Proc. 2014-05 Head Start Awareness Month 10-16-13
PROCLAMATION
No. 2014-05
WHEREAS the Greater East Texas Community Action Program, Head Start Child
Development Center is a non-profit organization established to provide services to
low-income children and families in Walker County; and
WHEREAS to develop fully and to achieve social competence, children and their families are
provided a comprehensive, interdisciplinary approach to services including
education, health, nutrition, social services, parent involvement, and ethnic,
cultural and linguistic experience and heritage; and
WHEREAS Head Start strives for excellence in staffing, management, oversight, facilities and
research; expanding to better meet the needs of children and families; and forming
partnerships with communities, schools, the private sector and other national
initiatives; and
WHEREAS the mission of Head Start is to provide comprehensive services to improve the
quality of life for children and families.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY PROCLAIMED, by the power vested
in me as Mayor of the City of Huntsville, Texas that:
October 2013
be declared: “HEAD START AWARENESS MONTH”
and encourage all citizens of Huntsville and Walker County to be aware of the tremendous
efforts made by the Head Start Development Center and to strongly support their mission
and program.
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PROCLAIMED AND SIGNED this 16 day of October 2013.
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Mac Woodward, Mayor