Proclamation
A Proclamation of the City Council
of the City of Patterson Declaring April as
“Donate Life Month”
WHEREAS, For over 35 years, Donor Network West, the federally designated organ procurement organization for Northern California and Northern Nevada, has been working to save and heal lives through organ and tissue donation for transplantation and research; and
WHEREAS, In 2024, 493 organ donors and 2,590 tissue donors made 1,390 transplantations possible, each one saving and healing a life. Despite our progress, we continue to face a critical shortage of organ donors and the number of people in need of a transplant remains high; and
WHEREAS, Nationwide, there are more than 105,000 people waiting for a lifesaving organ transplant. In California, there are more than 20,000 people waiting to get that life-saving call and a second chance at life; In Stanislaus County, there are 324 people waiting for a lifesaving organ, and
WHEREAS, Donate Life Month is an opportunity to educate citizens about organ and tissue donation and transplantation, and is also a time to honor organ and tissue donors and families who inspire our community. Anyone can be an organ donor by registering at your local DMV or visiting the Donor Network West website. On behalf of Donor Network West, I’d like thank the City of Patterson for their continued support for organ and tissue donation and for joining us in observing National Donate Life Month; and
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that I, Michael Clauzel, by virtue of authority vested in me as Mayor of the City of Patterson, do hereby officially proclaim April as “Donate Life Month” in the City of Patterson.
IN WITNESS, HEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the official seal of the City of Patterson to be affixed this 1
st day of April 2025.
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Michael Clauzel, Mayor