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Governor LePage Declares March 31, 2012 as GFWC New England Region Signature Project Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Day
March 15, 2012
For Immediate Release: March 15, 2012
Contact: Adrienne Bennett (207) 287-2531
AUGUSTA - Governor Paul LePage issued the following proclamation declaring March 31, 2012 as GFWC New England Region Signature Project Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Day:
"WHEREAS, the General Federation of Women?s Clubs New England Region is the oldest region in the United States; and
WHEREAS, it has been an international organization dedicated to community improvement by enhancing the lives of others through volunteer service; and
WHEREAS, GFWC has eight regions throughout the country which strive to address issues of importance such as domestic violence; and
WHEREAS, GFWC has made a positive change in families and communities through the Signature Project on Domestic Violence Awareness; and
WHEREAS, GFWC addresses domestic violence policy through a design and implementation of a multi-faceted Domestic Violence Awareness Signature Project that includes, teen and child, elder and spousal abuse; and
WHEREAS, the clubs create and/or strengthen partnerships with regional, state and national domestic violence awareness organizations and state leaders; and
NOW, THEREFORE, I, PAUL R. LEPAGE, do hereby recognize March 31, 2012 as
GFWC NEW ENGLAND REGION SIGNATURE PROJECT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION DAY
throughout the State of Maine, and urge all citizens to recognize this observance."