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House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
House of Representatives
Session of 2015 - 2016
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | March 14, 2016 09:08 AM |
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| From: | Representative Todd Stephens |
| To: | All House members |
| Subject: | Keith Valley Challenge Month |
In the near future, I plan to introduce a resolution designating March, 2016 as “Keith Valley Challenge Month” in Pennsylvania. The purpose of this resolution is to recognize Keith Valley Middle School in the Hatboro-Horsham School District, located in Montgomery County. In 1977, students at Keith Valley Middle School organized a floor hockey marathon to honor the memory of Billy Whitehead, an 8th grade student who passed away due to a rare congenital heart defect. In his memory, the staff and 8th graders at the school began holding the “Billy Whitehead Marathon” and pledged to raise money on a yearly basis for St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, located in Philadelphia. The marathon was renamed “The Keith Valley Challenge” in 1981 and students began to donate funds raised to additional charities. The Keith Valley Challenge is a 17 hour non-stop floor hockey marathon. The 40th Annual Keith Valley Challenge kicked-off on Friday, March 11th, 2016. In its 40th year, the Keith Valley Challenge raised $61,745, surpassing the $1 million dollar mark in total funds raised since the Challenge began. The Keith Valley Challenge has donated the money raised to fourteen charities such as the American Cancer Society, the American Heart Association, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, and the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Please join me in cosponsoring this resolution. |
Introduced as HR743