HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC AG PKT 2003-04-28 #A WHEREAS, the North American Brain Tumor Coalition, a network of charitable
organizations dedicated to eradicating brain tumors, is sponsoring
the 6th Annual Brain Tumor Action Week May 4 -10, 2003 to
heighten awareness of brain tumors and to seek supporters in the
fight against brain tumors; and
WHEREAS, the following Southern California Brain Tumor Foundations support
this fight against brain tumors and sponsor the 1st Annual Brain
Tumor Awareness Fair held on May 4' 2003 at Lake Park,
Huntington Beach, California with Spencer's Treasures, STAND
Together in The Fight, We Can and the CHOC (Children's Hospital
of Orange County) Neuroscience Institute and many more
organizations involved; and
WHEREAS, each year over 185,000 'or 11 out of every 100,000 Americans will
be diagnosed with a primary or metastatic brain tumor and is the
leading cause of cancer death for children under the age of 20 and
the third leading cause of cancer death for young adults 20 -39; and
WHEREAS, brain tumors are unique among all cancers in that, being located at the control center for
thought, emotion and movement, they attack that part of our body that is the seat of our
spiritual, intellectual, physical, emotional, and cognitive abilities, our sense of self, and their
effects on an individual's physical and cognitive abilities can be devastating; and
WHEREAS, the current standard treatments for brain tumors (surgery, radiation therapy and
chemotherapy) are often not curative, and the treatments themselves often cause serious
deficits, especially for the developing brain of a child, and
WHEREAS, enhancing the quality of life of people with brain tumors requires access to quality specialty
care, clinical trials, follow -up care, and rehabilitative services. Improving the outlook for
adults and children with brain tumors requires research into the causes of and better
treatments of brain tumors, thereby benefiting all citizens of California, the United States,
and the entire world; and
WHEREAS, greater public awareness of brain tumors and the threat they represent to the public health is
likely to lead to accelerated medical research, and doctors and hospitals in California are
actively and valiantly involved in research into the causes and treatments of brain tumors,
with the State of California possessing the intellectual resources and medical facilities to
become a leader in brain tumor research.
NOW, THEREFORE, LET IT BE PROCLAIMED that the week of May 4 -10, 2003 be designated as
Brain Tumor Awareness Week
and, in conjunction with National Brain Tumor Awareness Week, all citizens are encouraged to join in
witness of this observance..
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, John Larson, Mayor of the City of Seal Beach, have hereunto set my hand and
caused the seal of the City of Seal Beach to be affixed, this Day of in the
Year Two Thousand Three.
Mayor John Larson
ATTEST:
Joanne M. Yeo, City Clerk