PRINTER'S NO. 3075
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
723
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY BENNINGHOFF, PYLE, BARBIN, BERNSTINE, BIZZARRO,
BOBACK, R. BROWN, CALTAGIRONE, CHARLTON, P. COSTA, COX,
SCHLEGEL CULVER, A. DAVIS, DAVIS, DAY, DEASY, DeLUCA,
DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, DOWLING, DRISCOLL, DUSH, EVERETT,
FARRY, GREINER, HANNA, HENNESSEY, HICKERNELL, IRVIN, JAMES,
KAVULICH, M. K. KELLER, KINSEY, KLUNK, KNOWLES, KORTZ,
LONGIETTI, MARSICO, McCLINTON, J. McNEILL, MEHAFFIE, MENTZER,
MILLARD, B. MILLER, MURT, NEILSON, O'NEILL, PASHINSKI,
PICKETT, QUIGLEY, RAVENSTAHL, READSHAW, ROEBUCK, ROTHMAN,
ROZZI, RYAN, SAMUELSON, SANKEY, SANTORA, SAYLOR, SCHLOSSBERG,
SCHWEYER, SONNEY, TOEPEL, TOOHIL, WALSH, WARD, WARREN,
WATSON, YOUNGBLOOD AND STAATS, MARCH 6, 2018
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MARCH 6, 2018
A RESOLUTION
Congratulating The Pennsylvania State University IFC/Panhellenic
Dance Marathon for raising more than $10 million for the Four
Diamonds Fund at Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital to
help fight pediatric cancer.
WHEREAS, THON is the commonly referred to name for The
Pennsylvania State University IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon,
the largest student-run philanthropy event in the world; and
WHEREAS, THON is a yearlong fundraising and awareness
campaign to fight pediatric cancer, sustained by more than
16,500 volunteers, that culminates in a 46-hour dance marathon
in which dancers are not allowed to sit or sleep; and
WHEREAS, In 1977, THON partnered with the Four Diamonds Fund
at Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital and designated Four
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