Agenda 11/10/2025 Item # 4A (Proclamation designating November 14, 2025, as Diabetes Awareness Day in Collier County. To be accepted by Tami Balavage, President and Founder, Help a Diabetic Child.)PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, November is National Diabetes month and November 14, 2025, is World Diabetes Day,
marking the day to raise public awareness of the importance of education regarding
diabetes and the complications the disease can cause; and
WHEREAS, Collier County community partners, healthcare providers, researchers, and academia join
to support and promote efforts to manage diabetes; and
WHEREAS, thirteen percent of Florida adults have diabetes and 39 percent have pre-diabetes; and
WHEREAS, the American Diabetes Association reports that people with diabetes incur medical
expenses nearly 2.5 times higher than those without diabetes; and
WHEREAS, with proper care, diabetes of all types can be successfully managed, leading to a healthier
and more productive population of children and adults; and
WHEREAS, we wish to recognize John Cammett as a longstanding community leader in support of
programs that benefit Collier County residents dealing with diabetes and its complications;
NOW THEREFORE, be it proclaimed by the Board of County Commissioners of Collier County, Florida,
that November 14, 2025, be designated as
DIABETES AWARENESS DAY IN COLLIER COUNTY AND THAT JOHN CAMMETT BE
RECOGNIZED AS THE 2025 COLLIER COUNTY DIABETES CHAMPION
DONE AND ORDERED THIS 10th Day of November 2025.
Board of County Commissioners
Collier County, Florida
Burt L. Saunders, Chairman
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