19-cancer-survivor-day
PROCLAMATION NO. 2007-19
WHEREAS, today 9.8 million Americans have a history of cancer and are considered cancer survivors, thanks to advances in early cancer detection, treatment and research; and
WHEREAS, major scientific breakthroughs in the last fifteen years have changed the way we think about cancer; and
WHEREAS, today, sixty percent of people diagnosed with cancer survive the disease; and
WHEREAS, Texas has an active, productive survivor population, demonstrating that a cancer diagnosis is no longer an automatic death sentence; and
WHEREAS, the survivors living in Huntsville, Texas and Walker County want to provide newly diagnosed individuals with strength through the HOPE concept (Helping Offer Positive Encouragement)
which empowers them to defeat this disease; and
WHEREAS, communities all across Texas will be celebrating life by participating in the recognition of National Cancer Survivors Day;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY PROCLAIMED, by the power vested in me as
Mayor of the City of Huntsville, Texas that:
June, 2007
be declared:
Huntsville HOPE Month
in Huntsville, Texas.
PROCLAIMED AND SIGNED this the 7th day of June 2007.
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J. TURNER, MAYOR