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Wayne County commissioners approve a slate of April proclamations honoring children, donors, reentry and public-safety workers
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On April 7 the Wayne County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a series of proclamations recognizing April 2026 as Children & Families Month, Donate Life Month, Second Chance Month, Community College Month, National County Government Month, Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, Line Worker Appreciation Day and National Public Health Week.
The Wayne County Board of Commissioners on April 7 approved a bundled set of proclamations recognizing several April observances and local initiatives.
The board unanimously adopted a proclamation declaring April 2026 Children & Families Month, presented by Partnership for Children executive director Valerie Wallace, who invited residents to a community event April 14 at the Herman Parks Center to connect families with local supports. "We are doing an event on April 14 from 4 to 6 at the Herman Parks Center," Wallace said, inviting commissioners and residents to attend.
County staff read and the board approved proclamations for Donate Life Month and Second Chance Month. County materials cited national transplant-waiting-list statistics and encouraged registration; a local HonorBridge representative (who addressed the board after the Donate Life proclamation) described community donation work, including distributing blankets to dialysis centers.
Wayne Community College President Dr. Patricia "Patty" Pfeiffer introduced Dr. Christy Sauls and the board proclaimed April Community College Month in recognition of the college's workforce training and dual-enrollment programs. Assistant county staff also read and the board approved proclamations for National County Government Month, National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week (April 12–18), Line Worker Appreciation Day (April 18) and National Public Health Week (week of April 6). 911 Director Chris Barnes and Meredith Peters appeared for the telecommunicators recognition and thanked staff and local partner groups for support.
Most proclamations were adopted by voice vote with no recorded opposition; the board used the consent and special-presentation portions of the agenda to handle the recognitions before moving on to other business.
