Backup Documents 04/12-13/2011 Item # 4A
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PROCLAMA TION
WHEREAS, the 2011 Naples Relay for Life will take place at Gulfview Middle School, 255 6th Street
South, Friday, April J!lh at 4:30 p.m. through Soturday, April 16th, 12:()() p.m.; and,
WHEREAS, the Relay starts with a Survivors Lap, an inspirational time when survivors are invited to
circle the track together and help everyone celebrate the victories achieved over cancer;
and,
WHEREAS, the event also honors people who have been touched by cancer and remembers loved ones
lost to the disease during the Luminaria Ceremony held after dark at 9:()() p.m.; and,
WHEREAS, with chartered divisions throughout the country and over 3,400 local offices, the American
Cancer Society is committed to fighting cancer through balanced programs of research,
education, patient service, adwN:acy, and rehabilitation; and,
WHEREAS, the American Canc.,- Society Relay For Life is a life-changing event that gives everyone in
communities across the globe a chance to celebrate the lives of people who have battled
cancer, remember loved ones lost, and fight back against the disease; and,
WHEREAS, donations mack ta the Relay for LIfe help support the Am.,-ican Cancer Society fulfill its
mission to eliminate cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and
diminishing suff.,-ing from canc.,- through research, education, advocacy, and service; and,
WHEREAS, to remember former Collier County Manager Jim Mudd, John Yonkosky and Judi Bodine and
all other loved ones who were lost to the disease.
NOW THEREFORE. be it proclaimed by the Board of County Commissioners of Colli.,- County, Florida, that
April 15and 16, 2010 be designated as
RELA Y FOR LIFE DA YS
to celebrate the lives of thou who have battled canc.,-; remember loved ones lost to the
disease; and fight back against a diseau that takes too much.
DONE AND ORDERED THIS 12th Day of April. 2011.
BOARD OF CO(/NTY COMMISSIONERS
COLLIER COl/NTY, FLORIDA
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