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INFANTS REMEMBERED
IN SILENCE
CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
PROCLAMATION
National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day — October 15, 2019
Recognizing National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day
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 organization was
founded 1987, 32 years ago, to offer 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 around the world remember their children annually on October 15
with a candle lighting at 7pm. Some will remember their child/children in their homes while others will
remember them in small gatherings around the state, across the nation and around the world; and would
unify these parents in tribute to their children; 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, 2019 be recognized as
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Carol A. Mueller, Mayor of the City of Mounds View, do hereby
proclaim October 15, 2019, 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 23rd day of September, 2019.
Carol A. Mueller, Mayor