PROCLAMATION  PDF found here: Childhood Cancer Proclamation 2020_Carbonear
CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
SEPTEMBER 2020
TOWN OF CARBONEAR

WHEREAS: THERE ARE ABOUT 10,000 CHILDREN LIVING WITH CANCER IN CANADA TODAY;
AND

WHEREAS: EACH YEAR, ABOUT 1600 CASES ARE DIAGNOSED; OVER 25 OF WHICH ARE CHILDREN IN NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR;

WHEREAS: IN CANADA, CHILDHOOD CANCER REMAINS RESPONSIBLE FOR MORE DEATHS FROM ONE YEAR THROUGH ADOLESCENCE THAN ANY OTHER DISEASE; AND

WHEREAS: ABOUT ONE IN FOUR CHILDREN WHO ARE DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER WILL DIE OF THE DISEASE;

WHEREAS: BECAUSE OF SIGNIFICANT ADVANCES IN THERAPY, 78% OF CHILDREN DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER WILL SURVIVE 5 YEARS OR MORE, AN INCREASE OF
ALMOST 46% SINCE THE EARLY 1960S.

WHEREAS: CHILDHOOD CANCERS HAVE CLOSE TO A 75% CURE RATE, WITH LEUKEMIA LEADING THE SUCCESS CHARGE WITH CLOSE TO 90% OVERALL CURE RATE.

NOW THEREFORE: I, FRANK BUTT, ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN OF CARBONEAR, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 2020 AS “C HILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH” IN THE TOWN OF CARBONEAR.

 

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