HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - PROCLAMATION - 11/18/2014 - PROCLAMATION DECLARING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER AS PAPROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, in 2014, an estimated 46,420 people will be diagnosed with pancreatic
cancer in the United States and 39,590 will die from the disease and approximately 510 deaths
will occur in Colorado; and
WHEREAS, pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest cancers, is the fourth-leading cause
of cancer death in the United States; and is the only major cancer with a five-year relative
survival rate at just six percent; and
WHEREAS, when symptoms of pancreatic cancer present themselves, it is late stage,
and 73 percent of pancreatic cancer patients die within the first year of their diagnosis, while 94
percent of pancreatic cancer patients die within the first five years; and
WHEREAS, the incidence and death rate for pancreatic cancer are increasing and
pancreatic cancer is anticipated to move from the fourth to the second leading cause of cancer
death in the U.S. by 2020; and
WHEREAS, the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network is the national organization serving
the pancreatic cancer community in Fort Collins and nationwide and supports those patients
currently battling pancreatic cancer, as well as to those who have lost their lives to the disease,
and are committed to nothing less than a cure; and
WHEREAS, the good health and well-being of the residents of Fort Collins are enhanced
as a direct result of increased awareness about pancreatic cancer and research into early
detection, causes, and effective treatments.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Karen Weitkunat, Mayor of the City of Fort Collins, do hereby
designate the month of November 2014 as
PANCREATIC CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
in Fort Collins.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the City of Fort
Collins this 18th day of November, A.D. 2014.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk