PRINTER'S NO. 3649
No. 722 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY WATSON, RAPP, O'NEILL, DiGIROLAMO, SCAVELLO,
ADOLPH, ARGALL, BAKER, BEAR, BEYER, BISHOP, BOYD,
CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CAUSER, CIVERA, CLYMER, COHEN,
CONKLIN, CREIGHTON, CUTLER, DONATUCCI, EVERETT, FAIRCHILD,
FLECK, FRANKEL, GALLOWAY, GEIST, GEORGE, GIBBONS, GILLESPIE,
GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HARRIS, HELM,
HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, HUTCHINSON, M. KELLER,
KILLION, KOTIK, KULA, MAHONEY, MAJOR, MANN, MANTZ, MARSICO,
McGEEHAN, McILHATTAN, McILVAINE SMITH, MICOZZIE, MILLARD,
MILNE, MOUL, MOYER, MURT, MUSTIO, MYERS, PALLONE, PARKER,
PAYNE, PHILLIPS, PICKETT, RAMALEY, READSHAW, REICHLEY, ROCK,
ROHRER, ROSS, RUBLEY, SAINATO, SANTONI, SAYLOR, SEIP,
SIPTROTH, K. SMITH, SONNEY, SURRA, SWANGER, TRUE, VEREB,
VULAKOVICH, WALKO, J. WHITE, WOJNAROSKI AND YOUNGBLOOD,
MAY 2, 2008
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MAY 2, 2008
A RESOLUTION
1 Observing the first week of May 2008 as "National Physical
2 Education and Sports Week" and the month of May 2008 as
3 "National Physical Fitness and Sports Month" in Pennsylvania,
4 and encouraging residents of Pennsylvania to participate in
5 ACES Day (All Children Exercising Simultaneously) on May 7,
6 2008.
7 WHEREAS, May is "National Physical Fitness and Sports Month";
8 and
9 WHEREAS, This designation was established to encourage
10 broader promotion of physical fitness activities and programs in
11 schools, park and recreation departments, employee associations,
12 hospitals and other agencies involved in physical fitness; and
13 WHEREAS, Many residents of this Commonwealth would improve
1 the quality of their lives through proper exercise and diet; and
2 WHEREAS, The Surgeon General of the United States Public
3 Health Service's 1996 Report on Physical Activity and Health has
4 verified that regular physical activity is associated with
5 improved health-related quality of life; therefore be it
6 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives observe the first
7 week of May 2008 as "National Physical Education and Sports
8 Week" and encourage the residents of Pennsylvania to support the
9 schools' physical education programs; and be it further
10 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives observe the month
11 of May 2008 as "National Physical Fitness and Sports Month" in
12 Pennsylvania and encourage the residents of Pennsylvania to be
13 physically active on a regular basis; and be it further
14 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives encourage the
15 residents of Pennsylvania to participate in the May 7, 2008,
16 event called ACES Day (All Children Exercising Simultaneously)
17 by participating in a physical activity that day.
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