Proclamation
City of Longview, Washington
“Kiwanis Children’s Cancer Cure Month”
WHEREAS, Kiwanis International was founded on January 2, 1915; and,
WHEREAS, since its inception, Kiwanis International has grown in over 90
countries worldwide; and,
WHEREAS, the Men and Women of the Pacific Northwest District of Kiwanis
International have exhibited a deep sense of pride in Community by serving the needs of
family and children worldwide; and,
WHEREAS, the Pacific Northwest District of Kiwanis International has,
effective October 1, 2010, initiated the multi-year District wide Service Project, Kiwanis
Children’s Cancer Cure Program; and,
WHEREAS, this Program will fund the Kiwanis Children’s Cancer Fellowships,
allowing physicians to seek cures for currently untreatable forms of cancer; and,
WHEREAS, the Kiwanis Clubs of the Pacific Northwest will collaborate with
Doernbecher Children’s Hospital in Portland, the Seattle Children’s Hospital and the
Vancouver, B.C. Children’s Hospital; and
WHEREAS, the local Kiwanis Clubs are the epitome of their defining statement
“Kiwanis is a Global Organization of Volunteers Dedicated to Changing the World One
Child and One Community at a Time”.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, I, Kurt Anagnostou, Mayor of Longview,
on behalf of the City Council, coinciding with Pacific Northwest District of Kiwanis
International’s Children’s Cancer Cure Program hereby proclaim ;
FEBRUARY 2011 as
“Kiwanis Children’s Cancer Cure Month”
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand
and caused the seal of the City of Longview to be
affixed this 13th day of January 2011.
Kurt Anagnostou, Mayor