Assembly Concurrent Resolution
No. 147
CHAPTER 40
Relative to the American Red Cross.
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Filed with
Secretary of State
April 05, 2000.
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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
ACR 147, Correa.
Red Cross Month.
This measure would recognize the month of March 2000 as Red Cross Month.
Digest Key
WHEREAS, The American Red Cross in the State of California is always there, under the same trusted symbol, serving our community and touching more lives in new ways by providing life-saving information, training, and disaster relief to individuals and families for more than 100 years; and
WHEREAS, The American Red Cross is a leading voluntary agency meeting the needs of individuals and families affected by personal emergencies and disasters; and
WHEREAS, The American Red Cross is designated by the Congress of the United States in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1) of Title 36 of the United States Code, originally enacted by Congress in 1905, as the lead voluntary agency responsible for national and international relief in time of peace and in mitigating the sufferings caused by pestilence, famine, fire, floods, and other great national calamities, and in devising and carrying on measures for preventing those sufferings; and
WHEREAS, Last year, the American Red Cross trained 819,886 people throughout the state in essential skills such as first aid, CPR, and water safety, and provided HIV and AIDS prevention education and disaster preparedness information, saving untold numbers of lives; and
WHEREAS, March has been designated as Red Cross Month by proclamation of the President of the United States to celebrate the achievement of the American Red Cross in the services it provides to communities nationwide; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature of the State of California takes this opportunity to recognize the American Red Cross as the lead agency to help families prepare for a disaster and to meet the immediate needs of individuals affected by disaster and a leading voluntary agency training families in CPR, HIV and AIDS prevention education, and in providing other services, including a youth services program; and be it further
Resolved, That the Legislature of the State of California urges that the residents of the State of California acknowledge and support the ongoing contribution of the American Red Cross in helping our families prevent, prepare for, and respond to, emergencies and disasters during Red Cross Month and throughout the year; and be it further
Resolved, That the Legislature recognizes the Month of March 2000 as Red Cross Month; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the California headquarters of the American Red Cross.