Bill Text: PA HR235 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designating May 14, 2011, as "Letter Carrier Food Drive Day" in Pennsylvania and commending the National Association of Letter Carriers for its humanitarian efforts to eliminate hunger.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2011-04-27 - Adopted (189-0) [HR235 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HR235-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1592
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. 235 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY CONKLIN, BAKER, BISHOP, BOBACK, BRADFORD, BRENNAN, CALTAGIRONE, COHEN, D. COSTA, DAVIS, DAY, DiGIROLAMO, EVERETT, FABRIZIO, FLECK, FREEMAN, GEORGE, GILLEN, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, HARHART, HARKINS, HESS, HORNAMAN, HUTCHINSON, KORTZ, KULA, LONGIETTI, MAHONEY, MAJOR, MANN, MILLARD, MIRABITO, MOUL, MURT, MUSTIO, M. O'BRIEN, O'NEILL, READSHAW, ROSS, SANTONI, SCAVELLO, SONNEY, STABACK, SWANGER, TALLMAN, VEREB, VULAKOVICH AND YOUNGBLOOD, APRIL 25, 2011
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, APRIL 25, 2011
A RESOLUTION
Designating May 14, 2011, as "Letter Carrier Food Drive Day" in
Pennsylvania and commending the National Association of
Letter Carriers for its humanitarian efforts to eliminate
hunger.
WHEREAS, On Saturday, May 14, 2011, the National Association
of Letter Carriers (NALC) will conduct the 19th annual NALC
"Stamp Out Hunger" food drive to combat hunger; and
WHEREAS, This is the largest one-day food drive in the
nation, which is held in all 50 states and territories of the
United States; and
WHEREAS, On that day, letter carriers will collect
nonperishable donations as they deliver mail along their postal
routes; and
WHEREAS, Food will be collected in more than 10,000
communities by nearly 1,500 local branches of the postal union,
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along with rural carriers and other volunteers; and
WHEREAS, Donations will be delivered to food banks, pantries
and shelters that serve the area where the donations are
collected; and
WHEREAS, The summer months are a particularly critical time
for millions of children whose school lunch programs are
suspended until fall and their families must find alternate
sources of nutrition; and
WHEREAS, Letter carriers see these families every day as they
deliver the mail, and this food drive is one way to help
alleviate their plight; and
WHEREAS, Postal patrons are encouraged to participate by
leaving donations by their mailboxes on May 14, 2011; and
WHEREAS, Cosponsors of the drive are the United States Postal
Service, the Campbell Soup Company, Uncle Bob's Self Storage,
local United Ways, the AFL-CIO, the American Association of
Retired Persons, Valpak direct marketing firm and Feeding
America food bank network; and
WHEREAS, Since its inception in 1991, the nationwide drive
has collected and delivered close to one billion pounds of food
to help hungry families and, last year, carriers collected 77.1
million pounds of food, which is the fourth consecutive year the
effort has exceeded 70 million pounds; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate May 14,
2011, as "Letter Carrier Food Drive Day" in Pennsylvania; and be
it further
RESOLVED, That the National Association of Letter Carriers
and its cosponsors be commended for their humanitarian efforts
to stamp out hunger; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the citizens of this Commonwealth be commended
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for their past participation in this food drive and be
encouraged to generously contribute to this year's effort to
help feed the hungry.
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