 Wood Street, 663.2249 (3 Originals) 2014: Submitted for signature only by and returned to Michael Duehr, Grand Trustee, Fraternal Order of Eagles, 1575 Wood Street, 663.2249 (3 Originals) 2013: Submitted for signature only by and returned to Michael Duehr, Grand Trustee, Fraternal Order of Eagles, 1575 Wood Street, 663.2249 (3 Originals) 2012: Submitted for signature only by and returned to Michael Duehr, Grand Trustee, Fraternal Order of Eagles, 1575 Wood Street, 663.2249 (3 Originals) 2011: Submitted for signature only by and returned to Michael Duehr, Grand Trustee, Fraternal Order of Eagles, 1575 Wood Street, 663.2249 (3 Originals)