Legislation Details

Record #: R2013-650   
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
Intro date: 6/26/2013 Current Controlling Legislative Body:
Final action: 6/26/2013
Title: Congratulations extended to Havana Day Dreaming on 10th anniversary of fundraising efforts benefitting prostate cancer reserch and men's health issues
Sponsors: Burke, Edward M.
Attachments: 1. R2013-650.pdf
RESOLUTION
 
 
WHEREAS, Havana Day Dreaming, an annual charity event benefiting prostate cancer research and men's health issues, will celebrate its 10th anniversary on Sunday, June 30, 2013, at the Peninsula Hotel in Chicago; and
 
WHEREAS, The Chicago City Council has been informed of this event by Alderman Edward M. Burke; and
 
WHEREAS, Organizers first launched the philanthropic event in 2003 with twenty-five founding members; and
 
WHEREAS, Over the years, the annual Havana Day Dreaming fete has grown in attendance and raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for prostate cancer research and men's health issues; and
 
WHEREAS, Prostate cancer is the most common malignancy in American men and the second-leading cause of deaths from cancer after lung cancer; and
 
WHEREAS, The risk of being stricken with prostate cancer advances with age and more than 65% of all prostate cancers are diagnosed in men over the age of sixty-five; and
 
WHEREAS, Research into new treatment options for prostate cancer holds out hope for better outcomes for men afflicted with this disease; and
 
WHEREAS, Funds raised from this endeavor will be donated to support prostate cancer research and men's health issues; now, therefore
 
 
BE IT RESOLVED, That we, the Mayor and the members of the Chicago City Council, assembled this twenty-sixth day of June, 2013, do hereby commend the organizers of this event for raising funds for this worthy cause; and
 
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the organizers of Havana Day Dreaming.