PROCMS Awareness Week Executed North City of Worth Augusta,
Augusta -=' South Carolina
South Carolina's Riverfront
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neurological disease of the central nervous system,
affecting 2.3 Million people worldwide, and each hour someone is newly diagnosed; and
WHEREAS, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society — Greater Carolinas Chapter reports
that in our state more than 13,000 people are diagnosed with MS, and that the disease generally strikes people
in the prime of life, between ages 20 through 50, and causes unpredictable effects in which the progression,
severity and specific symptoms cannot be foreseen, and the cause and cure for this often debilitating disease
remain unknown;and
WHEREAS, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society — Greater Carolinas Chapter is
committed to a world free of MS, heightening public knowledge about and insight into the disease;and
WHEREAS, since 1946 the National Multiple Sclerosis Society has been a driving force of
MS research, relentlessly pursuing prevention, treatment and a cure and has invested more than 868 million
dollars in groundbreaking research; and
WHEREAS,funds raised through the National Multiple Sclerosis Society fuel the efforts of
nearly 380 research projects globally totaling 50.6 million dollars annually at the best medical centers,
universities and other institutions throughout the United States and abroad. Because of this MS research has
never been more hopeful than it is today; and
WHEREAS, discovering the cause,finding a cure, and preventing future generations from
being diagnosed with MS is an important task that all Americans and South Carolinians should support; and
WHEREAS, the City of North Augusta, South Carolina recognizes the importance of finding
the cause and cure of MS, a chronic and often devastating disease, and expresses its appreciation and
admiration for the dedication that the National Multiple Sclerosis Society — Greater Carolinas Chapter has
shown toward a future free of MS.
I, Lark W. Jones, Mayor of the City of North Augusta, South Carolina do hereby proclaim
March 2-8, 2015, as:
MS AWARENESS WEEK
in the City of North Augusta, South Carolina and do ask all citizens to participate in the celebration of this
week. I encourage all South Carolinians to learn more about multiple sclerosis and what they can do to
support individuals with MS and their families.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the City of
North Augusta, South Carolina, to be affixed this Z^Ql day of h1arck , 2015.
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