PRINTER'S NO. 3640
No. 390 Session of 1996
INTRODUCED BY CLARK, HERSHEY, RUBLEY, SERAFINI, LAUGHLIN,
NAILOR, CORRIGAN, MASLAND, COY, MILLER, HENNESSEY, HALUSKA,
READSHAW, CALTAGIRONE, SANTONI, GODSHALL, FAIRCHILD, FLEAGLE,
TIGUE, TRAVAGLIO, TRUE, BAKER, BROWNE, DiGIROLAMO, SATHER,
GEIST, COLAIZZO, BEBKO-JONES, SAYLOR, MARSICO, SCHRODER,
STABACK, EGOLF, LYNCH AND E. Z. TAYLOR, JUNE 3, 1996
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JUNE 3, 1996
A RESOLUTION
1 Proclaiming the month of June 1996 as "Scleroderma Awareness
2 Month" in this Commonwealth.
3 WHEREAS, The health of the people of this Commonwealth is the
4 foundation for a caring and productive society, and our future
5 rests with our ability to find cures for and adequately treat
6 individuals who are afflicted with a variety of illnesses; and
7 WHEREAS, The United Scleroderma Foundation is a nonprofit
8 organization dedicated to saving lives through scleroderma
9 education and awareness and to diminishing suffering from this
10 baffling disease through research, service, patient and family
11 support nationwide; and
12 WHEREAS, Hundreds of thousands of people are living with
13 scleroderma and related conditions and continue to wait for a
14 cure; and
15 WHEREAS, The noble work of the United Scleroderma Foundation
1 has provided us all with hope that some day this disease will be
2 eradicated, and the foundation's efforts to educate and comfort
3 those touched by scleroderma will be justly rewarded with a
4 cure; therefore be it
5 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives proclaim the
6 month of June 1996 as "Scleroderma Awareness Month" in this
7 Commonwealth; and be it further
8 RESOLVED, That residents of this Commonwealth be encouraged
9 to recognize the seriousness of this disease and the meritorious
10 work of the United Scleroderma Foundation to quiet its impact
11 and find a cure.
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