Washington County State of Tennessee
P R O C L A M A T I O N
Recognizing March 2023 as National Athletic Training Month
WHEREAS, National Athletic Training Month is celebrated in recognition of the expertise and efforts of athletic trainers across the globe and is dedicated to all those who play a vital role in the development and health care of athletes at various levels; and
WHEREAS, The profession of athletic training creates better health care for the population it serves; and
WHEREAS, athletic trainers have a long history of providing quality health care for athletes and persons engaged in regular physical activity; and
WHEREAS, athletic trainers are highly skilled health care professionals who specialize in immediate, acute and emergency care; examination, assessment and diagnosis; injury prevention; risk management; therapeutic intervention; and rehabilitation of injury and illness; and
WHEREAS, the National Athletic Trainers’ Association reports a membership of more than 1,275 athletic trainers in the State of Tennessee; and
WHEREAS, leading organizations concerned with athletic training and health care have united in a common commitment to raise public awareness of the importance of the profession of athletic training and the role of athletic trainers in the provision of quality health care services; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of Washington County to promote improved health care for athletes and all of those who engage in physical activity; NOW THEREFORE BE IT PROCLAIMED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, THAT:
We do hereby proclaim the month of March as National Athletic Training Month, and call upon residents of Washington County, Tennessee to join in recognizing athletic trainers for their honorable work in keeping the community healthy.
ADOPTED BY THE COUNTY LEGISLATIVE BODY, in session duly assembled, on this, the 27th day of March, 2023. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of Washington County, Tennessee to be affixed in Jonesborough, Tennessee on this 27th day of March, 2023.
William J. Grandy, County Mayor