City of Columbus - File #: 0181X-2019

• File #: 0181X-2019
• Version: 1
• Type: Ceremonial Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 5/31/2019
• In control: Remy
• On agenda: 6/3/2019
• Final action: 6/5/2019
• Title: To recognize and celebrate Recovery Sunday in the City of Columbus on Sunday, June 9th, 2019
• Sponsors: Emmanuel V. Remy, Elizabeth Brown, Mitchell Brown, Rob Dorans, Shayla Favor, Priscilla Tyson, Shannon G. Hardin

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/5/2019	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
6/4/2019	1	ACTING MAYOR	Signed
6/3/2019	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
6/3/2019	1	Columbus City Council	Adopted	Pass

Title

To recognize and celebrate Recovery Sunday in the City of Columbus on Sunday, June 9^th, 2019

Body

WHEREAS, the Columbus Kappa Foundation and area Faith Leaders are recognizing Sunday, June 9^th, 2019 as “Recovery Sunday”; and

WHEREAS, Recovery Sunday is a collaboration of faith-based entities such as Churches, Synagogues, Mosques and other houses of worship addressing the realities of addiction, relapse, and recovery pertaining to the Opiate Crisis and other substance abuse; and

WHEREAS, by asking every house of worship to take a special goodwill offering and to highlight the effects of the Opiate Crisis on individuals, families, schools, and communities, this ecumenical and community-based effort will help build fiscal resources and social recognition of this crisis and help aid individuals in their personal recovery from abuse; and

WHEREAS, according to Franklin County Public Health, opioid overdoses kill an average of 7 Ohioans every day. Across the United States in 2017, nearly 48,000 fatal drug overdoses involved some type of opioid, a category that includes heroin, fentanyl, and prescription opioid painkillers; and

WHEREAS, Columbus City Council is thankful for the work of the Columbus Kappa Foundation and area Faith Leaders for lifting the concerns and prayers of those who are suffering from the Opiate Crisis; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:  That this Council does hereby recognize and celebrate Recovery Sunday on Sunday, June 9^th, 2019 in City of Columbus.