PRINTER'S NO. 193
No. 50 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY S. MILLER, BUNT, DALEY, MAJOR, HERSHEY,
HICKERNELL, R. MILLER, KELLER, SHANER, BAKER, BALDWIN,
BISHOP, CAPPELLI, CORRIGAN, COY, CREIGHTON, DeWEESE,
DONATUCCI, FAIRCHILD, FEESE, FLEAGLE, FORCIER, GEIST, GEORGE,
GILLESPIE, GODSHALL, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HASAY, HERMAN,
LEDERER, LEH, MANN, McGILL, McILHATTAN, NAILOR, PIPPY,
READSHAW, ROEBUCK, ROHRER, ROSS, RUBLEY, B. SMITH, STABACK,
SURRA, E. Z. TAYLOR, THOMAS, R. STEVENSON, TRUE, WALKO,
WATSON AND WILT, FEBRUARY 11, 2003
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
FEBRUARY 11, 2003
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating February 15 through 22, 2003, as "FFA Week" in
2 Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Association of Future Farmers of
4 America was chartered on September 25, 1929, and has
5 approximately 8,000 members in 147 chapters; and
6 WHEREAS, The mission of Future Farmers of America is to make
7 a positive difference in the lives of students by developing
8 their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and
9 career success through agricultural education; and
10 WHEREAS, The Future Farmers of America motto, "Learning to
11 do, doing to learn, earning to live, living to serve," gives
12 direction of purpose to these students who will provide the
13 leadership for America; and
14 WHEREAS, This year's theme, "The Cornerstone of Success,"
1 illustrates how Future Farmers of America's programs are
2 building tomorrow's leaders today; and
3 WHEREAS, The Future Farmers of America performs the valuable
4 service of encouraging cooperation, promoting good citizenship
5 and inspiring patriotism among its members; and
6 WHEREAS, Since agriculture maintains the number one ranking
7 as the Commonwealth's leading industry, it is vital for our
8 residents to have at the very least a basic agricultural
9 literacy, which can be acquired through participation in Future
10 Farmers of America; therefore be it
11 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives shall hereby
12 designate February 15 through 22, 2003, as "FFA Week" in
13 Pennsylvania.
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