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TO 444 <br /> „ 4 <br /> w <br /> r <br /> 7 <br /> VV <br /> PROCLAMATION <br /> WHEREAS, behavioral,health is an essential part of one's overall health and wellness; and <br /> WHEREAS, we know addiction is a chronic but treatable disease, that treatment Is effective, and <br /> recovery is possible; and <br /> EREAS, an estimated 1 f Barnstable County residents are living with Substance Use <br /> Disorders and <br /> WHEREAS, we must encourage relatives and friends of people with substance use disorders to <br /> implement preventive measures, recognize the suns of a problem, and guide those in need t <br /> appropriate treatment and recovery support services; and <br /> HEREA , community support and reducing stigma significantly contributes to an individual's <br /> ability to achieve and maintain recovery and contribute in positive ways bath locally and„ around. <br /> the nation; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Mashpee Substance Use Task Force wishes to honor individuals in recovery, as well <br /> as allies of recovery; and <br /> NOW,THEREFORE, vire,the Mashpee Board of selectmen, by the authority vested in us, do hereby <br /> officially proclaim the MonM ofSeptember, 2019 as NATIONAL RECOVERY MONTH in Mashpee <br /> and call upon the people of Mashpee to observe this month with appropriate programs, events, <br /> and activities that support this year's Recovery Month theme, "Together We Are stronger.” <br /> IN WITNESS THEREOF,F, ire have hereunto set our hands and caused the great seal of the Town of <br /> Mashpee to be affixed on this 9th day of September, 2019. <br /> Andrew R. Gottlieb, Chair John J'. Cotton,Vice Chair <br /> Thomas F. O'Hara,ara, lcrl Carol A. Sherman <br />