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Proclamation No. 4 Series of 2020
50th Anniversary of the Vail Rotary Club
WHEREAS, Rotary International is a world-wide service organization founded in Chicago in 1905, and
now consisting of more than 1.2 million professional and business leader members, in over 33,000
clubs around the world;
WHEREAS
encourage high ethical standards, and promote good will and peace in their local community and the
world;
WHEREAS, Rotary in 1985 launched PolioPlus and spearheaded the Global Polio Eradication
Initiative, which today includes the World Health Organization, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, UNICEF and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, with the goal of immunizing all children
of the world against polio; and has contributed more than $1.7 billion and countless volunteer hours
to help immunize more than two billion children against polio in 122 countries;
WHEREAS, Vail Rotary Club, fo -profit
service organization;
WHEREAS, the Vail Rotary Club annually provides college scholarships for Eagle County youth,
significant financial grants to local causes and organizations, and volunteers throughout our
community and internationally;
WHEREAS, the Vail Rotary Club hosts the iconic Rotary Rubber Duck Race in Gore Creek in the
Town of Vail annually each Labor Day weekend to raise funds for the betterment of the Vail Valley;
and
WHEREAS, the Vail Rotary Club recently donated $50,000 in honor of their 50th Anniversary to
support our local community during this Covid19 crisis;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED BY Mayor Dave Chapin and the Vail Town Council, call
upon all citizens of Vail to recognize and celebrate the 50TH ANNIVERSARY of the VAIL ROTARY
CLUB and congratulate all our local Rotarians for their "Service Above Self" on their Golden
Anniversary.
Dated this 16th day of June 2020
Vail Town Council Attest:
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Dave Chapin, Mayor Tammy Nagel, Town Clerk