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City of Medina, Washington
PROCLAMATION
2020 National Recovery Month
WHEREAS, behavioral health is an essential part of one's overall health and wellness; and
WHEREAS, prevention of mental and substance use disorders works, treatment is effective,
and recovery is possible; and
WHEREAS, recovery is a process and that people recover in our local area and around the
nation; and
WHEREAS, preventing and overcoming mental and substance use disorders is essential to
achieving healthy lifestyles, both physically and emotionally; and
WHEREAS, an estimated 400,000 people in King County are affected by these conditions; and
WHEREAS, we must encourage relatives and friends of people with mental and/or substance
use disorders to implement preventive measures, recognize the signs of a
problem, and guide those in need to appropriate treatment and recovery support
services; and
WHEREAS, we recognize four dimensions of recovery from mental health and substance use
disorders: health, home, purpose, and community; and
WHEREAS, to help more people achieve and sustain long-term recovery, the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration (SAMHSA), the White House Office of National Drug
Control Policy (ONDCP), King County, and City of Medina invite all residents of
Medina to participate in National Recovery Month; and
NOW, THEREFORE, 1, Jessica Rossman, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the laws of City
of Medina do hereby proclaim the month of September 2020, as
NATIONAL RECOVERY MONTH
In Medina and call upon the people of Medina to observe this month with appropriate programs,
activities, and ceremonies to support King County's Recovery Month theme, "Rising Above it Alt:
Wellness, Resilience & Recovery."
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 14th day of September, in the year two
thousand twenty, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two -hundred and
forty-third.