National Parent Leadership Month: February 2025City of Port Orchard
216 Prospect Street Port Orchard, WA 98366
cityhalIO-portorchardwa.ci 1 (360) 876-4407
www.portorchardwa.gov
PROCLAMATION
ORCHARD.
WHEREAS: authentic Parent Leadership occurs when parents have the opportunity to partner with
others and present a "parent perspective and lens" to inform policies and programs that support the
growth of protective factors leading to strong families and communities; and
WHEREAS: Parent Leadership and Partnership are a critical and effective way to help families
identify and build upon their strengths for themselves and their families and the next generation of Kitsap
County residents by preventing child abuse and neglect and
WHEREAS: Kitsap Strong, as a collective impact initiative, supports, encourages and acknowledges
partnerships between parents and community stakeholders, leaders, and policy makers as critical to
developing strong communities in our county; and
WHEREAS: Kitsap Strong has a vision of a community where each person flourishes and all parents
raise their children with consistency and nurturance to develop resilience, with the goal to mobilize our
community through dialogue involving parent leadership and action to prevent Adverse Childhood
Experiences in the next generation through building individual and community resilience; and
WHEREAS: Kitsap Strong as a partner to the Children's Trust Fund Alliance, a national prevention
organization who supports, encourages and acknowledges partnerships between parents and community
stakeholders, leaders, and policy makers as critical to developing strong communities nationwide; and
WHEREAS: Parent Leadership can help with building strengths -based communities that thrive
based on protective factors; and
WHEREAS: Parent Leadership through Partnership is successfully achieved when parents are
partners in the planning, implementation, oversight and evaluation of policies, practices, and programs
that affect families and communities by receiving support and training and having multiple opportunities
to share their expertise; and
WHEREAS: parents each year are partnering with others so together they can build stronger, safer
communities where all children can thrive; and
WHEREAS: parents can have a powerful impact by sharing their lived expertise and they will
continue to have a positive impact on the lives of families across our nation and world; and
WHEREAS: many organizations across the community and state support and provide such
partnership opportunities for parents; and
WHEREAS: National Parent Leadership Month is an opportunity to recognize, honor, and celebrate
these parents. They have a vital role in their local community, state and nation and across the world.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that I, Robert Putaansuu, Mayor of the City of Port Orchard, do hereby
proclaim February 2025 as:
National Parent leadership Month
in the City of Port Orchard and urge its citizens to join me in this special observance.
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Signed this 281h day of January 2025
Robert Putaansuu, Mayor