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ry'�rIRIS <br />INFANTS REMEMBERED <br />IN SILENCE <br />CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW <br />COUNTY OF RAMSEY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br />PROCLAMATION <br />National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day — October 15, 2020 <br />Recognizing National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness 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 experienced <br />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) non-profit organization was founded <br />1987, 33 years ago, to offer support for parents whose child/children died from miscarriage, ectopic <br />pregnancy, molar pregnancy, stillbirth, neo-natal death, birth defects, sudden unexplained death of a <br />child (SUDC), sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), illness, accidents, and all other types of infants and <br />early childhood death; and <br />Whereas, bereaved parents around the world remember their children annually on October 15`h <br />with candle lighting at 7p.m. Some will remember their child/children in their homes while others will <br />remember them in small gatherings around the state, across the nation and around the world; and this <br />would unify these parents in tribute to their children; and <br />Whereas, in 1988, President Ronald Reagan proclaimed October as National Pregnancy and <br />Infant Loss Awareness month; 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 15, 2020, be recognized as <br />Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, I, Carol A. Mueller, Mayor of the City of Mounds View, do hereby <br />proclaim October 15, 2020, as National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Aware Day in the City of Mounds <br />View. <br />Given under my hand and seal of the City of Mounds View this 28`h day of September, 2020. <br />Carol A. Mueller, Mayor <br />