Massachusetts AFL-CIO Resolution in Support of the Walk to Cure Cancer

 

Massachusetts AFL-CIO Resolution in Support of the Walk to Cure Cancer

WHEREAS, three out of four families are harmed in some way by the negative and often devastating effects of the disease commonly known as cancer; and

WHEREAS, the Massachusetts AFL-CIO is dedicated to improving the living and working conditions and health status of all working people, and raising the standard of living throughout the Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, the Massachusetts AFL-CIO in conjunction with the University of Massachusetts Medical School has established an annual charitable five mile walk to support the University of Massachusetts Cancer Research Center, which is named after the Massachusetts AFL-CIO; and
WHEREAS, the Massachusetts AFL-CIO Walk to Cure Cancer was successfully held for the first time on Labor Day, September 6, 1999; and
WHEREAS, the Massachusetts AFL-CIO pledged to raise over $5,000,000 for the new medical research building on the University of Massachusetts Medical School campus; and
WHEREAS, the Massachusetts AFL-CIO has successfully helped to raise more than $5,800,000 over the past ten years, surpassing the $5,000,000 goal, and not including the totals from this, our eleventh year; and 
WHEREAS, the naming of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO Cancer Research Center will be in perpetuity and be transportable in the event that the Cancer Research Center may move its physical location at any future time; therefore be it
RESOLVED that the Massachusetts AFL-CIO Executive Council and its affiliates are dedicated to continuing our support for the Walk to Cure Cancer with the hope that research conducted at the Massachusetts AFL-CIO Cancer Research Center will lead to the eventual curing of cancer; and be it further
RESOLVED that the President of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO will transmit a copy of this resolution and other information to all relevant parties to demonstrate its ardent support for the Walk to Cure Cancer.
Respectfully Submitted,

Robert J. Haynes, President
Louis A. Mandarini, Jr., Secretary-Treasurer