City of Philadelphia - File #: 010137

• File #: 010137
• Version: 0
• Type: Privileged Resolution
• Status: ENACTED
• File created: 3/1/2001
• In control: CITY COUNCIL
• Final action: 3/1/2001
• Title: Proclaiming the month of March as the American Red Cross Month.
• Sponsors: Councilmember DiCicco, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Longstreth, Council President Verna, Council President Verna, Councilmember Mariano, Councilmember Ortiz, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember Cohen, Councilmember Cohen, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Krajewski, Councilmember Krajewski, Councilmember Miller, Councilmember Miller, Councilmember Clarke, Councilmember Clarke, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Nutter, Councilmember O'Neill

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
3/1/2001	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ
3/1/2001	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass
3/1/2001	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED

Title

Proclaiming the month of March as the American Red Cross Month.

Body

WHEREAS, The American Red Cross was founded in 1881 by Clara Barton, a woman selflessly devoted to the needs of humanity, and chartered in the City of

 Philadelphia in 1916; and

WHEREAS, Compassion, courage, character, civic duty - are inherent in the Red Cross mission to prevent and relieve human suffering, and the City of Philadelphia shares these grand ideals; and

WHEREAS, The Red Cross, chartered and authorized by Congress to act in times of need, providing compassionate assistance to people afflicted by personal, local or national disasters; and

WHEREAS, Red Cross volunteers from the Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter responded to more than 850 disasters last year- providing thousands of City residents with food, clothing, shelter and mental health support; and

WHEREAS, People have counted on the Red Cross for the information and skills they need to be safe at home, at work, at school and at play.  Last year, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter trained 310,000 people in lifesaving CPR and first aid, as well as the state-of-the-art Automatic External Defibrillator, which will save approximately 100,000 lives this year nationwide; and

WHEREAS, The American Red Cross reached more than 40,000 students in the School District of Philadelphia last year with some form of health, safety, leadership, or disaster education training; and

WHEREAS, The American Red Cross, through its Penn-Jersey Blood Region, provides lifesaving blood and blood products whenever and wherever needed - always with the safety of the blood supply as its number one priority; and

WHEREAS, In 1943, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt called upon the American people with this request: "... that during this month our people rededicate themselves to the splendid aims and activities of the Red Cross."

RESOLVED, Now, therefore, by virtue of  the authority vested in Council by the Charter of the great City of Philadelphia, do hereby proclaim March 2001 as American Red Cross Month.

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