CORRECTIVE REPRINT PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 3704 PRINTER'S NO. 3746
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, J. WHITE, J. EVANS, COX, MAJOR, KULA, EVERET, HARHART, MILLARD, SIPTROTH, JAMES, DeLUCA, RAYMOND, BOYD, McCALL, BEYER, HARPER, MICOZZIE, REICHLEY, KAUFFMAN, FREEMAN, GILLESPIE AND HESS, 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
1 and sailors and their families have benefited through United 2 Service Organizations (USO) programs such as Families of the 3 Fallen Weekend, Comfort Bear, Hero Kids Summer Camp, Project 4 Einstein and United Through Reading programs, among others; and 5 WHEREAS, Hundreds of USO volunteers provide thousands of 6 hours of service each year at its locations at the Philadelphia 7 International Airport, Willow Grove and Fort Indiantown Gap, as 8 well as southern New Jersey locations; and 9 WHEREAS, Those devoted volunteers help with hospitality for 10 returning and deploying troops and provide support for a variety 11 of free services and programs; and 12 WHEREAS, Liberty USO supports all branches of the military, 13 including the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, 14 Coast Guard and the National Guard and Reserves; therefore be it 15 RESOLVED, That on May 13, 2008, the grateful members of the 16 House of Representatives salute Liberty USO for its almost 17 seven-decade record of steadfast and faithful support and 18 celebrate this day as "Liberty USO Day" in Pennsylvania. E2L82JAM/20080H0730R3746 - 2 -