CHILDREN’S ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DAY
2024
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the aim of Children’s Environmental Health (CEH) Day is to raise awareness about the importance of clean air and water, safe food and consumer products, and healthy environments for children’s health and development; and
WHEREAS, CEH Day was created by the Children’s Environmental Health Network and celebrated for the first time on October 13, 2016; and
WHEREAS, CEH Day is observed on the second Thursday in October as a means to celebrate progress of the children’s environmental health movement and create a strong network of child health advocates; and
WHEREAS, CEH Day is a national effort supported by individuals, non-profit organizations, and government agencies; and
WHEREAS, CEH Day encourages individuals and organizations to raise awareness and understanding of children’s environmental health issues, seek improved protections for all children, and to perform acts of sustainability or environmental health wellness; and
WHEREAS, together, we can safeguard the health, safety and wellbeing of children, our most precious resource;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, ROY COOPER, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do hereby proclaim October 10, 2024, as “CHILDREN’S ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DAY” in North Carolina, and commend its observance to all citizens.
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Roy Cooper
Governor
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of North Carolina at the Capitol in Raleigh this twenty-fifth day of September in the year of our Lord two thousand and twenty-four and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-ninth.