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Gynecological Cancer Awareness Day
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WHEREAS, gynecologic cancer is the fourth largest cancer killer of women in the United States and more than 80,000 will be diagnosed this year alone; and WHEREAS, the good health and we…
Youth Soccer Month
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WHEREAS, Youth Soccer Month is dedicated to increasing awareness of the benefits of playing youth soccer in America; and WHEREAS, Youth Soccer Month communicates the importance of physi…
We Card Awareness Month
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WHEREAS, Alabama law prohibits the sale of tobacco products to people under the age of 19; and WHEREAS, We Card Awareness Month is a retail education and training effort to boost Alabam…
Recovery Month
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WHEREAS, mental illnesses, substance use disorders and co-occurring disorders affect millions of individuals, as well as their concerned families and friends; and WHEREAS, approximately…
Polio Awareness Month
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WHEREAS, polio survivors experience Post-Polio Syndrome (PPS), the unexpected and often disabling symptoms, overwhelming fatigue, muscle weakness, muscle and joint pain, sleep disorders…
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
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WHEREAS, according to the American Cancer Society, there will be an estimated 11,630 children under the age of 15 diagnosed with cancer in 2013, and there will be an estimated 1,310 dea…
Chiari Malformation Awareness Month
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WHEREAS, Chiari Malformation (CM) is a serious neurological disorder affecting more than 300,000 people in the United States; first identified by Austrian pathologist Professor Hans Chi…
Charcot-Marie-Tooth Awareness Week
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WHEREAS, Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) is a severe medical condition that affects approximately 145,000 Americans and 1,900 Alabamians; and WHEREAS, CMT is the most commonly inherited perip…
Ride4Gabe Day
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WHEREAS, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is the number one genetic killer of young boys in America; and WHEREAS, there is a tremendous need to raise awareness for this disease, becaus…
National WW II Merrill’s Marauder Day
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WHEREAS, in 1943, almost 3,000 men from the jungles of Panama and Trinidad, Guadalcanal, New Guinea, New Georgia and the United States answered President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s call …