BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE
GOVERNOR
TAKE OUR DAUGHTERS AND SONS TO WORK® DAY
2009
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the Take Our Daughters and Sons To Work Foundation operates the Take Our Daughters and
Sons to Work Day® to help our nation's daughters and sons reach their full potential in school, in family life, in the
community, and in their future work lives: and
WHEREAS. Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day is making a positive difference in the lives of our
youth through creating a wide range of experiences to instill the confidence necessary to acquire the skills and
attitudes to live full lives: and
WHEREAS, for sixteen years the program has designed and promoted activities that encourage girls and
boys to think about how their dreams for the future, both for their work and family lives, can be realized; and
WHEREAS, through this educational experience, girls and boys begin to see the connection between
studied subjects like math. English, and science, and how they are applied to the “real” world, and as a result, they
are given the opportunity' to explore the workplace and apply the experience to their every day studies: and
WHEREAS, the program provides a forum for girls and boys to share their ideas about the workplaces of
the future; and
WHEREAS, the program exposes girls and boys.to a wealth of job possibilities and future opportunities, it
also maintains its commitment to ensure that all our nation's daughters and sons have a chance to participate in the
program: and
WHEREAS, they will that see the faces of engineers, doctors, professors, and executives can be of any
gender, race, or background: and
WHEREAS, this program is a public education campaign that amplifies the voices of girls and boys, shares
the vision of our nation's daughters and sons for a better future, and works to help girls and boys make their vision
of today their reality of tomorrow;
NOW. THEREFORE. I. BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE. Governor of the State of North Carolina do hereby
proclaim April 23, 2009. to be “TAKE OUR DAUGHTERS AND SONS TO WORK® DAY ' in North Carolina,
and urge all businesses and organizations to support the program and its participants, enabling students to realize
their full potential and reach their dreams.
BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE
IN
Carolina at
and of the
have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of North
tw enty -third day of March in the year of our Lord tw o thousand and nine.
States of America the tw o hundred and thirty-third.
