HomeMy WebLinkAbout13-131RESOLUTION NO. 13-131
A RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING THE WEEK OF AUGUST 4-10, 2013 AS
"INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE DOG WEEK" IN ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida, has
made the following determinations:
1. Assistance dogs transform the lives of their human partners with physical and
mental disabilities. They serve as devoted companions, helpers, aides, best friends
and close family members. Assistance dogs include service dogs, guide dogs, hearing
alert dogs and alert/seizure response dogs.
2. Guide dogs assist people with vision loss, leading these individuals around
physical obstacles and to destinations such as seating, crossing streets, entering or
exiting doorways, elevators and stairways, etc.
3. Service dogs assist people with disabilities 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 chores such
as putting in and removing clothes from the washer and dryer.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. International Assistance Dog Week, August 4-10, 2013, provides an opportunity
for us to raise awareness of the selfless way all types of assistance dogs assist
individuals with mitigating their disability-related limitations.
8. St. Lucie County is joining forces with assistance dog partners, organizations,
and concerned citizens throughout St. Lucie County and America to raise awareness
of assistance dogs and observe International Assistance Dog Week
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners
of St. Lucie County, Florida:
1. This Board does hereby proclaim the week of August 4-10, 2013 as
"INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE DOG WEEK" in St. Lucie County, Florida and
reaffirms St. Lucie County's commitment to respect, celebrate and recognize assistance
dogs and their partners this week and throughout the year in our community.
PASSED A DULY ADOPTED this 6th day of August, 2013.
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