National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month is an annual national health campaign organized by major childhood
History
In September 2019, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) introduced a resolution to recognize September 2019 as "National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month" after being inspired by a student at George Washington High School, in Charleston, West Virginia. The resolution passed with unanimous consent on September 26, 2019.[1]
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Prior to the proclamation, the United States Senate passed the Allard-Clinton "National Childhood Cancer Awareness Day" Resolution on May 23, 2008. The resolution, introduced by United States Senators Wayne Allard (R-CO) and Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY), recognized September 13, 2008, as National Childhood Cancer Awareness Day.[5]
An initial proclamation was signed in 1990 by
References
- ^ "Congressional Record". www.congress.gov. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
- ^ Obama, Barack (31 Aug 2012). "Presidential Proclamation -- National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, 2012". Obama White House. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ^ Obama, Barack (31 Aug 2015). "Presidential Proclamation -- National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, 2015". Obama White House. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ^ Obama, Barack (1 Sep 2016). "Proclamation 9483 - National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, 2016" (Vol. 81 No. 174.). United States Government Publications. pp. 62345–62348. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ^ Clinton, Hillary Rodham; Allard, Wayne (23 May 2008). "S. Res. 563. Congressional Record. p3066. Senate Passes Allard-Clinton 'National Childhood Cancer Awareness Day' Resolution". United States Congress. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ^ Peters, Gerhard; Woolley, John T. (30 Oct 1990). "Proclamation 6220—National Awareness Month for Children With Cancer, 1990". The American Presidency Project. Retrieved 24 May 2017.