Bill Text: VA HJR942 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Commending Commissioners and Cans.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-02-23 - Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ942ER) [HJR942 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2019-HJR942-Introduced.html
WHEREAS, Commissioners and Cans is an annual initiative that gives commissioners of the revenue throughout Virginia the opportunity to support their communities by collecting food and raising funds for their local food banks; and
WHEREAS, established by Tiffany Boyle, the commissioner of the revenue for Newport News, Commissioners and Cans began in 2018 and collected more than 700 pounds of food with the support of commissioners in Poquoson, Yorktown, and Williamsburg; and
WHEREAS, Commissioners and Cans supports the Federation of Virginia Food Banks, and participating offices compete to raise the most money and food items from a list of the items most requested at food pantries; and
WHEREAS, the second annual Commissioners and Cans event takes place from February 1 - 15, 2019, with offices around the Commonwealth striving to do their part to address food insecurity in their communities; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly hereby commend Commissioners and Cans, an initiative to support local food banks; and, be it
RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Tiffany Boyle as an expression of the General Assembly's admiration for the important work of Commissioners and Cans to alleviate hunger in communities throughout the Commonwealth.
