Bill Text: PA SR346 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designating the month of May 2010 as "Junior Achievement Month" in Pennsylvania.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2010-05-26 - Transmitted as directed [SR346 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-SR346-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1998
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No. 346 Session of2010
INTRODUCED BY PIPPY, WILLIAMS, STOUT, RAFFERTY, KASUNIC, BAKER, GREENLEAF, COSTA, FONTANA, O'PAKE, DINNIMAN, WASHINGTON, STACK, ALLOWAY, BOSCOLA, MELLOW, FERLO, PILEGGI, ARGALL AND ERICKSON, MAY 24, 2010
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, MAY 24, 2010
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of May 2010 as "Junior Achievement Month"
in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Junior Achievement is the world's largest
organization dedicated to educating students about work force
readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy through
experiential, hands-on programs; and
WHEREAS, Junior Achievement reaches out to more than 250,000
students in kindergarten through grade 12 in public and private
school systems in this Commonwealth with a message of hope and
prosperity for the future; and
WHEREAS, Junior Achievement programs help prepare young
people for the real world by showing them how to generate wealth
and effectively manage it, how to create jobs which make their
communities more robust and how to apply entrepreneurial
thinking to the workplace; and
WHEREAS, Junior Achievement's purpose is to inspire and
prepare each and every child in this Commonwealth to succeed in
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the global economy; and
WHEREAS, Junior Achievement believes in the boundless
potential of young people, is committed to the principles of
market-based economics and entrepreneurship and is passionate
for what they do while practicing honesty, integrity and
excellence; and
WHEREAS, Junior Achievement respects the talents, creativity,
perspectives and backgrounds of all individuals, believes in the
power of partnership and collaboration and has conviction in the
educational and motivational impact of relevant, hands-on
learning; and
WHEREAS, Junior Achievement sustains our democracy by
strengthening communities with proven programs that focus on
work readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy; and
WHEREAS, In 2010 Junior Achievement commemorates the 71st
anniversary of its founding in this Commonwealth in 2010;
therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate designate the month of May 2010 as
"Junior Achievement Month" in Pennsylvania; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to
Dennis Gilfoyle, Junior Achievement of Western Pennsylvania, One
Allegheny Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15212.
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