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City of Fort Collins PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS,the month of May has been designated by the Congress of the United
States as ALS Awareness Month; and
WHEREAS, the ALS Association's mission is to find a cure for and to improve
living with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis); and
WHEREAS,the ALS Association is the only national not-for-profit voluntary health
organization dedicated solely to the fight against ALS, more commonly known as "Lou
Gehrig's Disease", a progressive, fatal neuromuscular disease; and
WHEREAS, the ALS Association is lighting the way for a treatment and cure for
ALS through research,patient and community services,public education and advocacy;and
WHEREAS, it is critical to the struggle to defeat this terrible disease that the
leaders and people in our community become educated on ALS and the issues confronting
those who are affected by it; and
WHEREAS,the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the ALS Association provides help and
hope to those Coloradoans facing the diagnosis of ALS; and
WHEREAS, all Coloradoans are encouraged to support the efforts of the ALS
Association to strike out ALS by volunteering their time to the Rocky Mountain Chapter of
the ALS during May 20o6 and beyond.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Doug Hutchinson, Mayor of the City of Fort Collins, do
hereby proclaim May 20o6 as
ALS 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 16th of May,A.D. 2oo6.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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