City of Pittsburgh - File #: 2004-0165

• File #: 2004-0165
• Version: 1
• Type: Proclamation
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 3/9/2004
• In control: City Council
• Enactment date: 3/9/2004
• Enactment #: 67
• Title: NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh, congratulates the American Cancer Society's Greater Pittsburgh Unit on being named NUMBER ONE IN THE NATION for the year 2003 Daffodil Days campaign, and wishes it even greater success with the 2004 campaign; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that March 16 to 21, 2004 be declared "DAFFODIL DAYS" in the City of Pittsburgh
• Sponsors: Alan Hertzberg, Gene Ricciardi, Len Bodack, Twanda Carlisle, Jim Motznik, William Peduto, Luke Ravensthal, Douglas Shields, Sala Udin
• Indexes: PROCLAMATION - MS. PAYNE

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/9/2004	1	City Council	Adopted	Pass

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      WHEREAS, cancer will strike approximately 70,800 people in Pennsylvania this year; and

      WHEREAS, 2004 marks the 31^st anniversary of the American Cancer Society's Daffodil Days Program; and

      WHEREAS, the daffodil is the first flower of spring, and since 1973 has been the American Cancer Society's symbol of hope that cancer can be beaten; and

      WHEREAS, in 2003 the American Cancer Society's Greater Pittsburgh Unit was NUMBER ONE IN THE NATION by raising $340,000.00, all of which benefits the Society's programs of cancer research, education and patient services; and

      WHEREAS, as of July 1, 2003, almost $25.6 million in research grants to fight cancer were in effect at institutions throughout Pennsylvania; and

      WHEREAS, this year March 16 to 21, 2004 are designated "Daffodil Days" with Jason Ross chairperson, and Sally Wiggin of WTAE-TV, for the seventeenth year, honorary chairwoman and over 200 resident volunteers  to help distribute and sell flowers during Daffodil Days; and;

      WHEREAS, sponsors for the 2004 Daffodil Days locally include Comcast, Oncology-Hematology Associates, Quest Diagnostics, Inc. and statewide the sponsor is UPS, Incorporated.

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NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh, congratulates the American Cancer Society's Greater Pittsburgh Unit on being named NUMBER ONE IN THE NATION for the year 2003 Daffodil Days campaign, and wishes it even greater success with the 2004 campaign; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that March 16 to 21, 2004 be declared "DAFFODIL DAYS" in the City of Pittsburgh