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Baker council adopts proclamations declaring July as Cord Blood Awareness and Healthy Vision months
Summary
The Baker City Council unanimously adopted two health-related proclamations during its meeting, declaring July 2025 as Cord Blood Awareness Month and Healthy Vision Month and urging public education, donations and routine eye care.
The Baker City Council adopted two proclamations during its meeting declaring July 2025 as Cord Blood Awareness Month and Healthy Vision Month.
The cord blood proclamation urges public education about donated cord blood stem cells, notes that donated units can be listed on a national registry and calls for volunteers and medical professionals to inform expecting mothers about donation. The Healthy Vision proclamation highlights routine eye exams, early detection and treatment of eye disease and asks local organizations to promote vision health.
Councilmember Dr. Charles Vincent moved adoption of the Healthy Vision proclamation; a second was recorded and the council adopted both proclamations by voice vote. Mayor Desiree Collins and council members including Rochelle Dunn and Cedric Murphy were listed in the proclamations’ signatory block.
The cord blood proclamation text described donated cord blood units as “a potential cure for patients fighting life‑threatening blood cancers and other diseases” and said such units “can be listed on the national Be‑the‑Match registry,” language included in the official proclamation read into the record. The Healthy Vision proclamation included a statement that more than 31,000,000 Americans experience vision loss that affects everyday activities and urged public education and screening.
Both proclamations invite “eye care professionals, members of the media and all organizations dedicated to preserving eyesight” and other local volunteers and medical professionals to participate in awareness activities, according to the proclamation texts read at the meeting.
A voice vote was taken for each proclamation; the presiding officer called for “ayes,” and the motions carried. The meeting record contains no additional formal actions tied to the proclamations beyond adoption.
The proclamations are ceremonial actions intended to raise awareness rather than create new rules or funding; the council did not attach a budget or an implementation plan to either proclamation during the meeting.
