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GUARDIAN AD LITEM CHILD ADVOCATE DAY - 2007 <br />BY THE CABARRUS COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />PROCLAMATION <br />WHEREAS, the Guardian ad Litem program has established a distinguished <br />record of public service through its work to enhance the quality of life for children; and <br />WHEREAS, Cabarrus County, North Carolina has a Guardian ad Litem program; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, Guardian ad Litem volunteers come from a variety of professional, <br />educational and ethnic backgrounds, acting as advocates for abused and neglected <br />children in the complicated and often unfamiliar court and child welfare systems; and <br />WHEREAS, the court appoints Guardian ad Litem advocates to serve as officers <br />of the court, helping to improve the quality of information presented to the court by <br />acting as the court's eyes and ears in the child's life; and <br />WHEREAS, April 2007 has been proclaimed Child Abuse Prevention Month, an <br />observance that reflects the purpose of Guardian ad Litem programs, which is to protect <br />and defend children from harm and ensure that abused and neglected children are <br />provided with the court-ordered services they need; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, I, Robert W. Carruth, Chairman of the Cabarrus County <br />Board of Commissioners, Concord, North Carolina, do hereby proclaim April 11, 2007, <br />as "GUARDIAN AD LITEM CHILD ADVOCATE DAY" in Cabarrus County, and urge all <br />Cabarrus County residents to join in this observance. <br />By: <br />Robert W. Carruth, Chairman <br />Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners <br />IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great <br />Seal of the County of Cabarrus, North Carolina on this twenty-sixth day of March, 2007. <br />ATTEST: <br />By: <br />Kay Honeycutt, Clerk to the Board <br />F -I <br />