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WHEREAS, the Hunger in America 2006 Idaho Report documented that hunger and food security are serious problems that affect at least 89,700 Idahoans every year; and WHEREAS, every Idahoan should have enough to eat and sufficient nutrition to carry out the daily tasks of life and work; and WHEREAS, the charitable food banking network is playing a herculean role in responding to hunger and food insecurity in Idaho; and WHEREAS, Idaho’s hunger and food insecurity cannot be resolved solely through the efforts of emergency food banks, soup kitchens and shelters; and WHEREAS, the Idaho Interfaith Roundtable Against Hunger, representing Idahoans of all faiths, issued a call to action on February 23, 2006, seeking support for an Idaho Summit on Hunger and Food Security; and WHEREAS, the members of the Second Regular Session of the 58th Idaho Legislature, the House of Representatives and the Senate concurring therein, designated October 2006 “Hunger and Food Insecurity Awareness Month”; NOW, THEREFORE, I, JAMES E. RISCH, Governor of the State of Idaho, do hereby proclaim October 2006 to be HUNGER AND FOOD INSECURITY AWARENESS MONTH
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WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great
Seal of the State of Idaho at the Capitol in Boise on this 19th day of October
in the year of our Lord two-thousand and six and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred thirty-first and of the Statehood of
Idaho the one hundred seventeenth.
