HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-08-22 ProclamationPROCLAIMING AUGUST 31, 2022 AS OVERDOSE AWARENESS DAY
WHEREAS, The City of Bangor affirms and acknowledges the harm and hardship cause,4.
by drug overdose; and
WHEREAS, The City acknowledges the purpose of International Overdose Awareness Day
as recognizing the work of local organizations saving lives, remembering loved
ones lost to overdose, and ending the stigma of drug -related deaths; and
WHEREAS, Health Equity Alliance (HEAL), the Together Place Peer Run Recovery Center,
and Bangor Area Recovery Network (BARN), along with the City's Public
Health and other Community entities, strive to reduce overdose death in the
Greater Bangor Area; and
WHEREAS, The City resolves to play our part in reducing the toll of overdoses in our
community, which has claimed the lives of 105 overdose deaths in Penobscot
County and 636 people in the State of Maine in 2021 with countless more lives
affected forever; and
WHEREAS, Naloxone helps revive people going through an op of overdose long enough
for them to receive help-, and
WHEREAS, The City encourages our citizens to obtain training on preventing, identifying
and responding to an opioid overdose with Naloxone; and
WHEREAS, The City affirms that the people affected by overdose are our children, parents,
family, friends, and community members, deserving of our love, compassion,
and support.
NOW, THEREFORE, 1, Richard L. Fournier 11, Mayor of the City of Bangor, on behalf of tl"
City Council and the citizens of Bangor, do hereby proclaim August 31111, 2022, as Overdose
Awareness Day in the City of Bangor to raise awareness of the tragedy of overdose deaths i1r
the community.
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