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Proclaiming, with the Board of Aldermen, November 23, 2010, to be Somerville-Gaeta Sister City Celebration Day.
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SERAPO Foreign Exchange Program
City of Somerville, Massachusetts
2010 Proclamation
Whereas: The Cities of Somerville, Massachusetts and Gaeta, Italy have created and successfully maintained a positive Sister Cities relationship since September 2006, including a Student Exchange Representative Abroad Program Opportunity (SERAPO); and
Whereas: Six students from Gaeta - three from the Nautical High School and three from the Enrico Fermi School - are currently visiting Somerville for two weeks during the third phase of SERAPO; and
Whereas: Seven Somerville families have graciously and energetically embraced these Gaeta students in their own homes and daily lives, thereby continuing and expanding the positive cultural and educational exchange between our two communities; and
Whereas: The communities and residents of Somerville and of Gaeta are committed to furthering our Sister Cities relationship and SERAPO well into the future,
NOW THEREFORE, we, Joseph A. Curtatone, Mayor of the City of Somerville, and the entire membership of the Somerville Board of Aldermen, do hereby proclaim November 23, 2010, to be:
Somerville-Gaeta Sister City Celebration Day
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands this 23rd day of November, in the year two thousand and ten.