HomeMy WebLinkAboutProclamation - ERCD - Mental Illness Awareness Week 10-05-2004-6bORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
PROCLAMATION
MENTAL ILLNESS AWARENESS WEEK
October 3-9, 2004
WHEREAS, Mental Illness Awareness Week (October 3-9, 2004) is aimed at
reducing the stigma about mental illness and getting information to family members
and people with mental illness; and,
WHEREAS, The Orange County Chapter of the National Alliance for the
Mentally III is an organization of family members, parents, sons, daughters, spouses,
siblings and people living with mental illness; and,
WHEREAS, Mental illnesses are no-fault brain disorders for which there is
effective treatment; and,
WHEREAS, Mental illness, which affects one out of every five families, is more
common than heart disease or cancer; and,
WHEREAS, It is important to provide information about mental illness to the
community; and,
WHEREAS, Silence and stigma add to the difficulty of living with mental
illness; and,
WHEREAS, Family members and people living with mental illness are often
afraid to ask for help or information or do not know where to turn for accurate and
supportive information and help; and,
WHEREAS, The theme of Mental Illness Awareness Week in Orange County
is: Don't Be Afraid To Ask;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of
Commissioners do hereby proclaim the week of October 3~d through the 9th, 2004 to
be Mental Illness Awareness Week and urge all residents to educate themselves
about mental illness so that no one need be afraid to ask:
--About getting help for mental illness,
--About living with a loved one with mental illness, or
--What it is like to have a mental illness.
This fifth day of October, 2004. 4~..
Barry Jacobs, Chair
Orange County Board of Commissioners