Bill Text: PA HR247 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designating April 28, 2009, as "Boys and Girls Clubs Youth of the Year Day" in Pennsylvania.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 62-34)

Status: (Passed) 2009-04-22 - Adopted [HR247 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HR247-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1577
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. 247 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY TURZAI, BAKER, BELFANTI, BEYER, BRENNAN, BROOKS, CALTAGIRONE, CAUSER, CLYMER, CREIGHTON, DALEY, DALLY, DELOZIER, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, FABRIZIO, FLECK, FREEMAN, GEIST, GEORGE, GIBBONS, GINGRICH, GRUCELA, HARHART, HELM, HENNESSEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, HUTCHINSON, M. KELLER, KESSLER, KILLION, KORTZ, KOTIK, MAJOR, MANN, McCALL, McILVAINE SMITH, MELIO, MENSCH, METZGAR, MICOZZIE, MILLARD, MILLER, MUSTIO, O'NEILL, PALLONE, PARKER, PASHINSKI, PAYNE, PAYTON, PETRI, PICKETT, QUINN, RAPP, REICHLEY, ROEBUCK, ROSS, SAINATO, SANTONI, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SIPTROTH, SONNEY, SWANGER, TALLMAN, R. TAYLOR, TRUE, VEREB, WATSON, VULAKOVICH, HARRIS, HARKINS, PHILLIPS AND STEVENSON, APRIL 22, 2009
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, APRIL 22, 2009
A RESOLUTION
Designating April 28, 2009, as "Boys and Girls Clubs Youth of
the Year Day" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, The Boys and Girls Clubs of America have touched the
lives of millions of children and teens through membership and
community outreach; and
WHEREAS, The Boys and Girls Clubs of America have more than
4,000 club locations in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the
Virgin Islands, plus domestic and international military bases;
and
WHEREAS, This Commonwealth is home to 18 independent Boys and
Girls Clubs of America organizations operating in 75
neighborhoods; and
WHEREAS, The Boys and Girls Clubs of America serve more than
115,000 children across this Commonwealth from five to 18 years
of age; and
WHEREAS, The Boys and Girls Clubs of America have helped, and
will continue to help, hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvania's
youth avoid drugs and gangs, earn better grades, stay fit,
prepare for careers, learn confidence and responsibility and
develop leadership, communication and teamwork skills; and
WHEREAS, The "Youth of the Year Day" is an annual event by
which members representing each of the 18 clubs across this
Commonwealth are honored for their outstanding service to their
clubs and their communities; and
WHEREAS, On "Youth of the Year Day," one club member is
chosen by a diverse panel of community leaders among this elite
group of children and young adults to be named "Youth of the
Year"; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate April
28, 2009, as "Boys and Girls Clubs Youth of the Year Day" in
Pennsylvania in recognition of the role Boys and Girls Clubs of
America has played in the nation and in this Commonwealth.
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