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Home My WebLink AboutKeeping the Lights on After School 2005-06 Mayoral Proclamation 2005-06 Keeping the Lights On After School WHEREAS, the citizens of Rexburg stand firmly committed to quality afterschool programs and opportunities because they: Provide safe, challenging, engaging and fun learning experiences to help children and youth develop their social, emotional, physical, cultural and academic skills. Support working families by ensuring their children are safe and productive after the regular school day ends. Build stronger communities by involving our students, parents, business leaders and adult volunteers in the lives of our young people, thereby promoting positive relationships among children, youth, families and adults. Engage families, schools and diverse community partners in advancing the welfare of our children. WHEREAS, afterschool programs in Rexburg have provided significant leadership in the area of community involvement in the education and well-being of our youth, grounded in the principle that quality afterschool programs are key to helping our children become successful adults. WHEREAS, Lights On Afterschool, a national celebration of afterschool programs on October 20, 2005, promotes the critical importance of quality afterschool programs in the lives of children, their families and their communities. WHEREAS, many afterschool programs across the country are facing funding shortfalls so severe that they are being forced to close their doors and turn off their lights. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that I, Mayor Shawn Larsen, do hereby proclaim October 20, 2005, as “Lights On Afterschool Day”; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this mayor enthusiastically endorses Lights On Afterschool and commits our state to engage in innovative afterschool programs and activities that ensure the lights stay on and the doors stay open for all children after school. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of our City to be affixed this 17th day of October, in the year two thousand and five. ATTEST: _______________________________ Blair D. Kay, CITY CLERK APPROVED: ____________________________________ Shawn Larsen, MAYOR