HomeMy WebLinkAboutAssistance League of Georgetown Area Day_05.2016
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, Assistance League of Georgetown Area is celebrating 15 years as a nonprofit,
philanthropic, volunteer organization dedicated to reaching out to those who need help, improving
lives in our community; and
WHEREAS, in its 15 years as being part of the National Assistance League, members have
given more than 243,000 service hours to our community; and
WHEREAS, Assistance League of Georgetown Area has raised almost three quarters of a
million dollars to fund various philanthropic activities; and
WHEREAS, Assistance League of Georgetown Area, through their Operation School Bell
Program, has provided more than 14,000 elementary school children with new school clothing and
shoes in order to improve their self-esteem, promote learning and encourage regular attendance;
and
WHEREAS, it has awarded scholarships to Georgetown high school students, regularly
visited residents in a memory care unit and tutored second-graders in reading; and
WHEREAS, Assistance League of Georgetown Area helps make Georgetown the most
giving City of its size in Texas and the fourth most giving City in the Nation.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DALE ROSS, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS,
do hereby proclaim May 16, 2016, as
ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF GEORGETOWN AREA DAY
in Georgetown, Texas