COCKE COUNTY, TENNESSEE
PROCLAMATION
TO RECOGNIZE AND CONGRATULATE
THE KIWANIS CLUB OF NEWPORT
WHEREAS, THAT KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL IS ONE OF THE LARGEST GLOBAL COMMUNITY SERVICE ORGANIZATIOS OF VOLUNTEERS DEDICATED TO CHANGING THE WORLD ONE CHILD AND ON COMMUNITY AT A TIME THAT IS DEDICATED PRIMARILY TO HELPING THE CHILDREN OF THE WORLK WITH THE MOTTO "SERVING THE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD:, and,

WHEREAS, THE KIWANIS CLUB OF NEWPORT WAS ORGANIZED SEPTEMBER 7, 1920, AND CHARTERED OCTOBER 12, 1920, AND WITH FIFTY-THREE MEMBERS HAS INITIATED AND SUPPORTED MANY PROJECTS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IS CELBRATING ITS 85th ANNIVERSARY; AND,

WHEREAS, THE KIWANIS CLUB OF NEWPORT SPONSORS THE COCKE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL KEY CLUB, THE COSBY HIGH SCHOOL KEY CLUB, AND THE BUILDERS CLUBS AT NEWPORT GRAMMAR SCHOOL, EDGEMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, COSBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND BRIDGEPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; AND,

WHEREAS, THE KIWANIS CLUB OF NEWPORT MEMBER WILEY MORGAN INITIATED, IN 1987, THE TERRIFIC KIDS PROGRAM WHICH IS A TOOL TO HELP CHILDREN ESTABLISH AND IMPROVE THEIR SELF-ESTEEM AND TO TEACH THEM THE VALUE OF SETTING GOALS AND ACHIEVING RESULTS THAT IS NOW IN EIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN COCKE COUNTY; AND,

WHEREAS, THE KIWANS CLUB OF NEWPORT CONTINUING SERVICE EMPHASIS CALLED "YOUNG CHILDREN: PRIORITY ONE", WHICH FOCUSES ON THE SPECIAL NEEDS OF CHILDRED FROM PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT TO AGE FIVE, AND IN ONE YEAR, PROJECTS ON THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL SERVICE EMPHASIS INVOLVED 14.3 MILLION DOLLARS AND 1.3 VOLUNTEER HOURS; AND,

WHEREAS, THE KIWANIS CLUB OF NEWPORT LAUNCHED IN 1994 IT FIRST WORLDWIDE SERVICE PROJECT, A SEVENTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLAR CAMPAIGN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH UNICEF TO ELIMINATE IODINE DEFICIENCY DISORDERS BY THE YEAR 2000 BECAUSE IODINE DEFICIENCY IS RARE IN AREAS WHERE IODIZED SALT IS USED, BUT IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD, ID IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF PREVENTABLE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL RETARDITION WITH AS MANY AS 1.5 BILLION PEOPLE AT RISK, ESPECIALLY YOUNG CHILDREN, AND THE INITIAL FUNDRAISING GOAL WAS SURPASSED IN 2001, AND PROJECTS ARE NOW FUNDED IN NINETY-FIVE COUNTRIES; AND,

WHEREAS, THE KIWANIS CLUB OF NEWPORT MEMBERS HAVE SUPPORTED THE IODINE DEFICIENCY DISORDERS (IDD) BY CONTRIBUTING FINANCIALLY TO THIS ENDEAVOR BY HAVING KIWANIANS AND THEIR SPOUSES AND GRANDCHILDREN AS RECIPIENTS OF THE GEORGE F. HIXON FELLOWSHIP.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE COCKE COUNTY LEGISLATIVE BODY AND I, COCKE COUNTY MAYLOR ILIFF McMAHAN, JR., DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE THE 85th ANNIVERSARY OF THE KIWANIS CLUB OF NEWPORT AND HONOR THE VOLUNTEERS DEDICATED TO CHANGING THE WORLD ONE CHILD AND ONE COMMUNITY AT A TIME.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I HAVE HEREUNTO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE COUNTY MAYOR TO BE AFFIXED ON THIS 17th OF OCTOBER 2005.

SIGNED: ILIFF McMAHAN, JR. COCKE COUNTY MAYOR