HomeMy WebLinkAbout1981-0407 MARCH OF DIMES WEEKPROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the citizens of Ashland share, with citizens the
nation over, concern for the welfare of this country's victims
of birth defects; and,
I~EREAS, the Walk America, which occurs this year on AprilI25,
provides support for the March of Dimes Foundation; and,
WHEREAS, the March of Dimes sponsors worldwide programs of
scientific research to serve patients.suffering from the crippling
effects of birth defects; and,
~EREAS, the Walk America is an event which each year unites
millions of volunteers from every corner of America and which,
with the dollars it raises, benefits the lives of so many more;
and,
WHEREAS, the researchers in theMarch of Dimes Foundation
have been the recipients of 25 Nobel Prizes for Research; and
WHEREAS, the March of Dimes is the only foundation that has
defeated the disease it originally set out to conquer polio -
and has now turned its research to conquering birth defects;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, L. Gordon Medaris, Mayor of Ashland, do
hereby proclaim the week of April 19 through 25, 1981, to be
"MARCH OF DIMES WALK AMERICA WEEK"
in and for the City of Ashland, and do hereby urge all citizens to
give full support, asthey have done so generously in the past, to
the programs of the March of Dimes Foundation, and to the untiring
efforts of its many volunteers.
IN WITNESS W]~EREOF, I have
hereunto set my hand'this
7~day of April, 1981.
L. Gordon Medarms
Mayor