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PROCLAMATION INFORMATION
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REQUESTED riA TEFOR PROCLAMA TION:October i5~ 2002 --
PROCLAMA nON NEEDED BY; SePtember 1. 2002 or !IOOoer O!ould Uke to have for
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remembrance ceremonies. etc:J
Background of Organization:
The founders of We HOPE (We Help Other Parents Endure), Robyn Bear (pain,
Heartache, and Hope). and Tarruny Novak (Angel Babies Forever Loved. Inc., a nOD
profit organization), are working to achieve a Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance
Day. All three groups have been supporting parents who suffered miscarriage, stillbirth,
neonatal loss, and SIDS. We would like to take this a step further and have our cities
recognize October as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month.
Mission Statement of Organization:
To diligently work with local, state and national leaders to obtain a National Day of
Remembrance, October 1511\ and the entire month of October recognizing the need for
community education and awareness when a family loses a child to miscarriage, stillbirth.
and/or neonatal death.. while promoting the need for openness, understanding and
col4l?3ssicn during a famiJy',~ timp vf gri~f and most i~portantly, allowing those who wish,
to remember these children who we now hold dear.
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Kara Gallagher
582 Babl'onica Drive
Orlando, FI 32807
(407) 492-7842
WeHOPE Inc.
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Dear Mayor Partyka, ~. ~~ ~
My name is Kara Gallagher. lam working in conjunction with Lisa Brown
of WeHOPE: We Help Other Parents Endure, to have October proclaimed
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awarness Month. An overwhelming number of
Americans suffer miscarriage. stillbirth, and infant loss in our country ever year
and our left to grieve alone. It is not a subject that can easily be talked about
among others, as we are grieving. This day will bring our loss to a new
awareness, hopefully offering support and education to those who suffer in
silence. This year we also hope to increase our international participation. In
1988 President Ronald Reagan proclaimed October as National Pregnancy and
Infant Loss Awareness Month.
We woUld like to have this proclamation as we are planning remembrance
ceremonies throughout Central Florida to increase support, education and
awareness. Governor Bush has proclaimed October 15,2002 to be Pregnancy
and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. Last year on October 9, 2001 the United
States House of Representatives passed a H. Res. 254 supporting the goals of
this day. We know that this is an important issue that certainly would be of
consideration for you and your staff. Attached you will find the Proclamation
Request Form and Suggested Wording. Please contact me at your earliest
convinence if you have any questions or concerns. We are requesting that this
be signed by September 1 ,2002 or sooner so that we may start our public
service annoucments and notify the media. Thank you very much for your time
on this important matter of the citizens of Central Florida.
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lA Proclamation for Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness -'"I
Month Proposed for: October 2002 Suggested wording: WHEREAS,
According to a 1996 study by the C.D.C. 16 percent of6 million-plus pregnancies ended in
either a miscarriage or a stillbi~ that's almost a million perinatal losses. Of those 6 million
plus pregnancies, 62 percent (3,720,000) ended in live births~ and 26,784 of those births
ended in infant deaths from 11 months and younger. This does not reflect the 22 percent
who are lost to abortion; WHEREAS) the availability of information and support is of
the utmost importance to families who suffer from Pregnancy and Infant Loss to better
help them cope; and WHEREAS, a public that is infonned and educated about
Pregnancy and Infant Loss can better learn how to respond with compassion to affected
families; and WHEREAS, professionals who come in contact with families who have
suffered Pregnancy or Infant Loss, such as physicians, clergy, emergency medical
technicians, funeral directors, police officers, public health nurses, and employers, can
better serve families if they have special training and better knowledge of Pregnancy and
Infant Loss; and WHEREAS, a Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day,
October 15, 2002, is set aside to remember all of the Pregnancies and Infants lost in order
to heal and be comforted in a time of pain and heartache, and to have hope for the future;
NOW, THEREFORE, I , Mayor of the City of
, do hereby proclaim October 2002, as Pregnancy and
Infant Loss Awareness Month.
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