PRINTER'S NO. 3787
No. 762 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY GEIST, ADOLPH, ARGALL, BAKER, BARRAR, BEAR,
BELFANTI, BENNINGHOFF, BEYER, BISHOP, BOBACK, BRENNAN,
BROOKS, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CASORIO, CAUSER, COHEN,
CONKLIN, CREIGHTON, CUTLER, DENLINGER, DePASQUALE,
DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, J. EVANS, EVERETT, FLECK, FRANKEL,
FREEMAN, GALLOWAY, GEORGE, GIBBONS, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH,
GODSHALL, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HARHAI, HELM, HENNESSEY, HERSHEY,
HESS, HICKERNELL, HUTCHINSON, M. KELLER, KILLION, KOTIK,
KULA, LONGIETTI, MAHONEY, MAJOR, MANN, MANTZ, MARKOSEK,
MARSHALL, MARSICO, McGEEHAN, McILVAINE SMITH, MELIO,
MICOZZIE, MILLARD, R. MILLER, MILNE, MOUL, MOYER, MURT,
MUSTIO, MYERS, NAILOR, D. O'BRIEN, O'NEILL, PALLONE, PARKER,
PAYNE, PHILLIPS, PICKETT, PYLE, QUINN, RAMALEY, RAPP,
READSHAW, REICHLEY, ROEBUCK, ROHRER, ROSS, RUBLEY, SANTONI,
SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SEIP, SIPTROTH, K. SMITH, SOLOBAY, SONNEY,
STERN, SURRA, SWANGER, THOMAS, TRUE, VULAKOVICH, WALKO,
WATSON, J. WHITE AND WOJNAROSKI, MAY 20, 2008
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MAY 20, 2008
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating the month of July 2008 as "Special Olympics
2 Pennsylvania Month."
3 WHEREAS, Special Olympics is an international nonprofit
4 organization dedicated to the empowerment, through sports and
5 physical activities, of children and adults with intellectual
6 disabilities; and
7 WHEREAS, Inclusion and community involvement are fundamental
8 to the worldwide Special Olympics movement; and
9 WHEREAS, Special Olympics Pennsylvania provides free year-
10 round training and fair competition for athletes of all ability
1 levels in a variety of individual and team Olympic-type sports;
2 and
3 WHEREAS, Special Olympics Pennsylvania conducts local and
4 sectional events and three major Statewide events: Winter Games,
5 Summer Games and Fall Festival; and
6 WHEREAS, Special Olympics Pennsylvania volunteers ensure that
7 participants enjoy and have a chance to excel in training for
8 local, State, national and world competitions; and
9 WHEREAS, Thousands of community and campus volunteers fulfill
10 essential tasks as coaches, officials, escorts and award
11 presenters on behalf of Special Olympics Pennsylvania; and
12 WHEREAS, Special Olympics Pennsylvania advances acceptance
13 and respect for individuals with intellectual disabilities; and
14 WHEREAS, Special Olympics Pennsylvania athletes honor the
15 oath Eunice Kennedy Shriver introduced at the inaugural
16 International Special Olympics Games in Chicago on July 20,
17 1968:
18 Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me be brave in the
19 attempt;
20 therefore be it
21 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the
22 month of July 2008 as "Special Olympics Pennsylvania Month"; and
23 be it further
24 RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to
25 Special Olympics Pennsylvania, 124 Washington Square, 2570
26 Boulevard of the Generals, Norristown PA 19403.
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