HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - PROCLAMATION - 09/20/2005 - PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING SEPTEMBER 2005 AS ''CHILD Mayor
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City of Fort Collins
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, childhood cancer is the number one disease killer and second leading cause
of death (exceeded only by accidents) of children; and
WHEREAS, on any given school day approximately 46 young people, or two classrooms
of students, are diagnosed with cancer; and
WHEREAS, every year more than 12,500 children are diagnosed with cancer; and
WHEREAS, one in every 330 persons in the United States will develop cancer before his
or her 20th birthday; and
WHEREAS, every year over 2,500 children under the age of 20 lose their lives to cancer;
and
WHEREAS, our children are our most precious resource and are truly golden in our hearts.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Doug Hutchinson, Mayor of the City of Fort Collins, do hereby
proclaim the month of September 2005 as
CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
in the city of Fort Collins.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the City of Fort
Collins this 20th day of September, A.D. 2005.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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