Tonight, the Holland City Council unanimously passed the following resolution declaring January 26, 2010, “A Day for Haiti in Holland, Michigan”:
RESOLUTION
Whereas, on Tuesday, January 12, 2010, the island of Haiti was struck by a devastating earthquake, and
Whereas, the earthquake has impacted more than 3,000,000 people, has or is likely to cause the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people, resulting in the country’s worst natural disaster in its history, and
Whereas, Holland residents have family, friends or neighbors in Haiti who have been injured, killed or are unaccounted for in the devastation, and
Whereas, appeals for humanitarian and other types of aid have been made by President Barack Obama, former President George W. Bush, and former President William J. Clinton, as well as hundreds of national and international relief organizations who are responding to the disaster, and
Whereas, a local group of pastors, representing Holland’s numerous denominations, banded together as the Holland Area Prayer Initiative (HAPI), have appealed to the Holland community to provide financial assistance to the people suffering in Haiti, and
Whereas, on Tuesday, January 26, 2010, HAPI has urged the residents of the Holland area to bring their gifts to the Midtown Center in Holland as a demonstration of Holland’s care and concern for the victims of this earthquake,
Therefore, Be It Resolved, that I, Kurt D. Dykstra, mayor of the City of Holland, and on behalf of a unanimous City Council, do proclaim Tuesday, January 26, 2010 as
“A Day for Haiti in Holland, Michigan”
and do encourage residents of this community to actively participate in the local relief efforts for the millions of people harmed by this tragedy.
Signed this 20th day of January, 2010.
