PRINTER'S NO. 1677
No. 283 Session of 2004
INTRODUCED BY C. WILLIAMS, MELLOW, FERLO, KITCHEN, BOSCOLA,
TARTAGLIONE, MOWERY, ERICKSON, EARLL, COSTA, KASUNIC, LOGAN,
CONTI, GREENLEAF, SCARNATI, ARMSTRONG, THOMPSON, RAFFERTY,
KUKOVICH, WAGNER, MUSTO, CORMAN, STOUT, O'PAKE, DENT,
SCHWARTZ, PILEGGI, PIPPY, WONDERLING, RHOADES, STACK AND
LAVALLE, JUNE 9, 2004
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, JUNE 9, 2004
A RESOLUTION
1 Proclaiming June 2004 as "Optimist International Childhood
2 Cancer Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, Cancer takes the lives of more children than any
4 other disease today; and
5 WHEREAS, IN 2003, 10,000 children in North America were
6 diagnosed with cancer; and
7 WHEREAS, One-third of those children with cancer will die;
8 and
9 WHEREAS, Childhood cancers affect children from every
10 socioeconomic background; and
11 WHEREAS, Optimist International prides itself on "Bringing
12 Out the Best in Kids" and is firmly dedicated to ridding the
13 world of childhood cancers through the Childhood Cancer
14 Campaign; therefore be it
15 RESOLVED, That the Senate proclaim June 2004 as "Optomist
16 International Childhood Cancer Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania
1 and invite everyone to unite in the quest to rid the world of
2 cancer in children.
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