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What is a Proclamation?
A Proclamation is an official announcement of an important matter that recognizes an issue that impacts the Lima community on a specific day, week, or month. Proclamations are issued upon citizen request and at the Mayor’s discretion to draw awareness to a specific public policy, historical event, or figure.
How do I Request a Proclamation?
Requests should be made by filling out the form here. Please know proclamation language submitted may be edited, rewritten, or rejected.
Official Proclamations
The Mayor's office will post any proclamations issued on this web page.
2019 Proclamations
Manufacturing Day Opens a New Window.
Domestic Violence Awareness Month Opens a New Window.
Max McClure Day Opens a New Window.
National Sickle Cell Awareness Month Opens a New Window.
Kiwanis Club 100th Year Anniversary Opens a New Window.
Diane and Brandon French Day Opens a New Window.
Union Label Week Opens a New Window.
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Breastfeeding Awareness Month Opens a New Window.
Alberta Lee Day Opens a New Window.
Altursa International Day Opens a New Window.
Minister Doris Elaine Watkins Day
Appreciation Week for First Responders
National Service Recognition Day
International Code Council Building Safety
Motorcycle Awareness Month (May)
2018 Proclamations
- Elmcroft Assisted Living Week (PDF)
- Untied Way Kick Off - Procter & Gamble (PDF)
- United Way Kick Off - Tuttle (PDF)
- United Way Kick Off - Mercy Health (PDF)
- James Chambers Sr. Day (PDF)
- Procter & Gamble 50th Anniversary (PDF)
- Bradfield Community Center Day (PDF)
- ACC Community Health Day (PDF)
- Breastfeeding Awareness Day (PDF)
- Sherry Rister Day (PDF)
- Abby Conley Day (PDF)
- Pastor Edward Tibbs Day (PDF)
- National Gun Violence Awareness (PDF)
- Relay for Life (PDF)
- Shiloh Shoemaker Day (PDF)
- Memorial Day (PDF)
- Pastor Dave Harris (PDF)
- Police Week (PDF)
- Community Action Awareness (PDF)
- Elks Youth Week (PDF)
- Motorcycle Awareness Month (PDF)
- Barry Electronics Day (PDF)
- Worker's Memorial Day (PDF)
- Allen Lima Youth Leadership Class (PDF)
- LACNIP Ottawa River Cleanup (PDF)
- Arbor Day (PDF)
- Donald Justin Sadler Day (PDF)
- Appreciation Week for First Responders (PDF)
- Lima Convalescent Home 60th Anniversary (PDF)
- Sexual Assault Awareness (PDF)
- Autism Awareness Month (PDF)
- Public School Week (PDF)
- American Red Cross Month (PDF)
- Youth Appreciation Week (PDF)
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Day (PDF)
2017 Proclamations
- Reverend Dr. Dennis Ward Day (PDF)
- Spartan Basketball Day (PDF)
- 45th Annual Christmas Tree Festival (PDF)
- 4th Street Missionary Baptist Church (PDF)
- Morton Singerman Day (PDF)
- Omega Psi Phi (PDF)
- Veteran's Day (PDF)
- US Marine Corp Day (PDF)
- Toys for Tots (PDF)
- Adult Education & Family Literacy (PDF)
- Walk to End Alzheimers (PDF)
- Manufacturing Day (PDF)
- Stanley Tam Day (PDF)
- Breastfeeding Awareness (PDF)
- NOMBA 2017 (PDF)
- Samaritan House 2017 (PDF)
- International Yoga Day 2017 (PDF)
- Relay for Life 2017 (PDF)
- Elder Abuse Awareness Month (PDF)
- Reverend Charles Manley Day (PDF)
- Memorial Day (PDF)
- Letter Carriers Food Drive Day (PDF)
- Community Action Month (PDF)
- Police Week (PDF)
- Barry Electronics Day (PDF)
- Motorcycle Awareness Month (PDF)
- Arbor Day 2017 (PDF)
- Workers Memorial Day (PDF)
- Altrusa International Day (PDF)
- Medical Assistant Recognition Day (PDF)
- Sexual Assault Awareness Month (PDF)
- American Red Cross Month (PDF)
- Youth Appreciation Week (PDF)
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day (PDF)
2016 Proclamations
- Lifelong Learning Institute (PDF)
- Manufacturing Day (PDF)
- Domestic Violence Awareness Month (PDF)
- Celebrate the City Day (PDF)
- WTGN Day (PDF)
- John E. Galvin Hall 50th Anniversary (PDF)
- New Life Church International Day (PDF)
- NW Ohio Missionary Baptist Association Day (PDF)
- Hispanic Heritage Month (PDF)
- Union Label Week (PDF)
- Breastfeeding Awareness (PDF)
- Paige Townsend Day (PDF)
- Relay for Life (PDF)
- Elder Abuse Awareness Month (PDF)
- Arbor Day (PDF)
- International Expo Day (PDF)
- Korean War Armistice Day (PDF)
- Memorial Day (PDF)
- Police Week (PDF)
- Lupus Awareness Month (PDF)
- Elks Youth Week (PDF)
- Sexual Assault Awareness Month (PDF)
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (PDF)
- Isobel McCaslin Day (PDF)
- Torch Run For Life Day (PDF)
- Women In Construction Week (PDF)
- Small Business Saturday 2016 (PDF)
- 44th Annual Christmas Tree Festival (PDF)
- Veterans Day 2016 (PDF)
- Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Week 2016 (PDF)
- US Marine Corps Day 2016 (PDF)
- Toys for Tots 2016 (PDF)
- World Polio Day 2016 (PDF)
- Red Ribbon Week 2016 (PDF)
- Family Promise Day 2016 (PDF)
2015 Proclamations
- Walter C. Potts Memorial Bridge Day (PDF)
- The 43rd Annual Christmas Tree Festival (PDF)
- Mr. Richard J. "Rick" Pfeifer Day (PDF)
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2015 (PDF)
- Optimist Youth Appreciation Week (PDF)
- Women In Construction Week (PDF)
- The Veterans Food Pantry Day (PDF)
- Arbor Day (PDF)
- Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Celebration of Service (PDF)
- Barry Electronics Day (PDF)
- Changing Seasons Community Awareness Month (PDF)
- Breastfeeding Awareness (PDF)
- Days of Remembrance (PDF)
- Domestic Violence Awareness (PDF)
- Elks Youth Week (PDF)
- Elmcroft Assisted Living Week (PDF)
- Family Promise Week (PDF)
- Father Ross 40th Anniversary (PDF)
- Food Day (PDF)
- Foster Care Month (PDF)
- Hunger Action Month (PDF)
- Manufacturing Month (PDF)
- Memorial Day (PDF)
- MGA National Junior Golf Championship (PDF)
- Mr. Tom Thompson Appreciation Day (PDF)
- National Association of Blacks In Criminal Justice (PDF)
- Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Achievement Week (PDF)
- Police Week (PDF)
- Roy Warnock Day (PDF)
- Toys For Tots Collection Time (PDF)
- Union Label Week (PDF)
- United States Marine Corps Day (PDF)
- Veterans Day (PDF)
- Relay For Life (PDF)
- Workers Memorial Day (PDF)
- SFC De' Borah Woodley Day (PDF)
- The Lima Rotary Club 100th Anniversary Celebration Day (PDF)
2014 Proclamations
- Mr. Keith Deters Day (PDF)
- The Harry and Myrna Shutt Holiday Spectacular Day (PDF)
- Veterans Day (PDF)
- The 42nd Annual Christmas Tree Festival (PDF)
- OMEGA PSI PHI Fraternity Achievement Week (PDF)
- Toys for Tots Collection Time (PDF)
- Lima-Allen County Paramedics 50th Anniversary Celebration Day (PDF)
- Domestic Violence Awareness Month (PDF)
- Teresa Ann Monford Day (PDF)
- The Lima Astronomical Society and Schoonover Observatory Day (PDF)
- Union Label Week (PDF)
- Breastfeeding Awareness Month (PDF)
- Pastor Floyd L. Upshaw Appreciation Day (PDF)
- Angela M. Herzog Day (PDF)
- Horrison, Thompson & Stewart Family Day (PDF)
- Relay for Life of Lima Weekend (PDF)
- Immigrant Heritage Day (PDF)
- Memorial Day (PDF)
- Foster Care Month (PDF)
- Police Week (PDF)
- Youth Week (PDF)
- Free Comic Book Day (PDF)
- Workers Memorial Day (PDF)
- Arbor Day (PDF)
- Michael Clair Day (PDF)
- Fair Housing Month (PDF)
- Cantor Fitzgerald Day (PDF)
- Days of Remembrance (PDF)
- Sexual Assault Awareness Month (PDF)
- International Expo Day (PDF)
- Youth Appreciation Week (PDF)
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (PDF)
- Second Baptist Church Day (PDF)
2013 Proclamations
- Christmas Tree Festival (PDF)
- National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week (PDF)
- Veterans Day (PDF)
- Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Achievement Week (PDF)
- Toys For Tots Collection Time (PDF)
- Changing Seasons Day (PDF)
- Family Promise Week (PDF)
- Vickie Winans Day (PDF)
- Lima Symphony Orchestra Day (PDF)
- Domestic Violence Awareness Month (PDF)
- Jim Lynch Day (PDF)
- Hunger Action Month (PDF)
- Union Label Week (PDF)
- Pat Mooney Day (PDF)
- 96th District of Kiwanis International Day (PDF)
- Jones Family Day (PDF)
- Breastfeeding Awareness Month (PDF)
- Purple Heart Day (PDF)
- Ohio Association of Beauticians 75th Anniversary (PDF)
- Memorial Day (PDF)
- Relay for Life (PDF)
- Social Media (PDF)
- Ohio Commodores (PDF)
- Mary Early Day (PDF)
- Equestrian Therapy Program (PDF)
- Arbor Day (PDF)
- Elks Youth Week (PDF)
- Emergency Medical Services Week (PDF)
- Salvation Army Week (PDF)
- Police Week (PDF)
- Mr. Ken Heath Day (PDF)
- Buddy Poppies Day (PDF)
- Rockin 4 Ronnie Day (PDF)
- Workers' Memorial Day (PDF)
- Warrior Mode (PDF)
- Days of Remembrance (PDF)
- Youth Appreciation Week (PDF)
- Dr. Martin Luther King , Jr. Day (PDF)
2012 Proclamations
- The 40th Annual Christmas Tree Festival (PDF)
- Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Achievement Week (PDF)
- Veterans Day (PDF)
- Toys 4 Tots Collection Time (PDF)
- Gospel Explosion (PDF)
- Food Day (PDF)
- Domestic Violence Awareness Month (PDF)
- Constitution Week (PDF)
- Marjorie L. Coby Day (PDF)
- Union Label Week (PDF)
- Life Insurance Awareness Month (PDF)
- Breastfeeding Awareness Proclamation (PDF)
- St. Paul AME 154th Anniversary Proclamation (PDF)
- Bambi L., Markham Proclamation (PDF)
- Blue Star Mothers Proclamation (PDF)
- Days of Remembrance Proclamation (PDF)