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GUARDIAN AD LITEM CHILD ADVOCATE MONTH
APRIL 2009
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
A PROCLAMATION |
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WHEREAS, the North Carolina Guardian ad Litem Program, celebrating more than 25th year of child advocacy, has established a distinguished record of public service through its work to enhance the quality of life for children; and
WHEREAS, all 100 counties in North Carolina have a Guardian ad Litem program; and
WHEREAS, Guardian ad Litem volunteers come from a variety of professional, educational and ethnic backgrounds, acting as advocates for abused and neglected children in the complicated and often unfamiliar court and child welfare systems; and
WHEREAS, the court appoints Guardian ad Litem advocates to serve as officers of the court, helping to improve the quality of information presented to the court by acting as the court's eyes and ears in the child's life; and
WHEREAS, April 2009 has been proclaimed Child Abuse Prevention Month, an observance that reflects the purpose of Guardian ad Litem programs, which is to protect and defend children from harm and ensure that abused and neglected children are provided with the court-ordered services they need; and
WHEREAS, April is recognized annually in the United States of America as a time to honor the contributions of volunteers through National Volunteer Month, and Guardian ad Litem child advocates donated more than 800,000 hours of service to the children of North Carolina in 2008.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do hereby proclaim April 2009, as "GUARDIAN AD LITEM CHILD ADVOCATE MONTH" in North Carolina, and urge all North Carolinians to join in this observance.
BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of North Carolina at the Capitol in Raleigh this twenty-third day of March in the year of our Lord two thousand and nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty third.
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