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PRO 2019-23 TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS PROCLAMATION NO. 2019-23 A PROCLAMATION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS, SUPPORTING OCTOBER 2019 AS NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH IN TROPHY CLUB; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, for the past thirty-nine 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 2,974 crisis calls from victims of domestic violence and provided 9,412 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 34,013 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 2019 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 8th day of October 2019. ikAttiP,44. Holly Fimbr s, Town Secr, R' 0 ' C. Nick Sanders, Mayor Town of Trophy Club, T�-o < Town of Trophy Club, Texas NWa �� h NCP c.44 FRY"k PRO 2019-23 Page 2 of 2