(The following resolution has been adopted by the directors of Our Lady’s Association for Exceptional Children.)

Whereas, Our Lady’s Association for Exceptional Children originally was organized for the purpose of assisting Our Lady’s Day School; and

Whereas, this purpose was later broadened to include help for handicapped children, especially the mentally retarded and their parents, and also to include investigating, fostering and encouraging activities which would assist the Archdiocese of Atlanta in developing and maintaining facilities for the care of handicapped children, and in promoting a deeper understanding of the religious, social, and physical needs of these children; and

Whereas, Our Lady’s Association has moved toward these goals as a small group of interested people who have received support from friends and other interested persons; and

Whereas, the restructuring of the Archdiocese of Atlanta as a result of the 1966 Synod, and the decision to close Our Lady’s Day School produced within the Department of Catholic Social Services the Agency for Exceptional Children; and

Whereas, the Agency for Exceptional Children provides, within regular archdiocesan channels, formal means of advancing effectively towards the goals for which Our Lady’s Association was formed;

Therefore, resolved that Our Lady’s Association for Exceptional Children should and hereby does dissolve itself as a formal organization, and asks that the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Atlanta recognize this step which acknowledges the growing role of the Church of Atlanta in this and other areas of social service; and

Resolved further that all funds remaining in the Association treasury after settlement of obligations and equipment be presented to the Agency for Exceptional Children for its work; and

Resolved further, that in terminating its existence, Our Lady’s Association for Exceptional Children hereby expresses its gratitude to all its friends, associates and supporters who have made its work possible, and in particular to its chaplains, to Sisters Marie Foley and Mary Simeon, R.S.M., and to Miss Lorraine Zak.