2002/09/24 City Council Resolution (4)Resolution No. 2002 - 214
A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Rohnert Park
Supporting
October as rational Breast Cancer Awareness Month
WHEREAS, October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month; and
WHEREAS, October 18, 2002 is National Mammography Day; and
WHEREAS, an estimated 203,500 new cases of female breast cancer will be
diagnosed in 2002 and approximately 40, 000 will die from the disease; and
WHEREAS, an estimated 1,500 new cases of male breast cancer will be diagnosed
in 2002 and 200 will die of the disease; and
WHEREAS, mammography, an "x-ray " of the breast, is recognized as the single
most effective method of detecting breast changes that may be cancer long before physical
symptoms can be seen or felt.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Rohnert Park that it does hereby support and proclaim the month of October as National
Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Rohnert Park and October 18`h as National
Mammography Day.
DIILYAND REGJLARLYADOPTED this 24`h day of September: 2002
CITY OF ROHNERT PARK
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Clerk
MACKENZIE: AYE REILLY: AYE
VACANCY: NIA
VIDAK- MARTINEZ: AYE FLORES: AYE
AYES: (4) NOES: (0)
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