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To honor and recognize Doris Calloway Moore for her 35 years of dedicated service to Franklin County Children Services and the residents of Central Ohio.
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WHEREAS, Doris Calloway Moore has served as a communications professional for Franklin County Children Services for 35 years, devoting much of that time to finding adoptive and foster homes for children; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Moore significantly increased community awareness about waiting children through innovative initiatives like the Wednesday's Child television feature; the weekly, I Need You newspaper column; and the creative campaign Tie a Yellow Ribbon; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Moore was responsible for proposing and implementing the Black Family Connections program, which allowed adoptive placements of African American children to triple within the first three years and the "All Kids Count" campaign which increased adoption inquiries and resulted in hundreds of children being placed in loving foster and adoptive homes; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Moore was instrumental in leading many of the agency's marketing and public relations strategies which positioned the agency as a leader in many recruitment and community awareness initiatives and led the agency's branding efforts with the focus on Protecting Children by Strengthening Families and assisted with various levy campaigns by developing different marketing and community outreach strategies which led to the passage of nine levy campaigns; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Moore played an instrumental role on various agency committees including the Multicultural Development Team and led the development of the agency's Youth Council and the new Youth Empowerment and Success (Y.E.S.) Committee; she represented the agency on various boards and committees and received numerous awards for her outstanding service to children and families; and
WHEREAS, throughout her career, Ms. Moore has served Franklin County Children Services with distinction and an unwavering commitment to children and families and advocated for many worthwhile causes to help make things better for those in our society who struggle the most; and
WHEREAS, although she has had many accomplishments during her 35 years of service to Franklin County Children Services, she will always be known as "the adoption lady" to many in the community who connect her to the children; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
That this council does hereby recognize and honor the distinguished career of Doris Calloway Moore and her service to Franklin County Children services and thank her for her commitment to finding adoptive and foster homes for children.