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DREAM EXTREME
REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR
AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: ROBERT A. BRADY
CITY MANAGER
DATE: MARCH 24, 2009
SUBJECT: NATIONAL DONATE LIFE PROCLAMATION
Discussion
The City was asked to acknowledge April as National Donate Life Month with a
proclamation signed by the mayor. The proclamation will be mailed upon approval.
Recommendation
Approve the proclamation for mailing to Donate Life.
Prepared by:
Approved by:
Jessica GuzmaR�09
Office Specialist
Robert A. Brady
City Manager
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WHEREAS, organ, tissue, marrow and blood donations are life - giving acts
recognized worldwide as expressions of compassion to those in need; and
WHEREAS, more than 100,000 individuals nationwide and more than 20, 000 in
California are currently on the national organ transplant waiting list; and
WHEREAS, more than 600, 000 units of blood per year are needed to meet the
need in California; and
WHEREAS, a single individual's donation of the heart, lungs, liver, kidneys,
pancreas and small intestine can save up to eight lives; donation of tissue can save and
heal the lives of up to fifty others; and a single blood donation can help three people in
need; and
WHEREAS, California residents can sign up with the Donate Life California
Registry when applying for or renewing their driver's licenses or ID cards at the
California Department of Motor Vehicles; and
WHEREAS, nearly five million Californians have signed up with the state -
authorized Donate Life California Registry to ensure their wishes to be organ and tissue
donors are honored. Millions of lives each year are saved and healed by donors of
organs, tissues, marrow and blood.
Now, therefore, the Mayor and City Council of the City of Lake Elsinore, this 24` day
of March 2009, do hereby proclaim the month ofApri12009 as "DMY /Donate Life
California Month" and encourage residents to check "YES! " when renewing or
applying for their driver's license or I.D. card, or by signing up at
www. don a teLIFEca lifo rn ia. org.
ROBERT E. MAGEE MAYOR
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