WHEREAS, in 2006, Farmers Insurance agents and employees exceeded their goal of raising $1 million in one day during "Be a Hero for Babies Day;” in a historic event for the March of Dimes and a milestone in Farmers Insurance's long history of community involvement, $1.4 million was raised; and

        WHEREAS, Farmers Insurance in the State of Idaho, along with the contributions and efforts of a generous public, contributed significantly during last year's "Be a Hero for Babies Day;” and

        WHEREAS, Farmers Insurance is the sole national insurance company sponsor for the March of Dimes in the United States; and

        WHEREAS, in supporting the mission of healthy babies and healthy mothers, Farmers Insurance and the March of Dimes have worked together for nearly 20 years; and

        WHEREAS, Farmers Insurance and the March of Dimes are declaring June 7, 2007, as a national "Be a Hero for Babies Day,” with the intent of raising $2 million through the network of Farmers Insurance agencies and district offices throughout the State of Idaho and the United States to get babies back where they belong, healthy and strong; and

        WHEREAS, the extraordinary success of "Be a Hero for Babies Day” sends a powerful message that Farmers Insurance is about far more than insurance – that Farmers Insurance also is about leadership and dedication to the health of our families and youth;

        NOW, THEREFORE, I, C.L. “BUTCH” OTTER, Governor of the State of Idaho, do hereby proclaim June 7, 2007,

BE A HERO FOR BABIES DAY

and encourage all Idahoans to continue to recognize and support the March of Dimes in their communities and statewide.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Idaho at Boise, Idaho, on this 31^st day of May in the year of our Lord two-thousand and seven 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.

BEN YSURSA
SECRETARY OF STATE