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CITY OF ORONO <br /> HENNEPIN COUNTY, MN <br /> A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING OCTOBER 15, 2020 AS NATIONAL <br /> PREGANANCY AND INFANT LOSS REMEMBRANCE DAY <br /> Whereas, Infants Remembered In Silence, Inc. (IRIS) and many other nonprofit organizations <br /> work with thousands of parents all over Minnesota and across the United States who have <br /> experienced the death of a child during pregnancy through early childhood; and <br /> Whereas, Many of these parents live in, deliver in, have a child die in, or a bury a child in our <br /> community; and <br /> Whereas, Infants Remembered In Silence (IRIS) a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization was <br /> founded 1987, 33 years ago, to offer support for parents whose child/children died from <br /> miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, molar pregnancy, stillbirth, neo-natal death, birth defects, <br /> sudden unexplained death of a child (SUDC), sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), illness, <br /> accidents, and all other types of infants and early childhood death; and <br /> Whereas, bereaved parents around the world remember their children annually on October 15 <br /> with candle lighting at 7 pm. Some will remember their child/children in their homes while <br /> others will remember them in small gatherings around the state, across the nation and around the <br /> world; and this would unify these parents in tribute to their children; and <br /> Whereas, in honor of the thousands of children that die each year in Minnesota, Infants <br /> Remembered In Silence, Inc. (IRIS) respectfully requests that October 15th, 2020 be recognized <br /> as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. <br /> NOW, THEREFORE I, Dennis Walsh by virtue of the authority vested in me as Mayor of the <br /> City of Orono in the State of Minnesota do hereby proclaim October 15, 2020 be recognized as <br /> Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. <br /> IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the City of <br /> Orono, Minnesota to be affixed this 14th day of September of the year two thousand twenty. <br /> CITY OF ORONO: <br /> VI %.60, <br /> Dennis Walsh, Mayor <br /> AT ST: di <br /> Anna Carlson, City Clerk <br />