SLS 17RS-234 ORIGINAL
2017 Regular Session
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 17
BY SENATOR BARROW
COMMENDATIONS. Commends the Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center on hosting its 10
th
annual Fest for Life health event on Saturday, April 22, 2017.
1 A RESOLUTION
2 To commend the Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center on hosting its tenth annual "Fest for
3 Life" health event on Saturday, April 22, 2017.
4 WHEREAS, the Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center is Louisiana's leading cancer care
5 organization, caring for more patients each year than any other facility in the Baton Rouge
6 area; and
7 WHEREAS, with strategic hospital and physician partnerships, it is delivering on its
8 mission to improve survivorship and lessen the burden of cancer; and
9 WHEREAS, Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center and its partners work together to
10 provide state-of-the-art treatments and unparalleled collaborative, comprehensive cancer
11 services to attract the best cancer minds in the country, from expert physicians and highly
12 specialized scientists to forward-thinking leaders in supportive care and other disciplines;
13 and
14 WHEREAS, the first Fest for Life health event was held in 2008 and since that time,
15 four thousand eight hundred people have been screened; and
16 WHEREAS, Louisiana has one of the highest mortality rates in the nation and one
17 in ninety-five adults will be diagnosed with cancer in 2017; and
18 WHEREAS, Louisiana's uninsured rate is twelve and one-half percent greater than
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1 the national average of eleven percent; and
2 WHEREAS, Fest for Life is an opportunity to increase awareness regarding the
3 importance of early cancer detection in the Greater Baton Rouge area, especially among
4 disparate populations, and provides five different types of free cancer screenings, including
5 breast, prostate, skin, colorectal, and oral cavity, along with blood pressure and glucose
6 checks.
7 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
8 does hereby commend and congratulate the Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center on hosting its
9 tenth annual "Fest for Life" health event on Saturday, April 22, 2017.
10 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
11 president and chief executive officer of the Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Nancy Vicknair.
DIGEST
SR 17 Original 2017 Regular Session Barrow
Commends the Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center on hosting its 10
th
annual Fest for Life
health event on Saturday, April 22, 2017.
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