Childhood Cancer Awareness City of Clermont
Proclamation
Childhood Cancer .Awareness "Week
11 S, the American Cancer Fund for Children and Kids Cancer Connection report cancer is the
leading cause of death by disease among children in the United States. This tragic disease is detected in nearly
15,000 of our nation's young people each and every year; and
- WHEREAS, founded nearly twenty years ago by Steven Firestein, a member of the philanthropic Max
Factor family, the American Cancer Fund for Children, Inc. and sister organization, Kids Cancer Connection, Inc.
are dedicated to helping these children and their families, and
"WHEREAS, the American Cancer fund for Children and Kids Cancer Connection provide a variety of vital
patient psychosocial services to children undergoing cancer treatment at the Florida Hospital or Children:
Department of Pediatrics; Division of Hematology /Oncology, Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children: Department
of Pediatrics; Division of Hematology /Oncology in Orlando, as well as participating hospitals throughout the
country, thereby enhancing the quality of life for these children and their families; and
"W3 - (ER/1 S, through its uniquely sensitive and comforting Magical Caps for Kids program, the American
Cancer Fund for Children and Kids Cancer Connection distributes thousands of beautifully handmade caps and
decorated baseball caps to children who want to protect their heads following the trauma of chemotherapy,
surgery and /or radiation treatments; and
' WHEREAS, the American Cancer Fund for Children and Kids Cancer Connection also sponsor
nationwide Courageous Kid recognition award ceremonies and hospital celebrations in honor of a child's
determination and bravery to fight the battle against childhood cancer;
NOW, T.9- fEREJ'ORE, be it resolved by virtue of the authority vested in me as Mayor of the City of
Clermont, I do hereby proclaim the week of April 17 — 23, 2011 as
CFii(wod Cancer Awareness "Week
IN "WITNESS "WHEREOF, I, Harold S. Turville, Jr., Mayor of the City of Clermont, have
hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the City of Clermont to be affixed this 12 day of April, two
thousand and eleven.
—: :,
Harold 5. Turville, Jr., Mayor
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Tracy Ackeyd, MMC •
City Clerk ty
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