Amended Item 2A- Proclamation- Green Apple Day of ServiceJ}rodamatton
AMENDED AGENDA ITEM# 2A
SEPTEMBER 8, 2014
WHEREAS, the Green Apple Day of Service, conceived by the Center for Green Schools
at the United States Green Building Council (USGBC), has provided a focal point for communities
to transfmm school environments to make them healthier, more sustainable places to learn, and
WHEREAS, in its 2012 inaugural year, more than 1,250 communities, spanning all 50
states and 49 countries, hosted Green Apple Day of Service projects to improve our schools
through environmental education and community events, and
WHEREAS, the Center for Green Schools has collaborated with partners from the public,
private, and nonprofit sectors to share community project ideas and step-by-step instructions for
organizing school service projects, and
WHEREAS, on September 27,2014, the USGBC will organize the third Green Apple Day
of Service, when green school advocates from across the country and around the world, including
USGBC chapters, international green building councils, elected officials, teachers, parents, and
students will come together in support of green schools by taking action in their communities,
NOW THEREFORE, I, Carolyn Woods, Mayor of!he City of Atlantic Beach, Florida, do
hereby proclaim Saturday, September 27, 2014, and the last Saturday of September each year
thereafter, as
Green Apple Day of Service
and urge all citizens of the City of Atlantic Beach to recognize the efforts of the Center for Green
Schools to make schools a healthier environment for student growth and education.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have
set my hand and caused the Official
Seal of the City of Atlantic Beach to
be affixed this 81h day of September
2014.
Carolyn Woods, MAYOR