027-96
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
PROCLAMATION
RECOGNIZING AND COMMEMORATING THE FIFTIETH YEAR OF THE
INCORPORATION OF THE NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY AND
HONORING ITS FOUNDER, SYLnA LAJJ7lY
Whereas, multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common disabling neurological disease of
young adults in this country, affecting one-third of a mil/ion nationwide, and more than 1600 in
Western Virginia alone;
Whereas, the National MS Society has provided more than $189 million for biomedical
research and fellowship grants in the past fifty years;
Whereas, the Blue Ridge Chapter of the National MS Society provides a wide range of
client services in the areas of health, knowledge and independence throughout Western Virginia;
and
Whereas, research advances have now brought us closer than ever to finding a cause and
a means of preventing MS and arresting its progress;
Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved, that we pause in our deliberations to recognize and
commemorate the month of May, 1996, as Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month in honor of
Sylvia Lawry and the achievements of the national MS Society in helping individuals living with
MS, and to encourage the National MS Society in the pursuit of its mission of advancing the
cure, prevention and treatment of MS, and improving the lives of those affected by this
devastating disease; and be it
Further Resolved, that a copy of this resolution, suitably engrossed, be transmitted to the
Blue Ridge Chapter of the National MS Society.
ADOPTED this 10th day of April, 1996.
ames L. Longerbeam. Chairman
Frederick County Board of Supervisors
RESOLUTION NO.: 027-1996