HomeMy WebLinkAbout047 American Red Cross Month 2020
Proclamation
WHEREAS,
WHEREAS,
history of helping our neighbors in need; and
In the past year, the Red Cross of Silicon Valley assisted with 121
local disasters, helped save lives through its Home Fire Campaign,
and worked with community partners to install 2,487 smoke
alarms and make 722 households safer; and
WHEREAS,
the Red Cross volunteers and donors who give of their time and
resources to help members of the community, and we applaud our
heroes here in the City of Cupertino who give themselves to assist
their neighbors when they need a helping hand; and
WHEREAS,
support to victims of disasters; supplies about 40 percent of the
nation’s blood; teaches skills that save lives; provides international
humanitarian aid; and supports military members and their
families; and
WHEREAS,
American Red Cross mission to prevent and alleviate human
suffering in the face of emergencies.
THEREFORE,
hereby proclaim March 2020 as
American Red Cross Month
And encourage the City of Cupertino and all Americans to support this organization and
its noble humanitarian mission.
IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the City of
Cupertino to be affixed this Tuesday, March Third, Two Thousand and Twenty.
____________________________
Steven M. Scharf
Mayor