PRINTER'S NO. 1285
No. 225 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY SHAPIRO, CAPPELLI, BAKER, BEYER, BOBACK,
CALTAGIRONE, COHEN, COX, CREIGHTON, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI,
EVERETT, FLECK, GALLOWAY, GEIST, GEORGE, GIBBONS, GILLESPIE,
GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HARPER, HENNESSEY, HUTCHINSON, JAMES,
KORTZ, KULA, MAHONEY, MAJOR, MANDERINO, MANN, MANTZ,
MARKOSEK, McILHATTAN, MILLARD, MOUL, MOYER, MUNDY, MUSTIO,
PAYNE, PHILLIPS, QUINN, RAMALEY, READSHAW, REICHLEY, ROSS,
RUBLEY, SAINATO, SCAVELLO, SEIP, SIPTROTH, SOLOBAY, STURLA,
THOMAS, VEREB, VULAKOVICH, WOJNAROSKI AND YOUNGBLOOD,
APRIL 18, 2007
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
APRIL 18, 2007
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating May 12, 2007, 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 12, 2007, the National Association
6 of Letter Carriers will conduct the 15th Annual NALC National
7 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
1 communities by nearly 1,500 local branches of the postal union,
2 along with rural carriers and other volunteers; and
3 WHEREAS, Donations will be delivered to food banks, pantries
4 and shelters that serve the area where the donations are
5 collected; and
6 WHEREAS, The summer months are a particularly critical time
7 for millions of children whose school lunch programs are
8 suspended until fall and their families must find alternate
9 sources of nutrition; and
10 WHEREAS, Letter carriers see these families every day as they
11 deliver the mail and this food drive is one way to help
12 alleviate their plight; and
13 WHEREAS, Postal patrons are encouraged to participate by
14 leaving donations by their mailboxes on May 12; and
15 WHEREAS, Cosponsors of the drive are the United States Postal
16 Service, the Campbell Soup Company, Valpak/Cox Target Media,
17 Inc., local United Ways, the AFL-CIO and America's Second
18 Harvest food bank network; and
19 WHEREAS, Since its inception in 1993, the nationwide drive
20 has collected and delivered over three-quarters of a billion
21 pounds of food to help hungry families and last year carriers
22 collected 70.5 million pounds of food, which is the third
23 consecutive year the effort has exceeded 70 million pounds;
24 therefore be it
25 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives declare May 12,
26 2007, as "Letter Carrier Food Drive Day" in Pennsylvania; and be
27 it further
28 RESOLVED, That the National Association of Letter Carriers
29 and its cosponsors be commended for their humanitarian efforts
30 to stamp out hunger; and be it further
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1 RESOLVED, That the citizens of this Commonwealth be commended
2 for their past participation in this food drive and encouraged
3 to generously contribute to this year's effort to help feed the
4 hungry.
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