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INFANTS REMEMBERED
IN SILENCE
CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
PROCLAMATION
National Pregnancy and Infant Loss A wareness Day - October 15, 2020
Whereas, Infants Remembered In Silence, Inc. (IRIS) and many other nonprofit organizations work
with thousands ofparents all over Mmncsola and across the Unitcd S ,des who have expericnccd
the death of child during -pregnancy through early childhood; and
Whereas, many of these parents live in, deliver in, have a child dic in, or a bury a child in our
community; and
Whereas, Infants Remembered In Silence (IRIS) a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization was founded
1.987, 33 years ago, to offer support for parents whose child/children died from miscarriage, eclopic
pregnancy, molar pregnancy, stillbirth, neonatal death, birth defects, sudden unexplained death of
a child (SUDC), sudden infant death syndrome (RDS), 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 lo'6
with candle lighting at 7 p.m. Some will remember their child/children in their homes while others
will remember them in small gatherings around the stale, across the nation and around the world;
and this would unify these parents in tribute to their children; and
Whereas, in 1988, President Ronald Reagan proclaimed October as National Pregrnwrcy and hnJant
Loss Aww-eness nnonth; and
Whereas, in honor o/ the thousands of children dial die each year in Mimlesola, hnla nls
Remembered In Silence, Inc. (IRIS) respectlidly requests that October 15, 2020, he recognized as
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Carol A. Mueller, Mayor ofthc Cily ofMounds View, do hcrebyprocl in
Octc,b4;r:,1,�, 2020, as National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Aware Day 'in the Cily ofMounds View.
Given underrnyhand and seal ofthc City o1Mounds View
this 28' day ofSeplcmbcr, 2020.
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'------y-- Carol A. Muclle , Mayor