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To Recognize and Congratulate Homer A. Cordle for Receiving the B. Marie Clarke Community Service Award upon the Occasion of the 30th Annual Labor Salute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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WHEREAS, Homer A. Cordle has served as a passionate community advocate for over 45 years, serving as a long standing member of the Seafarers International Union and the United Industrial Workers; and
WHEREAS, he has always believed that community service was part of his union job and dedicated hundreds of hours to volunteering his services to those who are in need ranging from disaster relief to comforting community members over the holiday season with St. Stephens Community House feeding over thirty-five hundred families and through the “One New Toy”, now referred to as the “Labor Cares” program; and
WHEREAS, Homer A. Cordle began his career as a Union Steward Officer in the Local at Big Bear warehouse, then fulltime as a Representative of the Union; and
WHEREAS, he has been a strong supporter of the Veterans Clubs, as a member of the American Legion Post #144, Sons of the American Legion; and
WHEREAS, Homer has been an active volunteer, proudly representing labor, and serving many organizations including Operation Feed, St. Stephens Community House, Charity Newies, the Columbus Area Labor Management Committee and the Central Ohio Labor Council AFL-CIO, The United Way of Central Ohio, and the Union Community Activist Network; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
That this Council does hereby recognize and congratulate Homer A. Cordle, the 2017 B. Marie Clarke Community Service Award recipient, on this 14th day of January 2017.