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CITY OF SARATOGA PROCLAMATION DECLARING THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2011 VOLUNTEER BLOOD DONOR MONTH WHEREAS, donating blood is a potentially lifesaving gift that millions of Americans can
give; and WHEREAS, there is a need to ensure an adequate blood supply and to stress the importance of giving the “Gift of Life” through the donation of blood; and WHEREAS, there is a
need for additional healthy, regular volunteer donors to join the ranks of those who already give of themselves so generously; and WHEREAS, one blood donation may help save three lives;
and WHEREAS, every day blood is needed in hospitals and emergency treatment facilities for patients with cancer and other diseases, for organ transplant recipients, and to help save
the lives of accident victims; and WHEREAS, the need for blood is constant, especially during the winter months when blood is traditionally in short supply due to a reduction in donor
turnout because of the holidays, busy travel schedules, inclement weather and illness, which can put blood inventory at a critical low; and WHEREAS, the American Red Cross Northern California
Blood Services Region distributes 130,000 pints of blood per year to help save local patients, yet fewer than 100,000 pints of blood are collected in the region annually; and WHEREAS,
some 38 percent of the public is eligible to donate, yet fewer than 8 percent of these individuals donate blood; and WHEREAS, there is a need for civic and service organizations and
businesses to sponsor blood drives. NOW, THEREFORE, I, Howard A. Miller, Mayor of the City of Saratoga, do hereby proclaim the month of January as “National Blood Donor Month” for Saratoga
and urge all residents to pay tribute to those among us who donate for others in need. I urge residents in good health to donate regularly. I also urge all civic and service organizations
and businesses, if they have not already done so, to form blood donor groups to provide blood for others. WITNESS MY HAND AND THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA this 5th day of January
2011. _________________________ Howard A. Miller, Mayor