PRINTER'S NO. 1592
No. 146 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY HERSHEY, FARGO, ITKIN, E. Z. TAYLOR, CLYMER,
ARMSTRONG, READSHAW, HERMAN, BROWN, OLASZ, FAIRCHILD, PESCI,
GEORGE, HALUSKA, BAKER, GRUITZA, DeLUCA, STABACK, BEBKO-
JONES, SATHER, WOJNAROSKI, MELIO, MARSICO, MAITLAND, FICHTER,
LESCOVITZ, BARRAR, FEESE, JOSEPHS, RUBLEY, ARGALL, EGOLF,
COLAFELLA, SEMMEL, TRAVAGLIO, HORSEY, TRUE, LYNCH, CLARK,
PISTELLA, HUTCHINSON, SCHRODER, B. SMITH, CORRIGAN, BUNT,
SAINATO, SURRA, ROHRER, ROBERTS, ROSS, THOMAS, CAPPABIANCA,
NAILOR, ZUG, MARKOSEK, KENNEY, DENT, MANDERINO, CURRY,
YOUNGBLOOD, HESS, CORPORA, LUCYK, TRELLO, BOSCOLA, BELARDI,
PLATTS, LEH, DONATUCCI, MICOZZIE, RAMOS, McCALL, L. I. COHEN,
SCRIMENTI, CIVERA, RAYMOND, MILLER, DiGIROLAMO, ADOLPH, BARD,
C. WILLIAMS, GEIST, BROWNE, BENNINGHOFF, ORIE, McNAUGHTON,
SCHULER, SHANER, HENNESSEY, SANTONI, COY, ROONEY, LEDERER,
TIGUE, SEYFERT, DRUCE, STEELMAN AND LAUGHLIN, APRIL 29, 1997
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
APRIL 29, 1997
A RESOLUTION
1 Declaring June 1997 as "Leukemia Awareness Month" in
2 Pennsylvania and urging all citizens of this Commonwealth to
3 join in its observance.
4 WHEREAS, This year more than 145,000 Americans will be
5 stricken with leukemia or one of its related diseases of
6 lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and multiple myeloma; and
7 WHEREAS, Four in every 100,000 children in the United States
8 between the ages of two and ten will be diagnosed with leukemia
9 this year, and more children die from this disease than any
10 other; and
11 WHEREAS, Leukemia strikes ten times as many adults as
1 children and is the leading fatal malignant disease in men and
2 women under 35 years of age; and
3 WHEREAS, The overall survival rate for leukemia has doubled
4 in the last 20 years, and the effectiveness of recently
5 developed treatment methods and steady advances in research
6 bring us closer to finding the probable causes and cures for
7 leukemia and related cancers; and
8 WHEREAS, The Leukemia Society of America, a voluntary health
9 organization, depends solely on the voluntary contributions of
10 time and money by concerned businesses, groups and individuals;
11 and
12 WHEREAS, A primary goal of the Leukemia Society of America is
13 to promote increased Federal and State funding of biomedical
14 research, and finding the causes and eventual cures for these
15 tragic diseases relies on continued funding and research; and
16 WHEREAS, Past biomedical research is responsible for the most
17 common form of childhood leukemia being considered a potentially
18 curable disease; and
19 WHEREAS, The Leukemia Society of America, together with
20 regional and local chapters, is dedicated to improving the
21 quality of life of patients and their families and provides
22 annual financial assistance to more than 6,000 patients with
23 leukemia and other related cancers for expenditures not met by
24 other sources; and
25 WHEREAS, The Leukemia Society of America is undertaking a
26 nationwide campaign to find a cure by the year 2000; therefore
27 be it
28 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives declare the month
29 of June 1997 as "Leukemia Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
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