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PAT McCRORY
GOVERNOR
CIVITAN AWARENESS MONTH
2014
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, Civitan is an association of community service clubs founded in 1917 by a group
of businessmen in Birmingham, Alabama; and
WHEREAS, since its inception, Civitan International has become one the most active
volunteer civic organizations in the United States, with more than 40,000 members in 32 countries,
including youth and college programs; and
WHEREAS, the State of North Carolina is home to more Civitans than any other state, with
3,402 members in two districts, representing 121 Civitan clubs; and
WHEREAS, the mission of Civitan worldwide is to build good citizenship by providing a
volunteer organization of clubs dedicated to serving individual and community needs, with an
emphasis on helping people with developmental disabilities; and
WHEREAS, Civitans serve the community by fulfilling human needs not met by other
organizations or individual efforts; and
WHEREAS, Civitans continually seek experiences that provide life direction, character
building, leadership development and the satisfaction of helping those in need; and
WHEREAS, the State of North Carolina recognizes and celebrates the contributions and
dedication of Civitans, whose efforts promote helping those in need around the world;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, PAT McCRORY, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do
hereby proclaim April 2014, as “CIVITAN AWARENESS MONTH” in North Carolina, and
commend its observance to all citizens.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, 1 have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the
State of North Carolina at the Capitol in Raleigh this twenty-fifth day of March in the year of our Lord
two thousand and fourteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred
and thirty-eighth.
PAT McCRORY
Governor
