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PROCLAMATION
City of Fort Collins
WHEREAS, Fellowship House has provided services and education resources for addicts
seeking recovery and for the community since 2004; and
WHEREAS,74% of Americans say that addiction has had an impact on them at some point
in their lives- whether it was their own personal addiction,that of a friend or ,farnaymember,or some
other experience with addiction; and
WHEREAS,manycitizens of Fort Collins have been impacted by drug and alcohol abuse;and
WHEREAS,Fellowship House has opened a Recovery Resource Center to provide a central
location for educational resources on addiction and recovery that serves all sectors of the community,
and
WHEREAS,the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,the Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services Administration,and the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy
have declared September to be National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month; and
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins wants to work with Fellowship House to educate the
public about addiction and recovery, encourage addicts and their family members to seek recovery,
reduce stigma and discrimination against recovering people,and improve the quality of life for citizens
who have been impacted by addiction.
NOW THEREFORE, I, Doug Hutchinson, Mayor of the City of Fort Collins, do hereby
proclaim September 12, 2006 as
FELLOWSHIP HOUSE DAY
and call upon the people of Fort Collins to observe this day by attending an Open House at the new
Recovery Resource Center and by supporting Fellowship Houses's efforts to provide educational
resources for the community.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the City of Fort
Collins this 5th of September,A.D. 2006.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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