Bill Text: PA HR280 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designating May 9, 2009, as "Stamp Out Hunger Day" in Pennsylvania.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 47-29)

Status: (Passed) 2009-05-04 - Adopted [HR280 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HR280-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1694
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. 280 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY SAYLOR, ADOLPH, BEAR, BEYER, BISHOP, BOBACK, BOYD, BRENNAN, BRIGGS, CALTAGIRONE, CONKLIN, CREIGHTON, DALEY, DELOZIER, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, J. EVANS, EVERETT, FRANKEL, FREEMAN, GEIST, GEORGE, GIBBONS, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, GROVE, GRUCELA, HELM, HENNESSEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, HUTCHINSON, M. KELLER, KILLION, KORTZ, KULA, MAJOR, MANDERINO, MARSICO, McCALL, McGEEHAN, MELIO, MENSCH, MILLARD, MILLER, MOUL, MUSTIO, PALLONE, PAYNE, PHILLIPS, PICKETT, QUINN, RAPP, REED, REICHLEY, ROCK, ROHRER, ROSS, SAINATO, SANTONI, SIPTROTH, SONNEY, SWANGER, TALLMAN, VEREB, VULAKOVICH, WALKO, WATERS, WATSON AND WHEATLEY, APRIL 29, 2009
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, APRIL 29, 2009
A RESOLUTION
Designating May 9, 2009, as "Stamp Out Hunger Day" in
Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, On May 9, 2009, letter carriers of the United States
Postal Service in more than 10,000 cities and towns across this
nation will deliver the mail and collect non-perishable food
donations from their postal customers; and
WHEREAS, This food drive celebrates its 17th anniversary and
is the largest one-day food drive in the country; and
WHEREAS, In 2008, the food drive collected more than 73
million pounds of food for people who are needy; and
WHEREAS, This effort by letter carriers of the National
Association of Letter Carriers AFL-CIO, with the help of rural
letter carriers and other postal employees and numerous other
volunteers, has resulted in the delivery of nearly one billion
pounds of donations to community food banks over the past 16
years; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate May 9,
2009, as "Stamp Out Hunger Day" in Pennsylvania.
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