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_erw, philanthroJri.o or~anhation. are felpODliLle for enhanoin~ the
quality of life oJ: people; and
_erw, in leoo~tion of the role nlayed!,y the uniquel)' American tradition
of philantk'oPJ', the United ~tate. Congre..1W de.ignated Novemher
18 at National Philanthropy Day; and
_erw, the lwtory of American philanthropy iI filled with the name. of
~t people and their efforb which Ipawned univenitiu, free ~~o
lihrarie., home. for widoWl and orphan., and volunteer fire
c!eparbnentl, to name a few; and
_ertll5, in 1990, AmeriOllI1ll contriLuted $123 billion to the over 900,000
non.profit or~anhatioDl Ie~iltered with the Internal Revenue Service
~SY and 14,000,000 individuaI., includin~ approximately 5,800,000
volunteer., are employed hr non-profit organhatiODl; and
_erw, today the non-plllfit .ector effecb nearly every citizen in one way
or another. They include .choo!., churche., mUleunu, art and murio
centen, youth groul!" ho.pital., Ie.earch in.titutiODl and communiw
.ervice iDJtitutiODl that aid and comfort di.advanla~ed, .ick or elderly
individual.;
1lolu, tlJertfore, I, Darrel G. Courtney, Major of the City of Iowa City, Iowa,
dO hereby pioclaim November 18, IlJ92, to be
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in Iowa City and urge all people to feCO~Ze the tradition of American
philanthroPf at it continue. to improve and enhance the ~ve. of all by
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Signed in Iowa Cil:y, Iowa,
thf.l0th day of November, 1992.
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