The Dillon County Council passed the following proclamation designating March as American Red Cross month and recognizing the service the organization provides to the community.
A Proclamation
American Red Cross Month is a special time to recognize and thank our Everyday Heroes – those who reach out to help people in need.
American Red Cross heroes help disaster victims recover. They give blood to help a hospital patient. They brighten the day of an injured service member. They step forward to help someone having a heart attack.
We would like to remember our heroes here in Dillon County who help people in need. They work tirelessly to assist their neighbors when they need a helping hand.
Across the country and around the world, the American Red Cross responded to disasters. When an injured service member ended up in a hospital far from home, the American Red Cross offered comfort. When a hospital patient needed blood, American Red Cross blood donors helped them. When a lifeguard jumped in to save a drowning child or someone stepped up to help a heart attack victim, the American Red Cross was there.
We dedicate the month of March to all those who support the American Red Cross mission to prevent and alleviate human suffering in the face of emergencies. Our community depends on the American Red Cross, which relies on donations of time, money and blood to fulfill its humanitarian mission.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Tracy F. Finklea, Council Chairman, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of Dillon County  and South Carolina do hereby proclaim March 2015 as American Red Cross Month. I encourage all Americans to support this organization and its noble humanitarian mission.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 25th day of February, in the year of our Lord two thousand fifteen, and of the Dillon County, South Carolina.