HomeMy WebLinkAbout102-Proclamation - Blood Donor Month.pdfCITY OF SARATOGA
PROCLAMATION DECLARING
THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2009
VOLUNTEER BLOOD DONOR MONTH
WHEREAS, the American Red Cross Northern California Blood Services Region
distributes 130,000 pints of blood per year for the protection of local patients, yet fewer than
100,000 pints of blood are collected in the region annually; and
WHEREAS, one blood donation may help save three lives; and
WHEREAS, some 40 percent of the public is eligible to donate, yet fewer than 5 percent
donate 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, there is a need for civic and service organizations and businesses to sponsor
blood drives.
Therefore, I, Chuck Page, Mayor of the City of Saratoga, hereby proclaim the month of
January as
“National Blood Donor Month”
for Saratoga and urge all citizens to pay tribute to those among us who donate for others
in need. I urge citizens 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 OUR HAND AND THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA this 7th day of
January 2009.
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Chuck Page, Mayor
City of Saratoga