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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 17
BY SENATOR BARROW
A RESOLUTION
To commend the Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center on hosting its tenth annual "Fest for
Life" health event on Saturday, April 22, 2017.
WHEREAS, the Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center is Louisiana's leading cancer care
organization, caring for more patients each year than any other facility in the Baton Rouge
area; and
WHEREAS, with strategic hospital and physician partnerships, it is delivering on its
mission to improve survivorship and lessen the burden of cancer; and
WHEREAS, Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center and its partners work together to
provide state-of-the-art treatments and unparalleled collaborative, comprehensive cancer
services to attract the best cancer minds in the country, from expert physicians and highly
specialized scientists to forward-thinking leaders in supportive care and other disciplines;
and
WHEREAS, the first Fest for Life health event was held in 2008 and since that time,
four thousand eight hundred people have been screened; and
WHEREAS, Louisiana has one of the highest mortality rates in the nation and one
in ninety-five adults will be diagnosed with cancer in 2017; and
WHEREAS, Louisiana's uninsured rate is twelve and one-half percent greater than
the national average of eleven percent; and
WHEREAS, Fest for Life is an opportunity to increase awareness regarding the
importance of early cancer detection in the Greater Baton Rouge area, especially among
disparate populations, and provides five different types of free cancer screenings, including
breast, prostate, skin, colorectal, and oral cavity, along with blood pressure and glucose
checks.
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby commend and congratulate the Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center on hosting its
tenth annual "Fest for Life" health event on Saturday, April 22, 2017.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
president and chief executive officer of the Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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