WHEREAS, Trumbull includes a growing number of older residents who contribute their time, wisdom, and experience to our community; and
WHEREAS, communities benefit when people of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds have to opportunity to participate and live independently; and
WHEREAS, Trumbull recognizes the need to create a community that offers the services and supports older adults may need to make choices about how they age; and
WHEREAS, communities can work together to build an even better community for older residents by:
- Not limiting our thinking about aging,
- Exploring and combatting stereotypes,
- Emphasizing the many positive aspects of aging,
- Inspiring older adults to push past the traditional boundaries, and
- Embracing our community’s diversity of age
NOW THEREFORE I, Vicki A. Tesoro, by virtue of the authority vested in me as the First Selectman of the Town of Trumbull, Connecticut do hereby proclaim the month of May 2023 as Older Americans Month
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Town of Trumbull to be affixed on the 5th day of May, in the year 2023.
Vicki A. Tesoro, First Selectman