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10/27/2009
Collier County and the City of Naples, Florida just proclaimed Nov 9 as World Orphans Day 2009
(Naples, Fla. – October 27, 2009) – Donna Fiala, Chairperson of the Collier County, Fla. Board of County Commissioners and Bill Barnett, Mayor of the City of Naples, recently signed proclamations designating Monday, November 9 as World Orphans Day. These proclamations bring recognition to the worldwide pandemic that has left more than 145 million children orphaned with a call on government and non-governmental officials, businesses, religious groups, volunteers, and people living in Collier County and the City of Naples to consider the plight of these innocent children and help to bring awareness of the problem to the forefront on World Orphan’s Day.
