; and (3) the fire departments of Addison Fire Protection District, Buffalo Grove, Deerfield-Bannockburn Fire Protection District, Des Plaines, Evanston, Glencoe Public Safety, Glenview, Hanover Park, Lake Bluff, Lake Forest, Libertyville, Lincolnshire-Riverwoods Fire Protection District, Morton Grove, Niles, Northbrook, Northfield, Park Ridge, Prospect Heights, Skokie, Streamwood, Waukegan, Wilmette, and Winnetka; Whereas the emergency responders and the doctors, nurses, and other health care providers at Highland Park Hospital, Glenbrook Hospital, Evanston Hospital, Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, and University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children’s Hospital provided professional and dedicated care to the victims; Whereas, in the immediate aftermath and the year since, dozens of volunteer counselors traveled to North Shore School District 112 and Township High School District 113 to assist the community in the process of healing and met with several thousand community members in need of counseling; Whereas the people of Highland Park and across the United States still mourn the 7 lives tragically cut short and continue to pray for all the people, their family and friends irreparably changed by this tragedy; Whereas the people of Highland Park and of the United States mourn for all whose lives were stolen, and pray for all who have been irreversibly affected by gun violence in our country—whether by mass shootings, violence in our streets, domestic violence, suicide, or accidental shooting; and Whereas Highland Park is strong, and fortunate to be supported by its neighbors and friends both near and far who have stood united with the community and will remain so as they mark this 1-year anniversary: Now, therefore, be it