HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC AG PKT 2011-03-14 - Proclamation fP roctctmcLtioii
"NHS Awareness Week"
March 14 - - 20, 2011
WHEREAS, an unpredictable, often disabling disease of the
central nervous system, multiple sclerosis (MS) disrupts the
flow of information between an individual's body and brain;
and
WHEREAS, MS affects an estimated 2.5 million worldwide,
400,000 in the United States and over 40,000 in California;
and
WHEREAS, often first diagnosed in individuals aged 20 -50,
MS is the most common neurological disease leading to
disability in young adults; and
WHEREAS, the mission of the National Multiple Sclerosis
Society is to mobilize people and resources to drive research
for a cure and to address the challenges of everyone affected
by MS.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the City of Seal
Beach, City Council does hereby proclaim March 14 -20, 2011
to be:
"MS AWARENESS WEEK"
in Seal Beach, and encourage everyone to recognize efforts to
diagnose, treat and manage this disorder.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereby affix my signature and the
seal of the City of Seal Beach this fourteenth day of March in
the Year Two Thousand Eleven.
a 1 P. Levitt, Mayor
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