WHEREAS, Free the Children is an international network of children helping children, with the mission of stopping the exploitation of underprivileged children around the globe; and

WHEREAS, Free the Children has built more than 350 schools in 23 countries, shipped more than $3 million worth of medical supplies to children in developing countries, and established "Leadership Academies" in schools throughout North America, which teach young people communication and leadership skills; and

WHEREAS, Over the past eight years, Free the Children has been instrumental in highlighting the issue of child exploitation, in all of its insidious forms, including child labor, prostitution, and forced military conscription of children, and has been recognized for its accomplishments by many organizations around the world, including the United Nations; and

WHEREAS, As members of Free the Children’s youth network, called Kids Can Free The Children, SAIL High School students in Leon County, Florida have raised almost $4,500 toward the building of a much-needed school in an underdeveloped country; and

WHEREAS, The goal of the SAIL chapter of Kids Can Free the Children is to raise consciousness about the exploitive and dangerous living conditions under which so many children, in so many countries, are forced to exist.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF LEON COUNTY, FLORIDA, that today, Tuesday, March 23, 2004, be hereby known as

in Leon County, Florida. We salute the young people of the SAIL High School chapter of Kids Can Free the Children, and hereby do appoint them as our honorary Ambassadors for Children’s Rights. We encourage their energy and idealism, and join with them in opposition to child exploitation, in all its forms, in our community and throughout the world.

DATED THIS 23^rd DAY OF MARCH, A.D., 2004