Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month City of Clermont
Proclamation
Whereas, pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers and is currently the
fourth leading cause of cancer death in the United States and is projected to
become the second by 2020; and
Whereas, when symptoms of pancreatic cancer present themselves, it is
generally late stage and approximately 2,890 deaths will occur in Florida in 2014;
and
'Whereas, the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network is the national organization
serving the pancreatic cancer community in the City of Clermont and nationwide;
and
Whereas, the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network and its affiliates support those
patients currently battling pancreatic cancer as well as 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 the City of
Clermont are enhanced as a direct result of increased awareness about pancreatic
cancer and research;
Now, Therefore, I, Harold S. Turville, by virtue of the authority vested in me
as Mayor of the City of Clermont in the State of Florida, do hereby proclaim the
month of November, 2014 as
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the
City of Clermont to be affixed this 28th day of October in the year two thousand
fourteen.
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