HomeMy WebLinkAbout1989 04 11-17 Child Abuse Prevention Week
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PROCLAMATION
CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA
WHEREAS, more than 5700 children were reported abused or
neglected in Orange, Osceola and Seminole counties last year, and
WlIEREAS, the State of Florida received 71,522 abuse reports
and experts believe three times that many children were probably abused;
and
WHEREAS, the Orlando Crime Prevention Commission wants your help
to stop this crime against children through a vital campaign; raising public
awareness of the problem and encouraging people to report child abuse.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOHN V.TORCASO, by virtue'of the authority
vested in me as Mayor of the City of Winter Springs, Florida, do hereby
proclaim April as National Child Abuse Prevention Month and the week of
April 11 through April 17 as
CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION WEEK
in the City of Winter Springs
and do urge all residents of Winter Springs, Florida, to help stop the
rising numbers of abused children.
In Witness Whereof, I have
hereunto set my hand and caused the
Seal of the City of Winter Springs,
Florida, to be affixed at Winter Springs
this 1st day of April in the year of
our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-
three.
ATTEST:
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TORCASO ~.. ~..AYOR
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