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MAYORAL PROCLAMATION
ARTHRITIS AWARENESS MONTH
MAY, 2009
WHEREAS, Arthritis encompasses more than 100 different diseases and
conditions affecting joints, the surrounding tissues and other connective tissues.
Arthritis causes severe pain, immobility, joint destruction, total disability, blindness,
organ damage, organ failure and even death; and
WHEREAS, 46 million Americans have been diagnosed by a doctor with arthritis,
with 300,000 cases being children; and in Montana alone there are 212,000 adults .and
900 children who have arthritis; and
WHEREAS, the Arthritis Foundation is the .only nationwide, nonprofit health
organization .helping people take greater control of arthritis by leading efforts to
prevent, control and cure arthritis and related...diseases -the 'nation's most common
cause of disability; and
WHEREAS, the month of May brings ..focused efforts by the Arthritis Foundation `'
to increase awareness of this disease and offer greater information about the proven`
treatments, programs and services available to help people with arthritis take control
ofthese diseases;
NOW THEREFORE, I, Kaaren Jacobson, Mayor of the City of Bozeman, in the
State of Montana do hereby proclaim the month"of May as
Arthritis Awareness :Month
and urge all citizens join. in support of the Arthritis Foundation to learn more about
the services available to take control of this disease, and make informed choices about
arthritis care in pursuit of a happy, healthy lifestyle.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the great seal of
the City of Bozeman, in the State of Montana, to be affixed at Bozeman, Montana,
this 27t day of April, in the year two thousand nine. _ ~v~
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Kaaren Jacobs n, Mayor
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