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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
PROCLAIMING APRIL 30, 2022, AS "NATIONAL THERAPY ANIMAL DAY" IN COOK COUNTY
WHEREAS, National Therapy Animal Day was created by Pet Partners to recognize and honor the exceptional therapy animals who partner with their human companions to bring comfort and healing to those in need; and
WHEREAS, Pet Partners is the national leader in demonstrating and promoting the benefits of animal assisted therapy, activities, and education; and
WHEREAS, there are thousands of Pet Partners therapy animal teams serving in communities across the United States, including in Cook County, and they play an essential role in improving human health and well-being through the human-animal bond; and
WHEREAS, connecting with animals is proven to confer a host of mental and physical benefits. Pets reduce our stress levels, offer us companionship, and even help us feel less pain; and
WHEREAS, Pet Partners therapy animal teams make millions of visits per year in settings such as hospitals, nursing homes, schools, and hospice care settings, and interact with a variety of people in our community including veterans, seniors, patients, students facing literacy challenges, and those approaching end of life; and
WHEREAS, in celebrating National Therapy Animal Day we also honor the dedicated handlers, the human members of therapy animal teams, who volunteer their time and compassion during visits, and the exceptional therapy animals who partner with their human companions bringing comfort and healing to those in need; and
WHEREAS, Pet Partners and therapy animals have learned to adapt during the COVID-19 pandemic to continue offering therapy as people have turned to animals more than ever;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Cook County Board of Commissioners does hereby salute the service of therapy animal teams in our community and in communities across the nation; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Cook County Broad of Commissioners, on behalf of the res...
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