HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - PROCLAMATION - 09/18/2018 - PROCLAMATION DECLARING SEPTEMBER 2018 AS CHILDHOODPROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, childhood cancer is the number one cause of death from disease among our
children, is detected in more than 15,000 of our country’s sons and daughters every year and five
children die from cancer every day in the U.S.; and
WHEREAS, 32 percent of childhood cancer survivors suffer severe, disabling, or life-
threatening late effects of treatment; and
WHEREAS, only four percent of federal government cancer research funding goes to
childhood cancer and only one percent of the American Cancer Society funding goes to childhood
cancer research; and
WHEREAS, National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month is a time to honor and remember
the children whose young lives were taken too soon and the families facing childhood cancer today;
and
WHEREAS, thanks to advances in research and treatment, the five year survival rate for all
childhood cancers has climbed from less than 50 percent to over 80 percent and
WHEREAS, help does not come soon enough for many of our sons and daughters and too
many families suffer pain and devastating loss; and
WHEREAS, our community has the opportunity to rally support for all those who continue to
battle this illness with incredible strength and courage,
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Wade Troxell, Mayor of Fort Collins, do hereby proclaim the
month of September 2018 as
CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the City of Fort
Collins this 18th day of September, A.D. 2018.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk