City of Grand Junction, State of Colorado

Proclamation

Whereas,

April is recognized as National Volunteer Month; and

Whereas,

in celebration and recognition of the 50^th Anniversary of Mesa County RSVP, Inc. and the volunteers of the Grand Valley; and

Whereas,

Mesa County, RSVP started in Mesa County in 1973; and

Whereas,

RSVP’s 600+ volunteers contribute thousands of service hours and expertise to nonprofits and governmental agencies around the Grand Valley; and

Whereas,

this contribution of labor equates to well over $2,000,000.00 annually; and

Whereas,

volunteerism is one of the factors that makes Grand Junction and the rest of the Grand Valley such a wonderful place to live and work.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Anna Stout, by the power vested in me as Mayor of the City of Grand Junction, do hereby proclaim April 2023 as

“National Volunteer Month”

in the City of Grand Junction and sincerely thank Mesa County RSVP, Inc. and the hundreds of volunteers that devote their time to the service of others and for helping to build the sense of community and family that helps make the city of Grand Junction great and wishes this organization another 50 years of success.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the official Seal of the City of Grand Junction this 5^th day of April 2023.

Mayor