PRINTER'S NO. 2117
No. 249 Session of 2002
INTRODUCED BY LOGAN, TARTAGLIONE, STOUT, KUKOVICH, MURPHY,
MUSTO, WAGNER, LAVALLE, MELLOW, COSTA, O'PAKE, BODACK,
C. WILLIAMS, TOMLINSON, WOZNIAK, A. WILLIAMS, EARLL,
SCHWARTZ, KITCHEN AND HUGHES, JUNE 18, 2002
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, JUNE 18, 2002
A RESOLUTION
1 Declaring the week of June 30 through July 6, 2002, as "Parents
2 Without Partners Week" in Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, Parents Without Partners was founded in 1957 in New
4 York City by two single parents: Jim Egleson, a noncustodial
5 parent, and Jacqueline Bernard, a custodial parent, who felt
6 isolated from society because of their marital status and
7 decided to form a mutual support organization; and
8 WHEREAS, Parents Without Partners, Inc., is now the largest
9 international, nonprofit membership organization devoted to the
10 welfare and interests of single parents and their children; and
11 WHEREAS, Single parents of all ages, male or female,
12 custodial or noncustodial, separated, divorced, widowed or never
13 married, may join one of approximately 400 chapters; therefore
14 be it
15 RESOLVED, That the Senate honor Parents Without Partners by
16 declaring the week of June 30 through July 6, 2002, as "Parents
17 Without Partners Week" in Pennsylvania.
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