Resolution 94-23
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WYLIE,
TEXAS, DECLARING THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 2,1994 AS 4-H WEEK
IN WYLIE AND EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE GOALS OF THE
WYLIE 4-H CLUB
WHEREAS, the President of the United States has proclaimed October 2 through
October 8 as National 4-H Week, a salute to the more than 5/12 million young people
currently enrolled in this, the Nation's largest youth saving organization, and
WHEREAS, National 4-H Week recognizes the contributions 4-H has made in youth
leadership development and in improving the quality of life for millions of Americans in its
more than 80 years of existence, and
WHEREAS, the 4-H program is entering its 86th year of operations, a program which
began in 1908 near Jacksboro, with the first Boy's Com Club, and which has brown to reach
some 446,000 boys and girls i virtually every community in this state, and
WHEREAS, the Collin County 4-H program is an unique partnership between the
federal government through the United States Department of Agriculture, state government
through Texas A&M University and the Collin County Commissioner's Court. This
partnership allows 4-H to be locally responsive to the needs of young people and to address
those needs in ways suitable for the City of Wylie and Collin County, and
WHEREAS, the Collin County 4-H program reaches more than two thousand boys and
girls through thirteen county based clubs and school enrichment programs which teach more
than twenty different subjects through 4-H projects. Boys and girls in Collin County form 9
to 19 years of age learn new skills and practice what they have learned through a learn by
doing approach led by more than one hundred adult volunteers, and
WHEREAS, the Collin County and Wylie 4-H programs serve boys and girls with
educational programs and activities which foster pride in accomplishments and a family
togetherness which is the strength of our entire society.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Wylie,
Texas, that the week of October 2nd is hereby declared as:
Wylie 4-H Week.
DULY PASSED AND APPROVED on this the 7th day of
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