PRINTER'S NO. 3704
No. 730 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY D. O'BRIEN, FAIRCHILD, MELIO, BAKER, BELFANTI, BRENNAN, BROOKS, CALTAGIRONE, CIVERA, CLYMER, CONKLIN, CREIGHTON, DePASQUALE, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, EACHUS, FLECK, FRANKEL, GALLOWAY, GEIST, GEORGE, GIBBONS, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GRELL, GRUCELA, HARKINS, HELM, HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, KOTIK, LENTZ, MANN, MANTZ, McGEEHAN, McILHATTAN, MENSCH, MOUL, MOYER, NAILOR, M. O'BRIEN, PALLONE, PAYNE, PHILLIPS, RAMALEY, RAPP, READSHAW, ROCK, ROSS, RUBLEY, SAINATO, SANTONI, SAYLOR, SOLOBAY, SWANGER, TRUE, VEREB, VULAKOVICH, WATSON, WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD, GOODMAN, BIANCUCCI, KORTZ, O'NEILL AND J. WHITE, MAY 7, 2008
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, MAY 7, 2008
A RESOLUTION 1 Celebrating May 13, 2008, as "Liberty USO Day" in Pennsylvania. 2 WHEREAS, The Liberty USO of Pennsylvania and Southern New 3 Jersey, Inc., with commitment and unwavering loyalty, has served 4 the armed forces and their families since 1941; and 5 WHEREAS, Liberty USO's innovative family and individual 6 service member programs and services are delivered 365 days per 7 year by volunteers at military installations and other service 8 centers throughout this Commonwealth and southern New Jersey; 9 and 10 WHEREAS, Thousands of Commonwealth soldiers, marines, airmen 11 and sailors and their families have benefited through United 12 Service Organizations (USO) programs such as Families of the
1 Fallen Weekend, Comfort Bear, Hero Kids Summer Camp, Project 2 Einstein and United Through Reading programs, among others; and 3 WHEREAS, Hundreds of USO volunteers provide thousands of 4 hours of service each year at its locations at the Philadelphia 5 International Airport, Willow Grove and Fort Indiantown Gap, as 6 well as southern New Jersey locations; and 7 WHEREAS, Those devoted volunteers help with hospitality for 8 returning and deploying troops and provide support for a variety 9 of free services and programs; and 10 WHEREAS, Liberty USO supports all branches of the military, 11 including the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, 12 Coast Guard and the National Guard and Reserves; therefore be it 13 RESOLVED, That on May 13, 2008, the grateful members of the 14 House of Representatives salute Liberty USO for its almost 15 seven-decade record of steadfast and faithful support and 16 celebrate this day as "Liberty USO Day" in Pennsylvania. E2L82JAM/20080H0730R3704 - 2 -