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P R O C L A M A T I O N
WHEREAS, it is estimated that heart attacks impact nearly 1-million Americans each year, and
this equates to a heart attack occurring approximately every 34 seconds; and
WHEREAS, heart disease remains the leading cause of death and its victims are mothers,
fathers, grandparents, siblings, friends, and children; and
WHEREAS, cardiovascular disease costs the United States more than $312 billion each year
through healthcare services, medications, and lost productivity; and
WHEREAS, the American Heart Association’s 2020 impact goals seek to improve
cardiovascular health of all Americans by twenty percent while reducing deaths from
cardiovascular diseases and strokes by twenty percent through research, community level
interventions, and public health policy measures; and
WHEREAS, the Georgetown Fire Department is committed to improving the safety and health
of the community through prevention, education, and response services;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE GARVER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, do
hereby proclaim FEBRUARY 2014, as
AMERICAN HEART MONTH
in the City of Georgetown, Texas, and urge all citizens to recognize the critical importance of learning
about heart disease and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) so that we can increase the survival rates
from cardiac arrest in Georgetown and the Nation.