PROCLAMATION
Personal Support Worker Day
May 19, 2022
WHEREAS:
Personal Support
Workers (PSW) have selflessly and tirelessly provided care to our community’s
most vulnerable through an extraordinarily challenging last few years. Through
all of this, PSWs have been, and continue to remain, steadfast and true; and
WHEREAS:
PSWs have given so
much of themselves every day, sacrificing their own health, safety, time with
their families, and even their own lives to ensure the safety and care of our
seniors and vulnerable. PSWs ensure that people in long-term care facilities or
in their homes are safe and cared for. They make every effort to provide the
best possible care to them, and do it with a sense of compassion and empathy
that is the badge of honour of every PSW; and
WHEREAS:
Our community is
thankful to our PSWs along with all health care workers on the front lines and
they truly deserve recognition and respect for everything they have done
through this pandemic and through the working conditions they face every day,
especially in the long-term care setting; and
WHEREAS:
PSW Day is an
opportunity to celebrate their contributions to our community, and to our loved
ones. We thank all the PSWs and frontline health care workers as they continue
to provide this essential and vital work that directly impacts the lives of so
many every day.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED:
That His Worship
Mayor Rob Keffer and Members of Council proclaim May 19, 2022, as PERSONAL
SUPPORT WORKER DAY in the Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury.