HomeMy WebLinkAboutApprove Mayoral Proclamation declaring March Brain Injury Awareness Month
Commission Memorandum
REPORT TO: Honorable Mayor and City Commission
FROM: Aimee Kissel, Deputy City Clerk
Stacy Ulmen CMC, City Clerk
SUBJECT: Mayoral Proclamation declaring March Brain Injury Awareness Month
MEETING DATE: March 26, 2012
MEETING TYPE: Consent
RECOMMENDATION: Authorize Mayoral Proclamation declaring March Brain Injury
Awareness Month.
BACKGROUND: The Brain Injury Association of Montana requested that Mayor Becker
approve the attached Proclamation. Mayor Becker would like the Commission to join him in his
support.
ALTERNATIVES: As suggested by the City Commission.
Attachment: Mayoral Proclamation for Brain Injury Awareness
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MAYORAL
PROCLAMATION
Brain Injury Awareness Month
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WHEREAS, 1.7 million Americans sustain a traumatic brain injury each year; and,
WHEREAS, these injuries are largely the result of motor vehicle crashes, falls,
assaults, sporting-related injuries or occupational injuries; and,
WHEREAS, traumatic brain injury is the signature injury of the war in Iraq and
Afghanistan, presenting new challenges for members of the military
and their families; and,
WHEREAS, the Brain Injury Association of Montana offers education and support
to families and individuals with traumatic brain injury with
community integration and to live as independently as possible; and,
WHEREAS, March has been designated as Brain Injury Awareness Month to
promote public awareness on the extent, causes, consequences,
treatment, and prevention of traumatic brain injury.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that I, Sean Becker, Mayor of the City of
Bozeman, do hereby proclaim the month of March, 2012 as
Brain Injury Awareness Month
and call upon all citizens to recognize the Bozeman Brain Injury Support Group
and the Brain Injury Association of Montana for assisting individuals and families
living with brain injury; and I encourage everyone to seek information on
traumatic brain injury.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereto set my
hand and cause the Great Seal of the City to
be affixed this 26th
day of March, 2012.
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Mayor Sean Becker
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