Stand Down Alabama 2012

WHEREAS, the Central Alabama Veterans Healthcare System, has provided community-based services to veterans of all wars and eras, and their families, for more than seven decades; and

WHEREAS, the Central Alabama Veterans Healthcare System, in conjunction with the State of Alabama, local veterans organizations, active duty military commands, local, state and federal agencies, and volunteers will be holding  Stand Down Alabama 2012 on August  14 through August 16; and

WHEREAS, Stand Down was designed and implemented in 1988, and is now replicated in more than 90 cities across America; it is a nationally recognized effort to assist homeless veterans; and

WHEREAS, Stand Down has proven to be a very successful rehabilitation program, leveraging community support and resources in a volunteer effort that assists up to one third of Stand Down participants in achieving sobriety and employment; and

WHEREAS, homeless veterans who have courageously provided vital service to America and our community both in peace and in war, are provided valuable services at Stand Downs; and

WHEREAS, the Stand Down program has been endorsed by local, state and national leaders:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Robert Bentley, Governor of Alabama, do hereby proclaim August 14 through August 16, 2012 as

Stand Down Alabama 2012

in the state of the Alabama, and commend the participants and organizers of the Stand Down Alabama 2012 project.

Given Under My Hand and the Great Seal of the Office of the Governor at the State Capitol in the City of Montgomery on the 1st day of August 2012.

      

Governor Robert Bentley