MICHAEL F. EASLEY
GOVERNOR
STATE EMPLOYEES COMBINED CAMPAIGN Celebrate STARS! MONTH
2007
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the entire community can reap positive change with any volunteer action, no matter
how big or small; and
WHEREAS, Over 3,000 state employee volunteers work in their communities utilizing their time
and talents to make a real difference in the lives of children, adults and the elderly; and
WHEREAS, state employee volunteers are vital to North Carolina's future as a caring and
productive state; and
WHEREAS, state employee volunteers can co1mect to hundreds of local cominunity service
opportunities through nearly I ,000 charitable organizations registered with the State Employees
Combined Campaign CelebrateSTARS! Program; and
WHEREAS, through state employee volunteers, the State Employees Combined Campaign raised
over $4.8 million in fiscal year 2006-07, and has raised over $60 million since its inception in 1986; and
WHEREAS, during the year, state employee volunteers will perform service projects all over
North Carolina; and
WHEREAS, each April state employee volunteers are recognized for their commitment to
commw1ity service;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, MICHAEL F. EASLEY, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do
hereby proclaim April 2007, as "STATE EMPLOYEES COMBINED CAMPAIGN
CelebrateST ARS! MONTH" in North Carolina and urge my fellow state employees to join the effort
and "Celebrate STARS!" in their communities throughout 2007. ·
MICHAEL F. EASLEY
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of North
Carolina at the Capitol in Raleigh this third day of April in the. year of our Lord two thousand and seven, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the twol!imdred and thirty-first.