Backup Documents 03/23/2021 Item #16H3 16H3
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the American Red Cross fulfills a unique and vital role in our community, providing
help and hope in the face of emergencies and disaster and is a true reflection of
the humanitarian and volunteer spirit of the American people; and
WHEREAS, for over seventy-eight years, United States Presidents have called upon people to
support the American Red Cross and its humanitarian mission. President Franklin
D. Roosevelt was the first to proclaim March as Red Cross Month in 1943. Since
that time, every president has issued proclamations designating March as Red
Cross Month; and
WHEREAS, the Red Cross has been helping people in Collier County for 104 years, responding
to disasters, assisting members of the military, teaching lifesaving skills, and
providing comfort and support; and
WHEREAS, this past year Red Cross volunteers helped people in our community affected by
home fires by addressing their urgent needs for food and lodging and providing
recovery support. Meanwhile, when large disasters like the Western wildfires,
coastal hurricanes, tornadoes and floods devastated families in other parts of the
country last year, volunteers from our community were among the thousands of
Red Cross workers — 90 percent of them volunteers — who left their homes to
work alongside partners to provide refuge, food, relief items, emotional support,
recovery planning and other assistance; and
WHEREAS, we applaud the American Red Cross' mission to prevent and alleviate human
suffering in the face of emergencies, and our community depends on the American
Red Cross, which relies on volunteers and the generosity of the public to perform
its mission;
NOW THEREFORE, be it proclaimed by the Board of County Commissioners of Collier County,
Florida, that March be designated as
AMERICAN RED CROSS MONTH
IN COLLIER COUNTY
DONE AND ORDERED THIS 23rd Day of March, 2021.
�y�, ^ BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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