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Coffee County Board proclaims September as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
Summary
At its Aug. 28 meeting the Coffee County Board of Education read a proclamation supporting a local childhood cancer awareness group and noted a Sept. 26 silent auction to raise funds for affected families.
The Coffee County Board of Education read and presented a proclamation at its Aug. 28 regular meeting declaring September as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and invited public support for a local nonprofit that assists children diagnosed with cancer.
The resolution, read during the meeting, said the Coffee County Childhood Cancer Awareness Group’s goal is to assist children in Coffee and surrounding counties who have been diagnosed with cancer and to increase public awareness. It noted continued research and new treatments are needed and cited a global estimate — “more than 300,000 children diagnosed with cancer each year” — and that cancer is a leading cause of death past infancy for U.S. children.
Board members asked for a motion to approve the proclamation and then moved on to other agenda items. A representative of the childhood cancer awareness group told the board the organization began in 2011 and will hold a silent auction on Sept. 26 to raise funds to assist families and cover needs not met by medical aid.
The group representative said the silent auction draws donated items from local businesses and individuals and that proceeds help families affected in Coffee County and nearby communities. The proclamation text urges school administrators and employees to support the group’s fundraising and awareness efforts.
No final roll-call vote on the proclamation is recorded in the provided transcript excerpt.
The board scheduled no additional public hearing on the proclamation during the portion of the meeting captured in the transcript.
