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MOUNDS VFEv <br />COUNTY OF RAMSEY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br />PROCLAMATION <br />NATIONAL PREGNANCYAND INFANTLOSS REMEMBRANCE DAY- OCTOBER 15, 2021 <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 child duringpregnancy through early childhood; and <br />WHEREAS, many of these parents live in, deliver m, 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 m 1987, 33 years ago, to offer support For parents whose child/children died from miscarriage, <br />cctopic pregnancy, molar pregnancy stillbirth, neonatal death, birth defects, sudden unexplained death <br />ofa child (SUDC), sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), illness, accidents, and all other types ofinfants <br />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.•00 pm; and <br />WHEREAS, some will remember their child/children in their homes while others will remember <br />them in small gatherings around the state, across the nation and around the world; and this would unify <br />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, m honor of the thousands of children that die each year in Minnesota, Infants <br />Remembered In Silence, Inc. (IRIS) respectfully requests that October 15, 2021 be recognized as <br />Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, I, Carol A. Mueller, Mayor ofthe CityofMounds View, dohcrebypro claim <br />October 15, 2021, as National Pregnancy and Infant Lass Awareness Day in the City of Mounds View. <br />Given under myhand and seal of the City ofMounds View this 27th day, ofSeplember, 2021. <br />Carol A. ueller, Mayor <br />