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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION |
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| INTRODUCED BY CONKLIN, MAY 3, 2010 |
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| INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, MAY 3, 2010 |
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| A RESOLUTION |
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1 | Designating May 8, 2010, as "Letter Carrier Food Drive Day" in |
2 | Pennsylvania; and commending the National Association of |
3 | Letter Carriers for its humanitarian efforts to eliminate |
4 | hunger. |
5 | WHEREAS, On Saturday, May 8, 2010, the National Association |
6 | of Letter Carriers will conduct the 18th annual NALC "Stamp Out |
7 | Hunger" food drive to combat hunger; and |
8 | WHEREAS, This is the largest one-day food drive in the |
9 | nation, which is held in all 50 states and territories of the |
10 | United States; and |
11 | WHEREAS, On that day, letter carriers will collect |
12 | nonperishable donations as they deliver mail along their postal |
13 | routes; and |
14 | WHEREAS, The food will be collected in over 10,000 |
15 | communities by nearly 1,400 local branches of the postal union, |
16 | along with rural carriers and other volunteers; and |
17 | WHEREAS, Donations will be delivered to food banks, pantries |
18 | and shelters that serve the area where the donations are |
19 | collected; and |
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1 | WHEREAS, The summer months are a particularly critical time |
2 | for millions of children whose school lunch programs are |
3 | suspended until fall and their families must find alternate |
4 | sources of nutrition; and |
5 | WHEREAS, Letter carriers see these families every day as they |
6 | deliver the mail and this food drive is one way to help |
7 | alleviate their plight; and |
8 | WHEREAS, Postal patrons are encouraged to participate by |
9 | leaving donations by their mailboxes on May 8, 2010; and |
10 | WHEREAS, Cosponsors of the drive are the United States Postal |
11 | Service, the Campbell Soup Company, Valpak/Cox Target Media, |
12 | Inc., local United Ways, the AFL-CIO and Feeding America food |
13 | bank network; and |
14 | WHEREAS, Since its inception in 1993, the nationwide drive |
15 | has collected and delivered over three-quarters of a billion |
16 | pounds of food to help hungry families and last year carriers |
17 | collected 73.4 million pounds of food, which is the third |
18 | consecutive year the effort has exceeded 70 million pounds; |
19 | therefore be it |
20 | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate May 8, |
21 | 2010, as "Letter Carrier Food Drive Day" in Pennsylvania; and be |
22 | it further |
23 | RESOLVED, That the National Association of Letter Carriers |
24 | and its cosponsors be commended for their humanitarian efforts |
25 | to stamp out hunger; and be it further |
26 | RESOLVED, That the citizens of this Commonwealth be commended |
27 | for their past participation in this food drive and encouraged |
28 | to generously contribute to this year's effort to help feed the |
29 | hungry. |
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