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RESOLUTION NO.
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A RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING THE MONTH OF MARCH 1993
AS CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME AWARENESS MONTH
WHEREAS, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is a debilitating
illness which frequently affects people of all ages, interrupting
education and employment, interfering with family responsibilities
and extracting the enjoyment from life; and
WHEREAS, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is characterized by profound
fatigue, flu-like symptoms and cognitive problems which worsen with
minimal exercise, may last for years, and are often of sufficient
severity to qualify patients for Social Security disability; and
WHEREAS, the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for
Disease Control have been investigating CFS and estimate that tens
of thousands of Americans suffer from this syndrome; and
WHEREAS, the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Association of Minnesota
is devoted to increasing knowledge and ~nderstanding about CFS by
providing scientifically reliable information to patients, the
general public and the medical community in order to combat
misinformation about the syndrome, and supports research into its
cause and cure.
NOW, THERE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City
of Shorewood do hereby proclaim the month of March 1993, as Chronic
Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Month in the City of Shorewood.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that copies of this proclamation be
transmitted to the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Association of
Minnesota as evidence of our esteem.
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Shorewood this 22nd
day of February 1993.
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