Proclamations
Gifted Education Month
Proclamations
WHEREAS, Alabama’s gifted children and youth are one of Alabama’s greatest assets; and WHEREAS, gifted students can be found in all ethnic, socioeconomic and cultural groups, and pr…
National Mentoring Month
Proclamations
WHEREAS, Alabama’s success depends upon every child succeeding in school and reaching their full potential in life, and these objectives are more easily met when young people possess …
Therapeutic Recreation Month
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WHEREAS, therapeutic recreation is the provision of treatment services and provision of recreation services to persons with illness or disabling conditions; and WHEREAS, therapeutic rec…
Rare Disease Day
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WHEREAS, there are nearly 7,000 diseases and conditions considered rare (each affecting fewer than 200,000 Americans) in the United States, according to the National Institutes of Healt…
Year of the Alabama Geological Society
Proclamations
WHEREAS, the Alabama Geological Society was established at meetings of professional geologists in 1963 and was chartered by the state of Alabama on November 1, 1964; and WHEREAS, geolog…
Women’s Heart Health Month
Proclamations
WHEREAS, heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, affecting men and women of every age and race; and WHEREAS, more than 64 million Americans suffer from one or …
Turner Syndrome Awareness Month
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WHEREAS, Turner syndrome is a non-inheritable disorder that affects one in 2,500 live female births; and WHEREAS, earlier diagnosis will help girls and women get a complete cardiac scre…
Tennis Week
Proclamations
WHEREAS, tennis is known as the sport for a lifetime, an international game played and enjoyed by millions worldwide; and WHEREAS, tennis is a family sport which provides recreation, ph…
Severe Weather Awareness Week
Proclamations
WHEREAS, the citizens of the State of Alabama have suffered significant effects from severe weather during the primary and secondary severe weather season over the years; and WHEREAS, p…
Ronald Reagan Day
Proclamations
WHEREAS, President Ronald Wilson Reagan, a man of humble background, worked throughout his life serving freedom and advancing the public good, having been employed as an entertainer, un…