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Proclamation
virma c , (Childhood cancer is the number one disease killer and second leading
cause of death (exceeded only by accidents) of children; and
NO3K3a.e , On any given school day approximately 46 young people, or two
classrooms of students, are diagnosed with cancer; NSIOVE‘Cab, (every year, more than 13,000 children are diagnosed with cancer,
affecting all ethnic, gender, and socio- economic groups; and
103K3a.0 , One in every 330 persons in the United States will develop cancer
before his or her 20th birthday; and
303bei.e, QEvery year over 2,500 children under the age of 20 lose their lives to
cancer; and
WirOtReaff1P, Cvery year, more than 40,000 children undergo treatment for cancer;
and
Mge, Children are our most precious resource and are truly golden in our
hearts; and
NMQnke , (Children in Ocoee have been diagnosed with some form of cancer in
recent years;
Zito 74,44U, Therefore, I, S. Scott Vandergrift, Mayor of the City of Ocoee,
do hereby proclaim September, 2012 as
CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
in the City of Ocoee, and urge all citizens to participate fully in activities and
events.
IN WITNESS WITEROF, I hereunto have
Set my hand and caused the Seal of the
City of Ocoee, Florida to be affixed this
7 day of August 2012.
S. Scott Vandetgvu4t, ✓14ay