WHEREAS, the Weatherization Assistance Program, the nation’s largest residential energy efficiency program, was initiated in 1976 for states and communities to assist low-income families to have more energy efficient, safe, and healthy homes; and
 

        WHEREAS, the program conducts computerized energy audits and uses advanced technologies to determine the energy conservation needs of a home, and has provided caulking and sealing of cracks and holes; insulating of attics, walls, and floors; installation of energy-efficiency increasing windows; replacement, repair and retrofitting of furnaces; detection of leaking gas, and other improvements to more than 5.5 million homes throughout the country; and
 

        WHEREAS, the program, administered by the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare in cooperation with the Community Action Partnership Association of Idaho’s network of local service providers, has produced energy cost reductions in more than 1,400 homes, affecting thousands of people, many of whom are elderly, the disabled, and children; and
 

        WHEREAS, the program’s local service providers consider weatherization a vital part of the overall effort to help low-income people gain energy-efficient, affordable and safe housing, and other basic necessities that enable them to advance socially and economically; and
 

        WHEREAS, the program not only assists families working toward self-sufficiency, but also contributes more broadly to the improvements and progress of communities by eliminating carbon emissions, reducing dependence on foreign oil, stimulating local economies through the purchase of goods and services, creating jobs and stabilizing neighborhoods; and
 

        WHEREAS, because of its proven effectiveness and its recognized potential to do more for the common good, the program has gained the growing support of the public and private interests; and
 

        WHEREAS, it is widely agreed that it is in the best interest of our government and others in the public and private sectors to work together to support and strengthen this program that has done so much for so many in our state, for the betterment of all;
 

        NOW, THEREFORE, I, C.L. “BUTCH” OTTER, Governor of the State of Idaho, do hereby proclaim October 30th, 2007, to be
 

WEATHERIZATION DAY 2007

in Idaho.

 

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 26th day of October in the year of our Lord two-thousand and seven and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred thirty-second and of the Statehood of Idaho the one hundred eighteenth.

BEN YSURSA
SECRETARY OF STATE