PRINTER'S NO. 1506
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
246
Session of
2022
INTRODUCED BY BARTOLOTTA, TARTAGLIONE, HUGHES, MARTIN, BROWNE,
FONTANA, STREET, COMITTA, KANE, J. WARD, SCHWANK, PITTMAN,
HUTCHINSON, MENSCH, STEFANO AND COSTA, MARCH 21, 2022
REFERRED TO RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, MARCH 21, 2022
A RESOLUTION
Designating the week of March 13 through 19, 2022, as
"AmeriCorps Week" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Since the creation of AmeriCorps in 1994, the
AmeriCorps national service program has proven to be highly
effective in engaging Americans of all ages and backgrounds in
meeting a wide range of community needs and promoting the ethics
of service and volunteerism; and
WHEREAS, Each year, AmeriCorps, including AmeriCorps State
and National, AmeriCorps NCCC, AmeriCorps VISTA and AmeriCorps
Seniors, provides opportunities for 270,000 individuals across
our nation, including 11,500 individuals in this Commonwealth,
to give back in an intensive way to communities by helping to
improve the lives of this Commonwealth's most vulnerable
residents, strengthening the educational system, protecting the
environment and contributing to public safety; and
WHEREAS, PennSERVE and AmeriCorps have strengthened this
Commonwealth's private sector by engaging in the following:
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(1) Investing more than $33 million during the past year
to support the efforts of more than 1,500 nonprofit
organizations, schools and community groups.
(2) Providing grants that leveraged more than $28
million in outside resources from businesses, foundations,
public agencies and other sources.
(3) Strengthening community impact.
(4) Increasing the return on taxpayer dollars;
and
WHEREAS, AmeriCorps members nationwide, in return for their
service, have earned more than $4 billion in Segal AmeriCorps
Education Awards to further their own educational advancement at
colleges and universities, including $182 million awarded to
residents of this Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, After their terms of service end, AmeriCorps members
remain engaged in our communities as volunteers, teachers,
public servants and nonprofit leaders at disproportionately high
levels; and
WHEREAS, "AmeriCorps Week" is an opportune time for the
residents of this Commonwealth to salute AmeriCorps members and
AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers of the past and present for their
powerful impact and thank all AmeriCorps community partners in
this Commonwealth who make the program possible and bring more
Americans into service; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate designate the week of March 13
through 19, 2022, as "AmeriCorps Week" in Pennsylvania; and be
it further
RESOLVED, That the Senate urge all residents of this
Commonwealth to thank AmeriCorps members and AmeriCorps Seniors
volunteers of the past and present for their service to our
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