PRINTER'S NO. 2658
No. 328 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY SAYLOR, ARMSTRONG, M. BAKER, BARD, BARRAR, BEBKO-
JONES, BELARDI, BROWNE, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CIVERA,
L. I. COHEN, COLEMAN, CORRIGAN, COSTA, CREIGHTON, CRUZ,
CURRY, DALEY, DeLUCA, DERMODY, DeWEESE, DONATUCCI, J. EVANS,
FAIRCHILD, FICHTER, FLEAGLE, FRANKEL, FREEMAN, GABIG, GEIST,
GEORGE, GRUCELA, HARHAI, HENNESSEY, HERMAN, HERSHEY, HESS,
HORSEY, HUTCHINSON, JAMES, JOSEPHS, KELLER, LAUGHLIN,
LEDERER, LESCOVITZ, LEWIS, MAJOR, MANDERINO, MARSICO,
McNAUGHTON, MELIO, R. MILLER, PIPPY, PISTELLA, READSHAW,
ROBERTS, ROHRER, ROSS, RUBLEY, SANTONI, SATHER, SCHRODER,
SCHULER, SHANER, B. SMITH, SOLOBAY, STABACK, E. Z. TAYLOR,
TIGUE, TRICH, WALKO, WASHINGTON, WILT, WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD
AND ZUG, OCTOBER 16, 2001
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
OCTOBER 16, 2001
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating November 17, 2001, as "HIKE Day" in Pennsylvania.
2 WHEREAS, The Hearing Impaired Kids Endowment Fund, Inc. (HIKE
3 Fund) is a not-for-profit charity founded in 1985 to provide
4 hearing devices for children with hearing impairments from
5 newborn through 20 years of age whose parents are financially
6 unable to meet this special need; and
7 WHEREAS, The HIKE Fund provides 100 children with hearing
8 devices each year; and
9 WHEREAS, The HIKE Fund is the official philanthropic project
10 of the International Order of Job's Daughters, a Masonic
11 organization of young women between 11 and 20 years of age; and
1 WHEREAS, The International Order of Job's Daughters in the
2 Jurisdiction of Pennsylvania has designated Saturday, November
3 17, 2001, as its annual hike-a-thon to raise contributions for
4 the HIKE Fund; and
5 WHEREAS, The annual hike-a-thon will take place in
6 Elizabethtown; therefore be it
7 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate
8 November 17, 2001, as "HIKE Day" in Pennsylvania and urge all
9 citizens to support the efforts of the HIKE Fund and the
10 International Order of Job's Daughters in helping to meet the
11 needs of hearing-impaired children.
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