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Proclamation_Andrew Connolly Make a Difference DayMasterpiece on the Mississippi PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, Andrew Connolly Make -a- Difference Day 2013 is a huge local community service project sponsored by numerous community partners, and dedicated to the memory of a Dubuque armed services veteran who left us all with the legacy to "pay it forward" in service to others; and WHEREAS, this event has brought national recognition to the City of Dubuque by having been previously selected as one of the nation's top ten exemplary community service projects by the National Make -a- Difference Day Awards Committee; and WHEREAS, for the past six years this exciting annual day of doing good things to help others has inspired over 2,300 local volunteers to touch the lives and improve the homes of over 600 Dubuque households with assistance to their elderly, disabled, veterans and low- income neighbors; and WHEREAS, again this year, this project will provide targeted homes with weatherization measures, energy conservation education and supplies, smoke detectors, simple home improvements, yard work, home chores, and friendly and caring socialization activities; NOW THEREFORE, 1, ROY D. BUOL, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, STAFF AND CITIZENS OF DUBUQUE, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26TH, 2073, AS "ANDREW CONNOLLY MAKE -A- DIFFERENCE DAY" IN THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA, AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO PARTICIPATE LOCALLY IN THE LARGEST NATIONAL DAY OF VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY SERVICE AND TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE FOR ALL OF OUR CITIZENS. IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the City of Dubuque to be affixed this 21st day of October, 2013. Roy D. Buol, Mayor Attest: Kevin S. Firnstahl, CMC, City Clerk 2013: Submitted Tom Stovall, CCAP, Executive Director, Operation: New View Community Action Agency, 1473 Central Avenue, Dubuque, IA 52001 -4853, Phone 563 - 556 -5130 ext. 32, FAX 563 - 556 -4402, E -Mail tstovallcc operationnewview.org. Previously named Make a Difference Day. 2012: Submitted Tom Stovall, CCAP, Executive Director, Operation: New View Community Action Agency, 1473 Central Avenue, Dubuque, IA 52001 -4853, Phone 563 - 556 -5130 ext. 32, FAX 563 - 556 -4402, E -Mail tstovamoperationnewview.org 2011: Submitted Tom Stovall, CCAP, Executive Director, Operation: New View Community Action Agency, 1473 Central Avenue, Dubuque, IA 52001 -4853, Phone 563 -556 -5130 ext. 32, FAX 563 -556 -4402, E -Mail tstovallaoperationnewview.org 2010: Submitted for signature only by Michelle Nunn, esseavapointsoflight.org, HandsOn Network, 600 Means St., Suite 210, Atlanta, GA, 30318; www.handsonnetwork.org; Make a Difference Day, diffdav @usaweekend.com, 1- 800 -416 -3824. 2009: Submitted by Council Member Ric Jones. Accepted by: Tom Stovall, Operation: New View, tstovall @operationnewview.orq, 1473 Central Avenue, 556 -5130, x 32 2008: Tom Stovall, Operation: New View, tstovallc operationnewview.orq, 1473 Central Avenue, 556 -5130, x 32 2007: Tom Stovall, Operation: New View, tstovall ac operationnewview.orq, 1473 Central Avenue, 556 -5130, x 32