CITY OF FRESNO
Office of Mayor Jerry Dyer
________________________________ _______________________________ JERRY DYER, Honorable Mayor NELSON ESPARZA, Council President
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ESMERALDA SORIA, Councilmember District 1 MIKE KARBASSI, Councilmember District 2
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MIGUEL ARIAS, Councilmember District 3 TYLER MAXWELL, Council Vice President
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LUIS CHAVEZ, Councilmember District 5 GARRY BREDEFELD, Councilmember District 6
WHEREAS, assistance dogs transform the lives of their human partners with physical and mental disabilities and serve as devoted companions, helpers, aides, best friends and close family members; and
WHEREAS, assistance dogs include service dogs, guide dogs, hearing alert dogs and alert/seizure response dogs, and;
WHEREAS, guide dogs assist people with vision loss, leading these individuals around physical obstacles and to destinations such as seating, crossing streets and entering or exiting doorways; and
WHEREAS, service dogs assist disabled people with walking, balance, dressing, transferring from place to place, retrieving and carrying items, opening doors and drawers, pushing buttons, pulling wheelchairs and aiding with household choirs such as putting in and removing clothes from the washer and dryer; and
WHEREAS, hearing alert dogs alert people with a hearing loss to the presence of specific sounds such as doorbells, telephones, crying babies, sirens, another person, buzzing timers or sensors, knocks at the door as well as smoke, fire and clock alarms; and
WHEREAS, seizure alert/seizure response dogs alert or respond to medical conditions, such as heart attack, stroke, diabetes, epilepsy, panic attack, anxiety attack, post-traumatic stress and seizures; and
WHEREAS, medical alert/medical response dogs alert or respond to oncoming medical conditions, such as heart attack, stroke, diabetes, epilepsy, panic attack, anxiety attack, post-traumatic stress disorder; and
WHEREAS, the City of Fresno commits to respecting and celebrating assistance dogs and their partners.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that I, Mayor Jerry Dyer, and members of the Fresno City Council, do hereby proclaim August 7-13, 2022, to be:
“International Assistance Dog Week”
In the City of Fresno.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and
affixed the seal of the City of Fresno, California, this 11th day of August 2022.
International Assistance DogWeek