9 4 07 National Asst Living Week Proclamation
PROCLAMATION
Whereas,the number of seniors and disabled Americans is dramatically
increasing; and
Whereas,assisted living is a long-term care service that fosters choice,
dignity, independence and autonomy in our seniors nationwide; and
Whereas,the National Center for Assisted Living proudly created National
Assisted Living Week; and
Whereas, the theme of National Assisted Living Week 2007 – “Legacies of
Love” – highlights the privilege, value, and responsibility of passing
the legacies of our seniors’ lives down through the generations that
care for them and love them.
NOW THEREFORE, ROY BUOL, MAYOR, PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER
9-15, 2007, AS
“NATIONAL ASSISTED LIVING WEEK”
IN DUBUQUE, IOWA, AND URGE ALL CITIZENS TO VISIT FRIENDS AND LOVED
ONES WHO RESIDE IN THESE COMMUNITIES AS WELL AS TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT ASSISTED LIVING SERVICES AND HOW THEY BENEFIT THE TRI-STATE
AREA.
IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have
hereunto set my hand and caused the
Great Seal of the City of Dubuque to
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be affixed this 4 day of September,
2007.
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Roy D. Buol, Mayor
Attest:
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Jeanne F. Schneider, City Clerk