2005/04/12 City Council Resolution (2)WHEREAS, many women in Rohnert Park will turn fifty this year; and
WHEREAS, now there is a social group that exists for the sole /soul purpose of cherishing the
spirit of remaining young at heart, having fun, and forming wonderful, lasting friendships; and
WHEREAS, this happy group is known as the Red Hat Society; and
WHEREAS, when a woman turns fifty, she earns the privilege to wear a red hat with purple
clothing and enjoy the company of friends; and
WHEREAS, the Society- consisting of more than 37,000 chapters and having approximately 1
million members- was established by Sue Ellen Cooper and based on the poem "Warning" by
Jenny Joseph which warns that:
when I am an old woman, I shall wear purple with a red hat which doesn't go ... and spend my
pension on brandy and summer gloves, and sit down on the pavement when I'm tired, and
gobble up samples in shops... press alarm bells and run my stick along the public railings and
make up for the sobriety of my youth... and go out in my slippers in the rain and pick flowers
in other people's gardens and learn to spit... and wear terrible shirts and grow more fat... but
maybe I ought to practice a little now? So people who know me are not too shocked and
surprised when suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple; and
WHEREAS, Lauren's Hallmark Gold Crown is the local sponsor of the official Red Hat Society
Chapter No. 30939 and Susan Mullen is Queen of the Vintage Vamps, Chapter No. 2912.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Rohnert Park
does hereby unanimously support the Red Hat Society and declares April 25`h as Red Hat
Society Day in Rohnert Park.
DULY AND REGULARLY ADOPTED this 12th da of April, 2��
City of Rohnert Park
Mayor
Attest:
Deputy City Clerk U `
FLORES: AYE SMITH: AYE SPRADLIN: AYE VIDAK- MARTINEZ: AYE MACKENZIE: AYE
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