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`GV'X�E�AS, the Nation, State of CaCfornza and City of Newport Beach observe �VorCdACzFieimer's
�l�fonth during the month of September,• and
�E�AS, ACzFieimer's disease, is a progressive neurodegenerative brain dz.rorder that tragicaCCy robs
individuaGs of their moments and Leads to progressive mentaCand pFiysicaCimpairments; and
`WX�E�AS, more than 84, 000 residents in Orange County and over S miCCion Americans are currentCy
Living witFiACzFieimer's da.sease; and
�1�R�AS, ACzFieimer's disease is the third Leading cause of death in Orange County and sixtFi Leading
cause in the nation; and
tit�'1gE4�AS, each year, famiCy caregivers provide 1,139 Flours of care per individual with ACzFieimer's
and working famiCy caregivers cost CaCfornia businesses $1.4 6iCCion in Cost productivity annuaCCy; and
�V'.HrE�AS, the mission of tFieACzheimer'sAssoczation Orange County is to provide hands-on care and
support, information, referraCs, education and resources for famiCaes in Orange County and surrounding
areas who experience memory Coss, ACzheimer's and other dementias, wFciCe advancing criticaC research
for a cure.
JVO`GV, 7XtE��'O�, I, Sevin J�tuldoon, Mayor of the City of Newport Beach, on 6eFiaCf of the
entire Newport Beach City CounciC, do Fiere6y proclaim September 2017 as
ZVO1�G 1� AG2�EI�►�lEl�,'SAZVAI��'�SS �to�v�
in the City of Newport Beach.
INZVI`I'N�SS tiV`,f�E�OF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the SeaCof the City of Newport
Beach to 6e aff xed this 2Sth day of,�uly, 2017.
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7�evin �l�luLdoon
Mayor