Office of the Mayor

Proclamation

Lawrence, Kansas

WHEREAS:  An unpredictable, often disabling disease of the central nervous system, multiple sclerosis (MS) disrupts the flow of information between and individual’s body and brain; and

WHEREAS:  MS affects an estimated 2.5 million worldwide, 400,000 in the United States and over 4,000 people living with MS in Kansas; and

WHEREAS:  Often first diagnosed in individuals aged 20-50, MS is the most common neurological disease leading to disability in young adults; and

WHEREAS:  March 12 – 16, 2012, the National MS Society will sponsor MS Awareness Week for the City of Lawrence; and

WHEREAS:  The mission of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society is to mobilize people and resources to drive research for a cure and to address the challenges of everyone affected by MS;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Aron Cromwell, Mayor of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, do hereby proclaim March 12 – 16, 2012 as

Multiple sclerosis awareness week

in the City of Lawrence and encourage everyone to recognize efforts to diagnose, treat, and manage this disorder and commend this observance to all our citizens.

                                                Aron Cromwell, Mayor

March 13, 2012