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RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING SOLUTI NO. 2005132
JANUARY AS NATIONAL VOLUNTEER
BLOOD DONOR. MONTH
WHEREAS, Volunteer Blood Donor Month has been declared n tbnallyd since 1970 to help ensure
n adequate blood suppry and to stress the importance of giving the „Gift of I fe" through the donation
of bloods and
WHEREAS, Volunteer Blood Donor Hoath is a month-long observance that shows us that
don,ating blood is a simple, safe, life-saving and selfless gift that millions of Americans can dos and
WHEREAS, Volunteer Blood Donor Month :makes us sears that every day blood is needed in
;hospitals and -emergency treatment facilities for patients with cancer and other diseases, for organ
transplant recipients, and to save the lives of accident victims; and
WHEREAS, Volunteer Blood Donor Month addresses the need for constant replenishment of
blood, espedaly during the winter months when blood is traditionally in short supply due to
reduction in donor turnout because of th hofldays, busy travel schedules, inclement weather and
iflness which can put blood Inventory at a critical low; and
WHEREAS, Volunteer Blood DonorMonth helps us understand that sixty percent of the U
population is ligible to dona' to.blood but ony about five percent dos co tr uti annual total of
about 1 million € nit , that ue are transfused to approximately four million l i s and
WHEREAS, Volunteer Blodd Donor Month is a joint effort bythe Arnerican Red rd a the
American Association of glood Barks (AA )9 and America's Blood Centers that h6V6 a goal to
cis€l ct 1.25 million units of blood during Januarys 2005.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVEDthat the Board f Supwvisors of Contra Costa County does
hereby proclaim the Month of January as
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PASSED by a umanimous vote of the Board of Supervisors this I6 t day of January, 2005.
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MARK DESAULNIER FEDIERAL Da GLOVER
jsr_-bct IV S,anerviscr District V Supervisor
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AYL .. `i , chair
Districtll supenrissot
a erevy certify f iat.he foregoing is a true aii.d correct copy of an Order
enteredn-to flit.mutes of'the Board of Supervisors car_the dale Aforesaid.
Jahr:Sweeter,County Ad:�imis:rator and Clerk of tie Burd of
Supervisors.
By x
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Deputy Clark