HomeMy WebLinkAbout4. MAYORS REPORT 10/19/04
PROCLAMA TION
{¡NATIONAL BREAST CANCER A WARENESS MONTH"
October, 2004
WHEREAS, October, 2004 begins the 20th year for the observance of National
Breast Cancer Awareness Month; and
WHEREAS, since the program began in 1985, mammography use has doubled
for women age 50 and older, and breast cancer deaths have declined; and
WHEREAS, within the United States, one out of every seven women will develop
breast cancer in her lifetime so the mantra "Early Detection Saves Lives, " is so very
important to both men and women; and
WHEREAS, mammography screening is the single most effective method of detecting
breast changes that may be cancer, long before physical symptoms can be seen or
felt; and
WHEREAS, with early detection of breast cancer, it is less likely a woman will need
highly invasive treatments, and the more likely she will survive the disease; and
WHEREAS, today there are more than two million breast cancer survivors in the
United States, due in part to early detection.
NOw, THEREFORE, /, Gerald L. Farley, Mayor of the Village of Mount Prospect,
do hereby proclaim the month of October, 2004 as
UNA TIONAL BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH"
in the Village of Mount Prospect, and I encourage our citizens to participate in this
observance and remember "Early Detection Saves Lives. "
Gerald L. Farley
Mayor
ATTEST:
Velma W Lowe
Village Clerk
Dated this 19th day of October, 2004.