ITEM: 5.1 AWARDS - PRESENTATIONS
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PROCLAIMING FEBRUARY 7 - 14, 2012 CONGENITAL HEART DEFECT AWARENESS WEEK
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CONGENITAL HEART DEFECT AWARENESS WEEK
WHEREAS, the health and well-being of our children is of paramount importance; and
WHEREAS, each year in the United States, approximately 40,000 babies are born with a congenital heart defect - that is an astounding 1 in 100 births; and
WHEREAS, the medical community has identified congenital heart defects as the leading cause of birth defect-related deaths; and
WHEREAS, due to the severity of defect, failure of timely detection, lack of heart transplant donors and insufficient medical intervention options, many children and adults die as a result of congenital heart defect; and
WHEREAS, medical research can provide more identifiable means of the origins and symptoms of congenital heart defects; and
WHEREAS, it is crucial that parents, pediatricians and all those in the health profession have a greater awareness of the potential for congenital heart defects among newborns and children; and
WHEREAS, Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week provides the opportunity for families and patients affected by this condition to share their experiences and knowledge with the public, so that we all may be made more aware of how this defect affects all our lives.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Blaine hereby proclaims February 7 - 14, 2012, Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week and encourages all Minnesotans to join in this special observance.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the City of Blaine to be affixed on this 19th day of January, 2012.