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PROCLAMATION 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: More than 182,000 Americans have served as Peace Corps volunteers in 138 countries since 1961; and WHEREAS: Over the past 45 years, 1,088 men and women from the state of ldaho have responded to our nation's call to serve by joining the Peace Corps; 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; and WHEREAS: It is indeed fitting to recognize the achievements of the Peace Corps and honor its volunteers, past and. present, and reaffirm our country's commitment to helping people help themselves throughout the world. NOW, THEREFORE, I, Nancy Chaney, Mayor of the City of Moscow, in the State of Idaho, do hereby proclaim February 27 through March 5, 2006, Peace Corps Week, in the City of Moscow IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the City of Moscow to be affixed this 21st day of February, 2006. Nancy Chaney, Mayor