HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - PROCLAMATION - 05/17/2011 - PROCLAMATION DECLARING MAY 2011 AS WOMENS WELLNESSPROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, National Women’s Health Week is celebrated during the week of May 8, 2011
through May 14, 2011; and
WHEREAS, National Women’s Health Week is coordinated by the United States
Department of Health and Human Services and the Office on Women’s Health; and
WHEREAS, National Women’s Checkup Day was May 9, 2011. The day is designated to
encourage women to visit health care professionals to receive or schedule a check-up; and
WHEREAS, National Women’s Health Week promotes women’s wellness, regular check-
ups and screenings, physical activity, healthy eating, adequate sleep, smoking cessation and mental
health for all women; and
WHEREAS, women are often the caregivers for their spouses, children and parents, and
forget to focus on their own health and research shows that, when women take care of themselves,
the health of their whole family improves; and
WHEREAS, National Women’s Health Week’s theme, “It’s Your Time”, empowers women
to make their health a top priority and take simple steps for a longer, healthier and happier life.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Karen Weitkunat, Mayor of the City of Fort Collins, proclaim the
week of May 8 through May 14, 2011 as
NATIONAL WOMEN’S HEALTH WEEK
and encourage the citizens of Fort Collins to celebrate women’s health, and remind women that
taking care of themselves is essential to living longer, healthier, and happier lives.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the City of Fort
Collins this 17th day of May, A.D. 2011.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk