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Home My WebLink About08-200 RESOLUTION NO. 08-200 A RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING JUNE 27, 2008, AS "HIV TESTING DAY" IN ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie COUhty, Florida, has made the following determinations: 1. HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, can be prevented through counseling, testing, and risk reduction education. 2. St. Lucie County currently has the highest number of reported HIV/AIDS cases for Area 15 (St. Lucie, Martin, Okeechobee, and Indian River County) and The Center for Disease Control estimates 25% of those infected with HIV, do not know they are infected. 3. Over 42 million people in the world are living with HIV and AIDS, and 22 million people have died of AIDS. 4. The Counseling, Testing and Linkage Program of Project Response Inc. strive to provide HIV Counseling, Testing, and Risk Reduction Education to residents of St. Lucie County at no cost to the individual. 5. The two fold mission of proj ect Response is to reduce the fear, stigma, and shame for those living with HIV, and to prevent the further spread of HIV. 6. There is NO way to tell if someone has HIV unless they have been tested. HIV only infects Men, Women, and Children. If you ' are human, you are affected by HIV even if you are not HIV positive. 7. This Board believes that we cannot treat what we will not talk about. We cannot cure what we will not face. HIV is not controversy - it is fact. It's time we stop fighting one another and take aim at AIDS. The one thing greater than any medicine or medical treatment you can offer someone living with HIV is HOPE. Hope is the one thing no pain or ill can destroy and with Hope, HIV canhot defeat us! NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida: 1. This Board does hereby proclaim June 27, 2008, as "HIV TESTING DAY" in St. Lucie County, Florida. 2 . This Board urges the citizens of St. Lucie County to participate in HIV Counseling, Testing, and Risk Reduction Education at no cost to the individual by contacting Project Response Inc. at (772) 464-0420. PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this 17th day of June, 2008. ATTEST: BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA BY~,. fM..,_. CHAIRMAN ....., APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM. AND CORREC ESS: