City of SantaClara
WHEREAS, Childhood Cancer Awareness Month is a time to honor the courage of the hundreds of thousands of children who are facing cancer, survived cancer, or were taken too soon; and
WHEREAS, Childhood Cancer Awareness Month is a time to honor the courage of the hundreds of thousands of children who are facing cancer, survived cancer, or were taken too soon; and
WHEREAS, childhood cancer statistics reveal that one in 285 children in the United States will be diagnosed with cancer by their 20th birthday; on average, more than 290 children and adolescents in the U.S. are diagnosed with cancer every week; and WHEREAS, childhood cancer is the leading cause of death by disease for children in the United States and as a result of major treatment advances in recent decades, more than 85 percent of children with cancer now survive five years or more, compared to the five -year survival rate of approximately 58 percent in the mid-1970s; and
WHEREAS, the oncology department at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford has worked closely with Jacob’s Heart for the past 27 years as a trusted community partner in providing family -centered care that addresses the emotional, practical, and financial s truggles of families of children with cancer in the City of Santa Clara.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, LISA M. GILLMOR, by virtue of the authority vested in me as Mayor, and on behalf of the City of Santa Clara, do hereby proclaim the month of September, as
CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
in the City of Santa Clara and call upon the community to recognize the impacts of childhood cancer and work to support those affected.
Given under my hand and the Seal of the City of Santa Clara, California, this 22nd day of September 2026.
LISA M. GILLMOR
MAYOR, CITY OF SANTA CLARA
ALBERT GONZALEZ
VICE MAYOR, DISTRICT 1
RAJ CHAHAL
COUNCILMEMBER, DISTRICT 2
KAREN HARDY
COUNCILMEMBER, DISTRICT 3
KEVIN PARK
COUNCILMEMBER, DISTRICT 4
SUDS JAIN
COUNCILMEMBER, DISTRICT 5
KELLY G. COX
COUNCILMEMBER, DISTRICT 6
Proclamation