HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-04-2025 Proclamation - MS Awareness WeekProclamation
WHEREAS, The second full week in March is MS Awareness Week throughout the country;
and
WHEREAS, In 2025, March 9-15 is MS Awareness Week and a time to drive awareness of
Multiple Sclerosis to achieve our vision of a world free of MS; and
WHEREAS, In 2019, the National MS Society released the findings of a prevalence study that
found that nearly one million people in the US live with MS. That’s twice as many
as we originally thought and it means you very likely know someone living with
the disease, or someone who is caring for someone living with MS; and
WHEREAS, People with MS can better manage their disease when they have the support and
understanding of the people around them— when their support networks, from
doctors to employers to family members, have a better idea of what people with
MS experience every day; and
WHEREAS, The National MS Society is a movement by and for all people affected by multiple
sclerosis. We embrace and are committed to bringing our entire MS community
together, representative of all the various dimensions of diversity, so that
everyone feels at home and supported by their National MS Society; and
WHEREAS, The Society paved the way for every effective MS treatment available today,
including the first therapies for primary progressive and pediatric MS; and we’ve
achieved more advances in MS than have been achieved for any other
neurological condition. We continue to lead the way for discoveries in
neurological diseases; and
WHEREAS, Our progress is accelerating. We’ve made more progress in the last five years than
the 70 that preceded it, changing all aspects of life for people affected by MS; and
WHEREAS, MS is a complex disease that requires many solutions. The National MS Society
helps people piece it all together so they can live their best lives; and
WHEREAS, To reach a world free of MS it will take all of us—our time, our energy, our
resources. Together is the only way forward.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF OCOEE does hereby
declare the week of March 9-15, 2025, as
NATIONAL MS AWARENESS WEEK
in the City of Ocoee.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand
and caused the Seal of the City of Ocoee, Florida to be
affixed this 4th day of March, 2025.
Rusty Johnson, Mayor
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