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P R O C L A M A T I O N
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 GEORGE GARVER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF
GEORGETOWN, TEXAS, do hereby proclaim September 2009 as
NATIONAL CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
in Georgetown, Texas