PRINTER'S NO. 659
No. 33 Session of 1993
INTRODUCED BY NAILOR, MARSICO, VANCE, MASLAND, DENT, FLEAGLE,
HERSHEY, PESCI, FARGO, FAIRCHILD, MAITLAND, NYCE, BUXTON,
OLASZ, NICKOL, COY, SEMMEL, BUNT, BUSH, LEE, YEWCIC,
CORRIGAN, TIGUE, TULLI, EGOLF, PICCOLA, ARMSTRONG, DEMPSEY,
CORNELL, ROBERTS, STRITTMATTER, WOZNIAK, SATHER, STERN,
B. SMITH, CLYMER, SAYLOR, HUTCHINSON, ZUG, FARMER, PLATTS,
CHADWICK, GEIST, ADOLPH, BAKER, J. TAYLOR, VEON, ACOSTA,
RUBLEY, HESS, E. Z. TAYLOR, MILLER, TRELLO, WAUGH, JOSEPHS,
BARLEY, ROONEY, TOMLINSON, PETTIT, CESSAR AND BROWN,
MARCH 15, 1993
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, MARCH 15, 1993
A RESOLUTION
1 Recognizing the accomplishment of Lend A Hand.
2 WHEREAS, Lend A Hand, a south-central Pennsylvania-based
3 relief effort, is a volunteer ministry of Christian Churches
4 United formed to help individuals and families who were severely
5 affected by the savagery of Hurricane Andrew; and
6 WHEREAS, Its purpose is to provide a reliable system of
7 transportation and labor assignments to volunteers who join in
8 working to relieve the extraordinary hardship created by that
9 hurricane; and
10 WHEREAS, Lend A Hand has averaged two trips per month in
11 October, November and December of 1992 and January of 1993 to
12 south Florida's Dade County; and
13 WHEREAS, At present, there are enough volunteers to operate
1 two trips a month in February and March of 1993; and
2 WHEREAS, Lend A Hand has proven itself to be one of the
3 nation's largest and most consistent volunteer provider of
4 relief to south Florida; and
5 WHEREAS, Hundreds of volunteers have given their time and
6 money to make Lend A Hand work; therefore be it
7 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the
8 accomplishments of Lend A Hand and the volunteers who have made
9 it work; and be it further
10 RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to
11 Skip Becker, Lend A Hand, c/o Christian Churches United, 900
12 South Arlington Avenue, Room 128, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
13 17109.
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