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RESOLUTION NO. 17 - 72
A RESOLUTION COMMENDING MARIE D. "DOC" BONFILIO, M.D.
OPERATION--VIETNAM HOME FRONT
WHEREAS, MARIE D. "DOC" BONFILIO, M.D., a resident of the
City of Burlingame, California, and a duly licensed physician and
surgeon engaged in the general practice of her profession, has,
since February, 1969, personally operated Operation --Vietnam Home
Front, from her home in said City; and
WHEREAS, the operation consisted of collecting, packaging,
wrapping, and mailing personal items of great utility and welcome
items of food to the enlisted men of the armed forces of the
United States serving in the forward combat areas in Vietnam
where such items were not otherwise available; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Bonfilio, has, in truth and in fact constituted
such operation almost entirely in her own person despite endeavors
to solicit the assistance and cooperation of others; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Bonfilio sought successfully to direct such
packages to men who otherwise received little or no remembrances
from home; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Bonfilio, has given a great amount of time, and
has also made large expenditures of her personal funds in the
implementations of her program.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF BURLINGAME, speaking for all of the citizens of the
community, that MARIE D. "DOC" BONFILIO, M.D., be, and she is
hereby commended for her unselfish sacrifices, for her zeal, for
her patriotism, for her contributions to the morale of our
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fighting men, and for her splendid exemplification of that solic-
itude for the well-being of our fellow men to which her profession
is dedicated.
IRVING S. A STR P MAYOR /
I, HERBERT K. WHITE, do hereby certify that the foregoing
resolution was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council
held on the 20th day of March, 1972, and adopted thereafter by
the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN: Amstrup-Crosby-John son -Mang ini-Martin
NOES: COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: None
HERBERT K. WHITE, CITY CLERK