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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION |
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| INTRODUCED BY MARKOSEK, JUNE 6, 2011 |
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| INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, JUNE 6, 2011 |
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| A RESOLUTION |
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1 | Recognizing the many hours that American Association of Retired |
2 | Persons (AARP) members, particularly volunteers, give in an |
3 | effort to assist their fellow citizens and encouraging the |
4 | American Association of Retired Persons and its members to |
5 | continue to help citizens of this Commonwealth make the most |
6 | out of life after 50 years of age and to, in the words of |
7 | American Association of Retired Persons founder Ethel Percy |
8 | Andrus, "serve and not be served." |
9 | WHEREAS, The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) |
10 | has more than 1.8 million members in this Commonwealth; and |
11 | WHEREAS, More than 140 AARP-Pennsylvania chapters provide |
12 | older Pennsylvanians with opportunities to be active within |
13 | their communities through volunteer activities, informative |
14 | meetings, social gatherings and travel opportunities; and |
15 | WHEREAS, Each year, thousands of Pennsylvania AARP volunteers |
16 | work in their communities at 390 tax-aide sites providing free |
17 | tax assistance to more than 113,000 individuals; and |
18 | WHEREAS, Six hundred Pennsylvania driver safety instructors |
19 | affiliated with AARP teach driver safety courses to 31,000 |
20 | individuals; and |
21 | WHEREAS, Pennsylvania WorkSearch and the Senior Community |
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1 | Service Employment Program helped more than 2,100 older |
2 | Pennsylvanians connect to local job opportunities; and |
3 | WHEREAS, Many thousands of volunteers host information tables |
4 | at fairs and other community events and advocate before the |
5 | General Assembly on issues important to older Pennsylvanians; |
6 | and |
7 | WHEREAS, The AARP in Pennsylvania provides helpful consumer |
8 | information on issues ranging from hunger, long-term care |
9 | services and reverse mortgages to avoiding scams for |
10 | Pennsylvanians from all walks of life; therefore be it |
11 | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the |
12 | many hours that American Association of Retired Persons members, |
13 | particularly volunteers, give in an effort to assist their |
14 | fellow citizens and encourage American Association of Retired |
15 | Persons and its members to continue to help citizens of this |
16 | Commonwealth make the most out of life after 50 years of age and |
17 | to, in the words of AARP founder Ethel Percy Andrus, "serve and |
18 | not be served." |
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