Proclamation
March is American Red Cross Month, a special time to honor the kindness of our neighbors who aid families in need every day in Manhattan Beach, across the United States and around the world. Their dedication touches millions of lives each year as they carry out the organization’s 140 -year mission of preventing and alleviating suffering; and
people have stepped up to help others in need, whether it was responding to this year’s record-breaking disasters across the country or rolling up their sleeves to give blood when our country faced a severe blood shortage; and families have relied on Disaster Response volunteers for comfort and hope while coping with home fires and other disasters. The American Red Cross volunteers serving Greater Long Beach, South Bay, Metro & Southeast Los Angeles have supported local families in other ways too: including supplying local hospitals with blood and convalescent plasma as a treatment for COVID-19, and nearly 200 years since the birth of American Red Cross founder, Clara Barton, we dedicate this month of March to all those who continue to advance her noble legacy, and we ask others to join in their commitment to care for people in need.
Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved that I, Hildy Stern, Mayor of the City of Manhattan Beach, California, on behalf of the City Council and the residents of Manhattan Beach, do hereby proclaim the month of March 2022 as
American Red Cross Month
and encourage all Americans to reach out and support its humanitarian mission.
Dated this 1
st
day of March, 2022.
Whereas,
Whereas,
Whereas,
MAYOR HILDY STERN
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK LIZA TAMURA
Whereas,