CITY OF FRESNO
____________________________________________ __________________________________________ JERRY DYER, Honorable Mayor TYLER MAXWELL, Council President
_____________________________________________ __________________________________________ ANNALISA PEREA, Council Vice President MIKE KARBASSI, Councilmember, District 2
_____________________________________________ __________________________________________ MIGUEL ARIAS, Councilmember, District 3 LUIS CHAVEZ, Councilmember, District 5
_____________________________________________ __________________________________________ GARRY BREDEFELD, Councilmember, District 6 NELSON ESPARZA, Councilmember, District 7
Office of Council President Tyler Maxwell
Is hereby presented to the:
American Heart Association of
Central Valley/Kern County
WHEREAS, The American Heart Association is a nonprofit organization that funds cardiovascular medical research and educates the public on healthy living. Their mission is to be an unrelenting force for a world of longer, healthier lives; and
WHEREAS, The American Heart Association will be celebrating its hundredth year of advocacy, research, and dedication to saving lives in 2024; and
WHEREAS, Cardiovascular disease affects men, women, and children of every age and race and is the leading cause of death in the United States; and
WHEREAS, In 2015, cardiovascular disease accounted for $555 billion in health care expenditures and lost productivity. By 2035, cardiovascular disease will account for $1.093 trillion in health care expenditures and lost productivity annually; and
WHEREAS, The global COVID -19 pandemic poses a significantly high risk to individuals with cardiovascular disease and has negatively impacted our society’s heart health; and
WHEREAS, The American Heart Association’s “Go Red for Women” movement motivates women to learn their family’s history and to meet with a health care provider to determine their risk for cardiovascular diseases and stroke; and
WHEREAS, By increasing awareness, speaking up about heart disease, and empowering individuals to reduce their risk for cardiovascular disease, we can help save thousands of lives each year.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that we, Mayor Jerry Dyer and the Fresno City Council, do hereby proclaim the month of February to be:
American Heart Month
in the City of Fresno
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and
affixed the Great Seal of the City of Fresno, California, this 9 th
day of February of the Year Two Thousand and Twenty-three.