Item B4
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date: October 20, 2004
Division:
BOCC
Bulk Item: Yes
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Department: DISTRICT 5
. AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Proclamation to declare October as Down Syndrome
Awareness Month in Monroe County.
ITEM BACKGROUND:
See attached proclamation. Proclamation will be received by
Dianne Russell of Laureate Beta Lambda
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APPROVED BY: County Atty _ OMBlPurchasing _ Risk Management_
DIVISION DIRECTOR APPROVAL:
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MAYOR Y E. NELSON
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DISPOSITION:
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WHEREAS, October is National Down Syndrome Awareness
Month; and
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WHEREAS, Down Syndrome is a developmental disorder
resulting from an extra number 21 chromosome and is the
most common trisomic abnormality that comes to full term;
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WHEREAS, one in 300 children is born with some
chromosome problem with one in 800 to 1,000 being born with
Down Syndrome affecting approximately 250,000 families in
the United States; and
NOH THEREFORE, by the power vested in me as Mayor of
Monroe County, Florida, I, Murray E. Nelson, do hereby
proclaim October as
DOWN SYNDROME AWARENESS MONTH
in Monroe County.
WITNESS my hand and seal of the County of Monroe, this
20th day of October, 2004.
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Mayor urray E. Nelson
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