PRINTER'S NO. 3487
No. 574 Session of 2006
INTRODUCED BY S. MILLER, HERSHEY, MILLARD, BASTIAN, CAUSER,
CREIGHTON, HARRIS, HICKERNELL, M. KELLER, MAITLAND, MAJOR,
PICKETT, RAPP, STERN, GRUCELA, KOTIK, MANN, SOLOBAY,
YOUNGBLOOD, ARGALL, ARMSTRONG, BAKER, BALDWIN, BEBKO-JONES,
BEYER, BIANCUCCI, BOYD, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CLYMER, COHEN,
CORRIGAN, CRAHALLA, DENLINGER, DeWEESE, DiGIROLAMO,
DONATUCCI, J. EVANS, FABRIZIO, FAIRCHILD, FEESE, FLEAGLE,
FORCIER, FRANKEL, GABIG, GEIST, GEORGE, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH,
GODSHALL, GOOD, GOODMAN, HASAY, HERMAN, HESS, JAMES, LEDERER,
LEH, MANDERINO, MARKOSEK, MARSICO, McGEEHAN, McGILL,
McILHATTAN, R. MILLER, MUSTIO, NAILOR, O'NEILL, PALLONE,
PARKER, PAYNE, PETRARCA, PHILLIPS, PISTELLA, PYLE, READSHAW,
REED, REICHLEY, ROBERTS, ROEBUCK, ROHRER, ROSS, RUBLEY,
SAINATO, SANTONI, SATHER, SCAVELLO, SCHRODER, SEMMEL, SHANER,
SIPTROTH, B. SMITH, SONNEY, STABACK, STAIRS, R. STEVENSON,
SURRA, TANGRETTI, E. Z. TAYLOR, THOMAS, TIGUE, TRUE, TURZAI,
WALKO, WATSON, WILT, WOJNAROSKI, ZUG AND HARPER,
FEBRUARY 2, 2006
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
FEBRUARY 2, 2006
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating the week of February 18 through 25, 2006, as "FFA
2 Week" in Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, Future Farmers of America, now The National FFA
4 Organization (FFA), has grown from its agricultural beginnings
5 into a broad-spectrum leadership incubator; and
6 WHEREAS, The FFA creed expresses belief in the future of
7 agriculture: "with a faith born not of words but of deeds"; and
8 WHEREAS, In accordance with the FFA motto, members serve
9 their chapter, community and country by cultivating friendships
1 and planting new ideas and seeds of hope wherever they go:
2 "learning to do, doing to learn, earning to live, living to
3 serve"; and
4 WHEREAS, FFA in the 21st century welcomes young women and
5 young men with diverse backgrounds, and FFA membership has
6 reached a 22-year record high; and
7 WHEREAS, Nearly 500,000 FFA members from 50 states, Puerto
8 Rico and the Virgin Islands are learning to be successful
9 leaders in production agriculture, agribusiness, agriscience and
10 other fields; and
11 WHEREAS, Many FFA members live far from working farms but
12 have an interest in related fields like food science, turf
13 management and horticulture; and
14 WHEREAS, FFA members who live in rural areas now represent
15 27% of the national organization; and
16 WHEREAS, Females comprise 37% of total membership and nearly
17 50% of all FFA officer teams; and
18 WHEREAS, Young people across this Commonwealth continue to
19 wear the traditional blue corduroy jacket which distinguishes
20 FFA members; and
21 WHEREAS, State President Candace Moore of Philadelphia
22 represents today's diverse FFA; therefore be it
23 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the
24 week of February 18 through 25, 2006, as "FFA Week" in
25 Pennsylvania and congratulate the members, advisers and parents
26 involved with this exemplary youth organization.
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