WHEREAS, Canine Companions is a nonprofit organization that enhances the lives of people with disabilities by providing expertly trained service dogs and ongoing support to ensure quality partnerships; and WHEREAS, Canine Companions and their service dogs can help individuals live their lives to the fullest, by providing best-in-class training, cutting-edge research and a deeply committed community of support; and WHEREAS, we believe in the joyful, transformative power of the human-canine bond; and WHEREAS, National Service Dog Month aims to educate our community about the benefits of service dogs and the laws protecting them; and WHEREAS, the City of Santa Rosa continues to work toward becoming an inclusive community in which all citizens, and their service dogs, are respected; and WHEREAS, the community is encouraged to celebrate genuine service dogs and be respectful to the adults, children and veterans that utilized these services.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that, I, Chris Rogers, Mayor of the City of Santa Rosa, on behalf of the entire City Council, do hereby proclaim September as
NATIONAL SERVICE DOG MONTH
Mayor Chris Rogers
September 20, 2022
Proclamation
Agenda Item #6.2
For Council Meeting of: September 20, 2022
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