x-sender: governor.haley@sc.lmhostediq.com x-receiver: governor.haley@sc.lmhostediq.com Received: from mail pickup service by IQ12 with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Tue, 30 Dec 2014 01:14:19 -0500 thread-index: AdAj99iMHgFcu3yzRye0JgvTmbmGKg== Thread-Topic: SIDS Awareness Day From: To: Subject: SIDS Awareness Day Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 01:14:19 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft CDO for Windows 2000 Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message Importance: normal Priority: normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.1.7601.17609 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 30 Dec 2014 06:14:19.0277 (UTC) FILETIME=[D8ABB3D0:01D023F7] CUSTOM Mr. Rob Trainor 5723 41 Street 33 Lloydminster, Alberta FC T9V 2A4 rtrainor@sasktel.net HEAL SIDS Awareness Day Dear Madam Governor, My name is Rob Trainor and I have a story for you and a request for a declaration of a day in memory. Madam Governor, my nephew Nathan Inglehart, a resident of Martensville, Saskatchewan passed away suddenly on June 13, 2014 at the age of 12.5 months. (This is the link to his obituary that ran in the Saskatoon StarPhoenix: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thestarphoenix/obituary.aspx?pid=171397100) The cause of death was ruled to be Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, commonly known as crib death. It was a tragedy to my family and especially to my sister and brother-in-law, Erin and Colton Inglehart. Thankfully, my now three year old nephew Carter, their son, was blissfully too young to be aware of what was going on. However, my family is not the only one who has been terribly touched by this awful, unpreventable condition. There is also a similar condition known as Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood, that afflicts some children over the age of one year. (Here is an article about this: http://www.babble.com/mom/sudc-the-lesser-known-cousin-of-sids-about-which-more-parents-desperately-need-to-know/) As many South Carolina parents, aunts, uncles and grandparents, have been struck by these tragic conditions, I was hoping (unless one has already been declared) that you would declare May 23rd (Nathan's birthday) to be the annual Day in Memory for those children lost to SIDS and SUDC. I am requesting this on my own, without any acknowledgement from my sister or brother-in-law. However as tragic as this date is, I am sure they would be honoured that Nathan's memory would be commemorated by the Government of South Carolina as a Day of Memory, for not just him but all children lost to these two horrible and untreatable tragic conditions. I have not reached out to you, in the hopes of any sympathy or anything, but the article from babble.com mentioned that New York had declared such a day, so I was hoping that South Carolina would do the same. I have already had the Province of Saskatchewan declare May 23rd SIDS/SUDC Awareness and Memorial Day and I hope to get Governments around the world to do so. If you would like to reach out to an organization in relation to this for more information or other facts about SIDS and SUDC, the American SIDS Institute (of which I have no affiliation) has a website at: http://www.sids.org/ Please seriously consider doing this and perhaps having an annual memorial balloon release (as is the typical way of honouring these types of death) at the Capitol Building each May 23rd. I am asking as a grieving Uncle, who wishes to see the visibility of this syndrome made more publicly aware. This would be very important to me and to every family who has lost a child to this tragic condition to have a day of memory declared. If you wish to contact me, feel free to do so. Thank you for your consideration Rob Trainor 33-5723 41 Street Lloydminster, AB Canada T9V 2A4 (780) 875-0521