RESOLUTION NO. 991280
Designating Friday,
October 29, 1999, as Vicki Noteis Cancer Survivor Day in Kansas City and
encouraging City employees to wear pink ribbons to work to help raise awareness
and funds for Breast Cancer Research to be donated to the Susan G. Komen Breast
Cancer Foundation in Vicki Noteis honor.
WHEREAS, Vicki
Noteis Cancer Survivor Day is set for Friday, October 29, 1999. Vicki Noteis,
Director of the Citys Planning and Development Department, was diagnosed with
breast cancer in 1999, has received treatment for breast cancer and is
surviving today thanks to the love of her family, the health care she has
received and the support of her friends and co-workers with the City of Kansas
City, Missouri; and
WHEREAS, breast
cancer is the most common cancer in American women and every woman is at risk
for breast cancer. One in eight women will develop breast cancer in her
lifetime and the number of women getting breast cancer is increasing, with the
greatest increase occurring in younger women; and
WHEREAS, many
other City employees are also either breast cancer survivors themselves or know
of someone who has survived breast cancer, or having lost their lives to breast
cancer, live on in the memories of those that love them; and
WHEREAS, early
detection of breast cancer through breast self-examination or annual screening
mammography increases chances for survival; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY
THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY;
That the Mayor
and Council hereby designate October 29, 1999, as Vicki Noteis Cancer Survivor
Day in Kansas City and encourage City employees to wear pink ribbons to work to
help raise awareness and funds for breast cancer research; and
BE IT FURTHER
RESOLVED, that a copy of this Resolution be spread upon the Minutes of the
Council in testimony thereof and that copies hereof be given to Bernita
Cauthon, Operations Manger in the Action Center and Michelle Maslow, Secretary
with the Foster Grandparent Program, Neighborhood and Community Services
Department in appreciation for their efforts in the fight against breast
cancer.
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