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File #: 2015-1534    Version: 1
Type: Proclamation Status: Adopted
File created: 4/14/2015 In control: City Council
On agenda: 4/14/2015 Final action: 4/14/2015
Enactment date: 4/14/2015 Enactment #: 220
Effective date: 4/14/2015    
Title: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby recognize and honor Allegheny General Hospital, its Auxiliary organization, the Northside Leadership Conference, and our students and teachers, for their commitment to educating local youth and making their lives safer through the Stranger Awareness Program; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare the month of May 2015 to be "Stranger Awareness Month" in the City of Pittsburgh.
Sponsors: Darlene M. Harris
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WHEREAS, during the month of May, Allegheny General Hospital Auxiliary and the Allegheny General Hospital-Northside Leadership Conference Partnership co-sponsor Stranger Awareness programs; and,

WHEREAS, the disappearance and murder of East Allegheny resident Scott Drake was the catalyst for the Stranger Awareness program on Pittsburgh's Northside; and,

WHEREAS, in its fourteenth year, students in Northside Elementary Schools (Spring Hill K-5, Spring Garden Early Childhood and Pittsburgh Allegheny Elementary School) will receive two days of instruction from Brashear High School, Perry High School, and Pittsburgh Westinghouse 6-12 students focusing on the importance of Stranger Awareness on April 24 and May 1; and,

WHEREAS, on Friday, May 8, 2015, the program will conclude with a performance for students by Grover's Gang, a nationally known children's band; and,

WHEREAS, the following individuals and organizations have offered support and partnered with this year's Stranger Awareness event:

The AGH Auxiliary Board; Andrea Joubert, President;
Debra Caplan, Sr. Vice President, AGH;
Mark T. Fatla, Esq., Executive Director, Northside Leadership Conference;
Lindsey Blocki, AGH-Northside Partnership Coordinator, Northside Leadership Conference;
Ashley McFall, Start On Success Transition Facilitator, Pittsburgh Public Schools;
Erin McClay, Principal, Spring Hill K-5;
Melissa Cujas, Education Coordinator, Spring Garden Early Childhood;
Molly O'Malley-Argueta, Principal, Pittsburgh Allegheny K-5;
Kimberly Safran, Principal, Brashear High School;
Dr. Dennis Chakey, Principal, Perry Traditional Academy;
LouAnn Zwieryznski, Principal, Pittsburgh Westinghouse 6-12;
Brad Ward, Start On Success Transition Instructor, Perry Traditional Academy;
Michael Rymniak, Start On Success Transition Instructor, Brashear High School;
Perry Traditional Academy students;
Brashear High School students;
Pittsburgh Westinghouse students;

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