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National Blood Donor Month has been declared s1i1cc 1970 to help ensure an adequate blood .mpp/J' and to stress the 1i11p011ancc ofgini1g the "(;1/i of Lili:" through the donation ol bloo(/,· and
National Blood Donor Month is· a month-long obscrv;mcc that slwrvs us that donalliig blood i'i a .winplc, safi..� lifi:-:mni1g and a sc/Jlcss1pfi that 1111/liom olA111cn<.,1m can do; a11d e1·e1)'dar blood i,; needed Ii1 hospitals and emergenq treat111cnt fi1oliiics fcJr JN1ticnts rnih cancer and other di,eases, 1hr organ transplant rcojJicnt.s� and to save lives ol accident n<.•fiins; and
the 11ced i<Jr constant rcpfcm:s-Junent ol bloo(/, evJeciallJ' duni1g the rni1tcr 111onths when blood 1:'i trnd1iionallJ' 1i1 sh011 .mpp/J' due lo a reduction 1i1 donor turnout bec,wse of' the holidaJ:s� busJ' travel schcdule.s� 1iulc111cnt weather and cold and flu scas011, w/11d1 cw1 put blood 1iwent01)' al a 01i1<.,il lorr�· and
appHJ.ninateiJ' 6() percent olthe l !mied States population 1:s· cli1p/Jlc lo donate blood but 011/J' about 3 percent do, contnfmt1i1g ;w ;11111ual total olabout 13.6 n11flion umis to the Amen<.·;w Red Cross, that Iii tum arc tnmsfi1sed to approx1im1te/J' /J,S n11Jlion patie11t.s�· ;wd the A111en<.,ll1 Red C'ross provides -10 percent ol the nation'.,; blood supp/J' ;wd someone necdi; blood cvc1)' trvo seco11ds· 1i1 the l !micd States. l1Vc ded1<.';ltc 1/11:s· month o/J;uw;uJ' to all those rvho resq/vc to give the gifi olblood to help thc1i· ncighbon- 1i1 11ecd. 9J,{,;;,, :;?}J;;l'�J'e, �; cJf @1JJc,ft1er/ that I, A111J' T110111as Horv011h, Maror o/'the Cii}' of' Manhall;w Beach, Cdii<Jmia, on be/Jail of' the CiiJ' Counof and the residents of' Manlmtt;w JJcac/1, do herebJ·produin.f;wum)' 202/i, as
and urge all CJiizcns to pa}' tnbutc to those ;unong us who donate /hr othci:s· 1i1 need. I wgc oiizens 1i1 good health to donate n..'1:511/arly. I al,;o urge all civic ;wd sern<.·e organizations and bus1i1esses, 1/ lhl.')' have not a/read}' done so, to fcmn blood donor groups to provide blood i<Jr otheH.
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City Clerk Liza Tamura