HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 02261991 - 91-123 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY
IN THE MATTER OF RESOLUTION NO. 91/123
Proclaiming March 16, 1991
as"Erin Hart Day"in
Contra Costa County
WHEREAS,Erin Hart, 4 years old, resides in the City of Antioch with her
parents, John and Kathy Hart, and younger sister Kelly; and
WHEREAS,Erin suffers from Pulmonary Hypertension and Septal
Ventricular Defect; and
WHEREAS,in the month of March Erin will be undergoing the first
combined live-donor lung transplant and open-heart surgery of its kind at Stanford Medical
Center,which will entail a minimum recuperation period of three months; and
WHEREAS,Erin's father, John Hart,will be donating one-third of one of his
lungs to be grafted onto one of Erin's lungs; and
WHEREAS,the surgery, recuperation period and associated expenses for
both Erin and John Hart will substantially impact the Hart family's resources; and
WHEREAS,Supervisor Tom Torlakson and his staff have set up the Erin
Hart Trust Fund at East County Bank in the City of Antioch to help defray the
extraordinary expenses connected with this surgery; and
WHEREAS,Supervisor Torlakson will join the City of Antioch in sponsoring
both a Walk-a-Thon and a Bike-a-Thon as fund-raising events for the Erin Hart Trust Fund
at Antioch High School at 10:00 a.m. on March 16, 1991;
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED that the Contra Costa County
Board of Supervisors joins the City of Antioch in proclaiming March 16, 1991, as "Erin Hart
Day" in Contra Costa County.
PASSED by unanimous vote of the Board Members present on this 26th day
of February, 1991.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of an order
entered on the minutes of said Board of Supervisors of the date aforesaid.
Witness my hand and the Seal of the
Board of Supervisors affixed on
this 26th day of February, 1991.
Clerk of the Board
of Supervisors anO County Administrator
By: (1a
Deputy
Introduced by:
Tom Torlakson
Supervisor, District V