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CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA PROCLAMATION National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day ~ October 15, 2018 Whereas, infants Remembered In Silence, Inc. (IRIS) and many other nonprofit organizations work with thousands of parents all over Minnesota and across the United States who have experienced the death of a child during pregnancy through early childhood; and Whereas, many of these parents live in, deliver in, have a child die in, or a bury a child in our community; and Whereas, infants Remembered In Silence (IRIS) a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations was founded 1987, 31 years ago, to support for parents whose child/children died from miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, molar pregnancy, stillbirth, neo-natal death, birth defects, sudden unexplained death of a child (SUDC) sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), illness, accidents, and all other types of infants and early childhood death; and Whereas, bereaved parents unify around the world remember and pay tribute to their child/children in their homes while others remember them in small gatherings around the state, across the nation and around the world annually on October 15 with a candle lighting at 7:00 pm; and Whereas, in 1988, President Ronald Reagan proclaimed October as National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness month; and Whereas, in honor of the thousands of children that die each year in Minnesota Infants Remembered In Silence, Inc. (IRIS) respectfully request that October 15th, 2018, be recognized as Pregnancy and Infants Loss Remembrance Day. NOW, THEREFORE, I, Carol A. Mueller, Mayor of the City of Mounds View, do hereby proclaim October 15, 2018, as National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Aware Day in the City of Mounds View. Given under my hand and seal of the City of Mounds View this 27th day of August, 2018. ____________________________________________ Carol A. Mueller, Mayor