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Tulsa County proclaims October 2025 as Oklahoma 4‑H Month and Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Summary
At its Oct. 6 meeting the Tulsa County Board of County Commissioners read and adopted proclamations recognizing National 4‑H Week/Oklahoma 4‑H Month and Breast Cancer Awareness Month; the board introduced two 4‑H Hall of Fame inductees and heard remarks from county staff, including a county accounting director who is a cancer survivor.
The Tulsa County Board of County Commissioners on Oct. 6 read and approved two proclamations recognizing youth and health initiatives. The board proclaimed October 2025 as National 4‑H Week and the month of October as Oklahoma 4‑H Month in Tulsa County, and it also proclaimed October 2025 as Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
At the 4‑H proclamation presentation county staff introduced two Hall of Fame inductees: Alice Geary and Luke Martin. The 4‑H proclamation text read on the record cited a Tufts University study on positive youth development and stated that 4‑H is one of the largest youth development organizations in Oklahoma, with nearly 200,000 members statewide and more than 400 local club members in Tulsa County (the proclamation said the county’s program reaches over 22,000 youth through school enrichment programming).
The board voted to adopt the 4‑H proclamation; Chief Fafney moved the motion and it was seconded and approved.
During the breast‑cancer proclamation Michael (county staff) highlighted Crystal Perry, the county’s director of accounting, as a breast‑cancer survivor and thanked her for leadership. The proclamation cited National Breast Cancer Institute statistics included in the read text: "one in eight women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime" and projected 2025 diagnoses cited in the text as 316,950 women and 2,800 men; it also cited a 99 percent five‑year survival rate when detected at the earliest stages. The proclamation noted that Tulsa County’s headquarters will be lit pink through October to show support.
Crystal Perry addressed the room about the importance of awareness and early detection and identified herself as a survivor. "I'm a survivor 5 years," she said. The board voted to accept and file the proclamation and to proceed with the lighting plan.
Both proclamations were adopted by the board; the actions were ceremonial recognitions and did not create new policy or appropriations.
