PRO 2018-15 Domestic Violence Awareness TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS
PROCLAMATION NO. 2018-15
A PROCLAMATION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF
TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS, SUPPORTING OCTOBER 2018 AS
NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH IN TROPHY
CLUB; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, for the past thirty-seven years, Denton County Friends of the Family
has provided compassionate, comprehensive services those impacted by rape, sexual
abuse, and domestic violence in the Denton community while partnering with the
community to promote safety, hope, healing, justice, and prevention; and
WHEREAS, by working together, shelters, affiliated programs, municipalities, and
concerned individuals can change social attitudes about, and the response to, intimate
partner violence; and
WHEREAS, all persons have the right to live without fear, abuse, or oppression;
and
WHEREAS, one in three Texans will experience domestic violence in their
lifetimes; and
WHEREAS, Denton County Friends of the Family received more than 3,000
crisis calls from victims of domestic violence and provided 7,801 days of emergency
shelter to women and children in the past year; and
WHEREAS, the Denton County Friends of the Family individuals and groups with
over 10,000 hours of services through counseling, advocacy, case management and
support services; and
WHEREAS, domestic violence is not confined to any specific group or people,
but affects people of all races, backgrounds, economic levels, education levels, family
structures, ages and religions; and
WHEREAS, the crime of domestic violence violates members of our community's
privacy, dignity, security and humanity in the form of physical, emotional, sexual,
psychological, religious, and economic abuse; and
WHEREAS, advocates, professionals, volunteers and community members
concerned with domestic violence will devote the month of October to raising
awareness about the causes, interventions and prevention of this devastating crime.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, MAYOR C. NICK SANDERS, IN CONJUNCTION WITH
THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS, DO HEREBY
PROCLAIM
OCTOBER 2018 AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH
Section 1. Reaffirming this Town's commitment to ending domestic violence in
our community.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the Town Council of the Town of Trophy Club,
Texas, this 9th day of October 2018.
HollyFimb -s, Town Se, �
: .ry G C. Nick Sanders, Mayor
Town of Trophy Club, T•mss 1* Town of Trophy Club, Texas
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