III.1. Proclamation Declaring May as Dementia Awareness Month; Specken
CITY OF HOPKINS
Memorandum
To: Honorable Mayor and Council Members
Mike Mornson, City Manager
From: Dale Specken, Fire Chief
Date: April 21, 2020
Subject: Proclamation Declaring May as Dementia Awareness Month
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On behalf of Members of the Hopkins ACT on Alzheimer’s Team, I will be in attendance
to provide more information and receive the proclamation.
Fire Department
A Proclamation Declaring
May as Dementia Awareness Month
WHEREAS, the Hopkins ACT on Alzheimer’s Initiative is a volunteer-driven collaboration
bring communities together to create supportive environments for everyone touched by
Alzheimer’s disease; and
WHEREAS, the Hopkins ACT on Alzheimer’s Action Team includes members from: the
Hopkins Library, City of Hopkins, Hopkins Fire and Police, Cassia Services and
Communities, Chapel View Health Care Center, Emerald Crest of Minnetonka and Open
Circle Adult Day Services, VOA Elder Homestead, Gethsemane Lutheran Church,
Hopkins Elks, The Glenn, and several dedicated community members; and
WHEREAS, to help support and educate those living with dementia and their caregivers
the Hopkins ACT on Alzheimer’s Initiative is proudly sponsoring several dementia specific
community events in May; and
NOW THEREFORE, I, Jason Gadd, Mayor of the City of Hopkins in the State of
Minnesota, along with my fellow Council Members, let it be resolved that May, 2019 shall
be designated as Dementia Awareness Month in the City of Hopkins.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set
my hand and caused the Seal of the City of
Hopkins, Minnesota to be affixed this 21st day of
April in the year 2020.
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Jason Gadd, Mayor