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PROCLAMATION
AMERICAN RED CROSS MONTH 2021
WHEREAS, March is American Red Cross Month, a special time to honor the kindness of our volunteers
and neighbors who aid families in need every day in Danville, across the United States and around the world
as they carry out the organization’s 140-year mission of preventing and alleviating suffering; and
WHEREAS, despite the difficult challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, people have stepped up
to help others in need, whether it was responding to this year’s record-breaking wildfires and hurricanes
across the country, rolling up their sleeves to give blood when our country faced a severe blood shortage or
supporting local partners to address urgent COVID-19 needs in our communities; and
WHEREAS, last year in Contra Costa County, local families affected by 115 home fires, relied on American
Red Cross volunteers for comfort and hope, providing emotional support, addressing immediate needs and
helping families recover with emergency financial assistance or community resources; Contra Costa County
residents donated 17,350 units of lifesaving blood; 3,459 local community members took classes to learn
skills that save lives; 719 military members and their families received support and services; and
humanitarian aid was provided internationally; and
WHEREAS, nearly 200 years since the birth of American Red Cross founder Clara Barton, we dedicate this
month of March to all those who continue to advance her noble legacy and support the American Red Cross
mission to prevent and alleviate human suffering in the face of emergencies; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the Danville Town Council does hereby proclaim the month of March 2021 as American
Red Cross Month in the Town of Danville, and encourages all its citizens to support this organization, its
noble humanitarian mission and our hometown heroes who help people in need.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands this 16th day of March 2021.
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RENEE S. MORGAN, MAYOR
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KAREN G. STEPPER, COUNCILMEMBER ROBERT STORER, COUNCILMEMBER
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NEWELL ARNERICH, VICE MAYOR DAVID FONG, COUNCILMEMBER