PRINTER'S NO. 668
No. 67 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY MELLOW, KASUNIC, FERLO, C. WILLIAMS, TARTAGLIONE,
WASHINGTON, STOUT, BOSCOLA, COSTA, LOGAN, PUNT, ROBBINS,
LAVALLE, O'PAKE, FUMO, RAFFERTY, ERICKSON, WONDERLING,
FONTANA, STACK, ORIE AND EARLL, MARCH 21, 2007
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, MARCH 21, 2007
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating the week of March 25 through 31, 2007, as "Boys and
2 Girls Clubs of America Week" in Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, The Boys and Girls Clubs of America have touched the
4 lives of millions of children and teens through membership and
5 community outreach, with more than 4,000 club locations in all
6 50 states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands plus domestic and
7 international military bases; and
8 WHEREAS, Pennsylvania is the home to 17 independent Boys and
9 Girls Clubs of America organizations operating in 75
10 neighborhoods; and
11 WHEREAS, The Boys and Girls Clubs of America serve more than
12 115,000 children from ages 5 to 18 across this Commonwealth; and
13 WHEREAS, The Boys and Girls Clubs of America have helped, and
14 will continue to help, hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvania
15 youngsters avoid drugs and gangs, earn better grades, stay fit,
16 prepare for careers, learn confidence and responsibility and
17 develop leadership, communication and teamwork skills; therefore
1 be it
2 RESOLVED, That, in recognition of the role Boys and Girls
3 Clubs of America have played in our nation and Commonwealth, the
4 Senate designate the week of March 25 through 31, 2007, as "Boys
5 and Girls Clubs of America Week" in Pennsylvania.
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