CARL J, SMITH MAYOR

TOWN COUNCIL

MICHAEL PERKIS, MAYOR PRO·TEM

HARTLEY COOPER

JERRY KAYNARD

MADELEINE MCGEE

PATR ICK O'NEIL

MARY J ANE WATSON

TOWN OF SULLIVAN'S ISLAND

PROCLAMATION

ANDY BENKE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR

JASON BLANTON COM PTR OLLER

LAWRENCE A. DODDS TOWN ATTORNEY

GREG GRESS WATER AND SEWER MANAGER

DANIELS. HOWARD CHIEF OF POLICE

ELLEN MILLER TOWN CLERK

RANDY ROBINSON BUILD ING OFFICIAL

M. ANTHONY STITH FIRE CHIEF

WHEREAS, in 2012 an estimated 43,920 people will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in the

United States and 94 percent of pancreatic cancer patients die within the first five years of diagnosis; and

WHEREAS, pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers, is the fourth leading cause of cancer

death in the United States, and approximately 570 deaths will occur in South Carolina in 2012; and

WHEREAS, of all the racial/ ethnic groups in the United States, African Americans have the highest

incidence rate of pancreatic cancer; and

WHEREAS, there is no cure for pancreatic cancer, there have been no significant improvements in

survival rates in the last 40 years, and federal funding for pancreatic cancer research is significantly less

than the other leading cancer killers; and

WHEREAS, the Pancreatic Cancer Action network is the first and only national patient advocacy

organization that serves the pancreatic cancer community in Sullivan's Island and nationwide by focusing

its efforts on public policy, research funding, patient services, and public awareness and education

related to developing effective treatments and a cure for pancreatic cancer,

NOW THEREFORE, I Carl J. Smith, by virtue of the authority vested in me as Mayor of the Town of

Sullivan's Island, do hereby proclaim the month of November 2012 as

PANCREATIC CANCER AWARENESS MONTH

in the Town of Sullivan's Island, South Carolina.

ith, Mayor

Ellen Miller, Town Clerk

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