Childhood Cancer Awareness Month - September 1 to 30, 2024

WHEREAS each year, approximately 237 Alberta children will be diagnosed with cancer and approximately 26 of those children will not make it; and

WHEREAS childhood cancer is the number one cause of disease-related deaths in Canadian children; and

WHEREAS 88 percent of children diagnosed with cancer will survive, but more than 75 percent of those children will live with permanent side-effects, which may include, but are not limited to, deafness, blindness, growth issues, motor impairments, cognitive difficulties, heart, kidney and fertility issues, psychological, neurological or endocrine disorders; and

WHEREAS September of each year is now officially recognized as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month in Alberta and across North America.

THEREFORE, I, Mayor William Choy of the Town of Stony Plain, do hereby proclaim September 1 to 30, 2024, as "Childhood Cancer Awareness Month".

Dated this 1st Day of September, 2024.

Mayor William Choy
Town of Stony Plain