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Proclamation - Heart Failure Awareness Week May 4 - 10, 2025

Published: May 4, 2025

PROCLAMATION

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WHEREAS over 750, 000 people of all ages in Canada are living with heart failure, and heart failure is expected to cost the Canadian economy $2.8 billion per year by 2030, and

WHEREAS people with heart failure experience debilitating symptoms such as shortness of breath, swelling and exhaustion, and people who care for those with heart failure are often overwhelmed and stressed, and

WHEREAS the Canadian Heart Failure Society is an organization of volunteer cardiovascular professionals and patients who work hard to improve care for patients with heart failure in close collaboration with the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada, the Canadian Cardiovascular Society, the Canadian Council of Cardiovascular Nurses, the Canadian Association of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation, the HeartLife Foundation, and the Québec Heart Failure Society, and

WHEREAS initiated by the Canadian Heart Failure Society and its partner organizations, Canadian Heart Failure Awareness Week is now celebrated across Canada to improve awareness of and education on heart failure, and

WHEREAS Heart Failure Awareness Week is an opportunity to raise awareness of the causes of heart failure and the impact it has on individuals living with heart failure and on their caregivers;

NOW KNOW YE THAT We do by these presents proclaim and declare that May 4 - 10, 2025, shall be known as “Heart Failure Awareness Week” in the Town of Oxford.

Dated at Oxford, Nova Scotia

May 4, 2025

Greg Henley, Mayor

Town of Oxford