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RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING RESOLUTION NO. 2005/32
JANUARY AS NATIONAL VOLUNTEER
BLOOD DONOR MONTH
WHEREAS, Volunteer Blood Donor Month has been declared nationally since 1970 to help ensure
an adequate blood supply and to stress the importance of giving the "Gift of Life" through the donation
of blood; and
WHEREAS, Volunteer Blood Donor Month is a month-long observance that shows us that
donating blood is a simple, safe, life-saving and selfless gift that millions of Americans can do; and
WHEREAS, Volunteer Blood Donor Month makes us aware 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, especially during the winter months when blbod is traditionally in short supply due to a
reduction in donor turnout because of>tha hol� d�iys busy travel schedules, inclement weather and
illness which can put blood inventory at a brltit✓el low; and
WHEREAS, Volunteer Blood Donor Month helps us understand that sixty percent of the US
population is eligible to donte; itsod but ony about five percent da, contrlbutir an annual total of
about 15 million units, that in turn are transfused to approximately four million p bents and
WHEREAS, VolunteJer.Blood Donor Month is a joint effort by the American Red Cross;, the
American Associatio of 0lood Banks (AABB), and America's Blood Centers that have a goal to
collect 1.25 million urlitt of blood during January, 2005.
NOW, THEREFORE. HE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa ounty does
hereby proclaim the Month of January as
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PASSED by a unanimous vote of the Board of Supervisors this 1 th day of January, 2005.
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District I Supervisor District III Superv' ' r
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MARK I)ESAtILNIER FEDEI~RAL D. CLOVER.
District IV Supervisor District V Supervisor
GA'YLE R.lAkEMA, Chair
District II Supervisor
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of an Order
entered into the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date aforesaid.
John Sweeten,County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of
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Deputy Clerk