During the May 16 Village Board Meeting, Trustees proclaimed Friday, June 2 as National Gun Violence Awareness Day in Vernon Hills. Residents are encouraged to wear orange on that Friday and during the weekend to call attention and remember those lives lost to gun violence, as well as to honor those who have survived.
The Wear Orange movement began in Chicago with the tragic shooting of Hadiya Pendleton. Hadiya's friends commemorated her life by wearing orange, the colors hunters wear in the woods to protect themselves and others. Thousands now wear orange every June to honor Hadiya and the more than 40,000 people killed by guns, and approximately 85,000 who are shot and wounded, every year. (from WearOrange.org)
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Vernon Hills Village Board Meeting – 5/16/23
Proclamation