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PEACE CORPS PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, The Peace Corps will celebrate its 47th anniversary, commemorating President John F. Kennedy’s March 1, 1961 Executive Order to establish the agency, and 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 187,000 Americans have served as Peace Corps Volunteers in 139 countries since 1961, and WHEREAS, Over the past 46 years, 1,116 men and women from the state of Idaho 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, do hereby proclaim February 25 through March 3, 2008 as Peace Corps Week in the City of Moscow, and I urge all citizens to celebrate Peace Corps Week. DATED this 19th day of February, 2008. Nancy Chaney, Mayor