Backup Documents 03/27/2018 Item # 4A 4A
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, in 2002, a group of passion-filled volunteers formed the Cancer Alliance of
Naples (CAN) offering assistance to cancer-stricken individuals and affected
families in our local community whose lives were being turned upside down
financially and emotionally; and,
WHEREAS, CAN has grown so that it now helps more than 220 families locally each year
through the most difficult times anyone can imagine; and,
WHEREAS, CAN financially helps cancer patients and their families who need assistance
with non-medical expenses including housing, groceries, utility bills, car
payments, gasoline and other necessities; and,
WHEREAS, every dollar raised for CAN stays here in our community to help those battling
cancer; and,
WHEREAS, the first YogaCAN event in 2013 was a small local, grassroots fundraiser that
has since grown to more than 250 participants, raising nearly $250,000, and
this year will be led by internationally recognized Master Teachers Rodney Yee
and Colleen Saidman Yee; and,
WHEREAS, the fifth annual YogaCAN will be held Sunday, April 8, 2018, at the Naples
Beach Hotel & Golf Club where the local yoga community will again come
together to raise awareness by supporting CAN's mission and raise crucial
dollars for local cancer patients and their families.
NOW THEREFORE, be it proclaimed that the Collier County Board of County Commissioners
hereby honors the work of the Cancer Alliance of Naples, and expresses best
wishes for another successful YogaCAN event.
DONE AND ORDERED THIS 27th Day of March 2018.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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ANDY SOLI ,' HAIRMAN
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