Office of the Mayor
Proclamation
Lawrence, Kansas
WHEREAS: The Peace Corps has become an enduring symbol of our nation's commitment to encourage progress, create opportunity, and expand development at the grass-roots level in the developing world; and
WHEREAS: Over the past 44 years, 782 men and women from Lawrence, Kansas, have responded to our nation's call to serve by joining the Peace Corps, and more than 175,000 Americans have served as Peace Corps Volunteers in 138 countries since 1961; and
WHEREAS: Peace Corps Volunteers have made significant and lasting contributions around the world in agriculture, business development, information technology, education, health and HIV/AIDS, and the environment, and have improved the lives of individuals and communities around the world; and
WHEREAS: Peace Corps Volunteers have strengthened the ties of friendship and understanding between the people of the United States and those of other countries; and
WHEREAS: Peace Corps Volunteers, enriched by their experiences overseas, have brought their communities throughout the United States a deeper understanding of other cultures and traditions, thereby bringing a domestic dividend to our nation;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Mike Rundle, Mayor of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, do hereby proclaim February 28 – March 6 to be
in the City of Lawrence, Kansas.
February 22, 2005