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RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING RESOLUTION NO. 2002/219
JUNE 2, 102 AS SCLERODERMA
AWARENESS MONTH
WHEREAS,Scleroderma is a chronic,degenerative disorder which leads to the over production of collagen in
the body's connective tissue, becoming most serious when it affects internal organs causing severe damage and
serious complications to the body's digestive, respiratory, circulatory and immune systems; and
WHEREAS, Scleroderma is estimated to affect nearly 500,000 Americans, with approximately 80% of its
victims women who are usually in the prime of their lives; and
WHEREAS, the Scleroderma Research Foundation funds and directs national research centers focused
exclusively on finding a cure, the closest of which is at the University of California at San Francisco; and
WHEREAS, locally, the Pleasanton Club of Lions International and the Bay Area Scleroderma.Support Group
continues to raise money to help fund Scleroderma research efforts;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE f RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County hereby
proclaim June 2002 as"Scleroderma Awareness Month" in Contra Costa County and encourages all residents to
become educated about Scleroderma and to support the efforts of the foundations and those sponsors who will
contribute funds to support research to find a cure.
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PASSED by a unanimous vote of the Board of Supervisors this 9th day of April, 2002.
JOHN°GIOIA, DON° ERBER .
Distrit I Supervisor District IIT Supervis
MARK DeSAULNI E FE ERAL D. GLOVER
District IV Supervisor District V Supervisor
GA .EILREMA
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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By
Deputy Clerk