Mayor declares Prostate Cancer Awareness Month

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PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS, September is national Prostate Cancer Awareness Month; and

WHEREAS, prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in men; recognizing that while all men are at risk for prostate cancer, African American men have the highest incidence and mortality of prostate cancer in the world; and

WHEREAS, there will be an estimated 299,010 new cases of prostate cancer nationally in the year of 2024, and there will be over 35,250 deaths from prostate cancer in this same year; about one man in eight will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime according to the American Cancer Society; and

WHEREAS, in 2024 it is estimated that in Washington State, 6,350 new cases of prostate cancer will be diagnosed, and there will be 880 deaths from prostate cancer; and

WHEREAS, Us TOO Friday Harbor provides programs and materials to advocate and educate men to have an informed discussion with their healthcare provider about prostate cancer by age 50 and by age 45 if they have a family history of the cancer or are African American.

NOW THEREFORE, I,  Raymont C. Jackson, by virtue of the authority vested in me as Mayor, do hereby proclaim September as

Prostate Cancer Awareness Month

Further, I encourage all citizens to raise awareness about this illness, the importance of screening and treatment, and to lend our support to family, friends, and neighbors whose lives have been touched by this disease.

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the Town of Friday Harbor to be affixed this 5th day of September 2024.

Raymont C. Jackson, Mayor