WHEREAS, the future of Idaho public education lies in the quality of aspiring young teachers; and

        WHEREAS, the quality of the young teacher is related to the aptitude of the aspiring young teacher; and

        WHEREAS, the aptitude of the aspiring young teacher can be enhanced by mentoring programs within our local schools; and

        WHEREAS, many school districts across Idaho are anticipating record numbers of educators retiring in the near future; and

        WHEREAS, to provide quality candidates for the vacancies, those students who interested in the teaching profession will require guidance and nurturing; and

        WHEREAS, the Growing Idaho’s Future Teachers or GIFT Program pairs young people with mentoring opportunities; and

        WHEREAS, once provided with mentoring opportunities, those individual will be assured of their potential and aptitude to teach successfully;

        NOW, THEREFORE, I, C.L. “BUTCH” OTTER, Governor of the State of Idaho, do hereby proclaim May 16, 2007, to be
 

GIFT PROGRAM DAY
 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Idaho at Parma, Idaho, on this 16^th 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