WHEREAS, September of each year is recognized as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month throughout the nation; and

        WHEREAS, cancer is the leading cause of death by disease among U.S. children ages 0-14; and

        WHEREAS, over the past 20 years, there has been an increase in the incidence of children diagnosed with all forms of invasive cancer; and

        WHEREAS, nearly 5,000 children throughout the Rocky Mountain area suffer with cancer and have been, or currently are, being treated for cancer; and

        WHEREAS, more than 150 children are newly diagnosed with cancer each year in the Rocky Mountain area;

        NOW, THEREFORE, I, C.L. “BUTCH” OTTER, Governor of the State of Idaho, do hereby proclaim September 2007 to be

CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH

in Idaho.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Idaho at Boise, Idaho, on this 15th day of September in the year of our Lord two-thousand and seven and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred thirty-second and of the Statehood of Idaho the one hundred eighteenth.

BEN YSURSA
SECRETARY OF STATE