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February 1, 2006
The Honorable Mayor Buford
73-510 Fred Waring Drive
Palm Desert, CA 92260
MENTAL HEALTH BOARD
3840 Myers Street, 1st Floor
Riverside, CA 92503
Phone: (951)358-4603
Fax: (951) 358-6924
http://mentalhealth.co.riverside.ca.us
SUBJECT: PROCLAMATION FOR MAY IS MENTAL HEALTH MONTH
Dear Mayor Cyrtes:
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This letter is scut to you to request your assistance in creating public awareness of mental health
issues in your community by issuing a proclamation, from the City of Palm Desert, recognizing
MAY AS MENTAL HEALTH MONTH.
Since 1949, Mental Health Month has opened the eyes of the American public to the importance
of mental health and the reality of mental illnesses. Initiated as a weeklong public education
campaign, it instantly enjoyed the involvement of many mental health associations and other
groups across the country. The observance soon grew into a month's worth of activities, and
Congress officially designated May as Mental Health Month.
For your convenience, I am enclosing a suggested proclamation that you may wish to use. If at
all possible, we would like to have the proclamation issued at your last City Council meeting in
April or your first meeting in May. We will make arrangements for a member of the Mental
Health Board to be present to accept the proclamation on behalf of the Department of Mental
Health. We wish to be placed on the City Council agenda and slotted for a three or four minute
presentation prepared by the attending Mental Health Board member. .
We hope that you and the members of your City Council will participate in helping to eliminate
the stigma of mental illness in your community by proclaiming May as Mental Health Month.
Your proclamation will be displayed in one of our local mental health clinics in honor of your
contribution to public awareness.
If you have any questions or need fiuther information, please Jane McCoy (951) 358-
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Jerry A. engerd, - r
Department of Mental Health
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