PRINTER'S NO. 2365
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
470
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY DOWLING, READSHAW, HENNESSEY, CUTLER, CHARLTON,
MACKENZIE, BAKER, DAY, WARD, NEILSON, SACCONE, DiGIROLAMO,
ROTHMAN, BIZZARRO, RYAN, MEHAFFIE, PICKETT, SCHLEGEL CULVER,
BOBACK, SAYLOR, MARSHALL, DUSH, SONNEY, HAHN, CORBIN, DAVIS,
KINSEY, MUSTIO, WALSH, METZGAR, ORTITAY, SANKEY,
M. K. KELLER, MILLARD, WENTLING, NESBIT, D. COSTA, PASHINSKI,
MENTZER, ZIMMERMAN, DRISCOLL, FEE, TOPPER, REESE, BARRAR,
NELSON, MARSICO, LONGIETTI, COOK, ELLIS, STAATS, BERNSTINE
AND MAHER, SEPTEMBER 6, 2017
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
SEPTEMBER 6, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Designating the week of September 11 through 17, 2017, as "Boy
Scout and Cub Scout Sign-Up Week" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) provides the
nation's foremost youth program of character development and
value-based leadership training in approximately 280 local
councils; and
WHEREAS, Originating in England under the guidance of Lord
Robert Baden-Powell, Boy Scouts grew from Lord Baden-Powell's
desire to convert his military prowess into a nonmilitary nature
skills development opportunity for boys; and
WHEREAS, Newspaper publisher William D. Boyce lost his way in
a London fog and was aided by one of Lord Baden-Powell's young
scouts, becoming so impressed by the young fellow's skill and
cordiality that he founded the Boy Scouts of America on February
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