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PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS,in the United States,nearly 30 million people -including 692,311 people in
Arizona -have diabetes,a serious disease with potentially life-threatening complications
such as heart disease,stroke,blindness,kidney disease and amputation;and
WHEREAS,an additional 86 million people in the United States are at risk for developing
type 2 diabetes;and
WHEREAS,recent estimates project that as many as one in three American adults will
have diabetes by 2050 if current trends continue;and
WHEREAS,an increase in community awareness is necessary to put a stop to the diabetes
epidemic;and
WHEREAS,I,Linda M.Kavanagh,Mayor of the Town of Fountain Hills,Arizona,do
hereby proclaim November 2015 as AMERICAN DIABETES MONTH in Fountain Hills.I
encourage all Americans to recognize American Diabetes Month and be part of the
American Diabetes Association's Stop Diabetes movement to confront,fight and,most
importantly,change the future of this deadly disease.
-thDatedThis5 day of November,2015
Anda M.Kavahagh,Mayor
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