PRINTER'S NO. 4529
No. 938 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY McGEEHAN, READSHAW, BELFANTI, BISHOP, BRENNAN, CALTAGIRONE, CUTLER, DePASQUALE, DONATUCCI, FRANKEL, FREEMAN, GALLOWAY, GEORGE, GIBBONS, HERSHEY, HORNAMAN, JAMES, KESSLER, KIRKLAND, KORTZ, MANTZ, McILVAINE SMITH, MILLARD, MOYER, M. O'BRIEN, O'NEILL, PALLONE, PARKER, PASHINSKI, PAYNE, RAMALEY, REICHLEY, SAINATO, SANTONI, SHAPIRO, SIPTROTH, SOLOBAY, SONNEY, STABACK, STERN, SWANGER, VULAKOVICH, WALKO, WATERS AND PHILLIPS, OCTOBER 8, 2008
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, OCTOBER 8, 2008
A RESOLUTION 1 Designating November 1, 2008, as "Random Acts of Kindness Day" 2 in Pennsylvania. 3 WHEREAS, On October 31, 2007, Philadelphia Police Officer 4 Charles Cassidy was fatally wounded in the line of duty; and 5 WHEREAS, Officer Cassidy selflessly served the City of 6 Philadelphia for more than 25 years and sacrificed his life for 7 the city he loved so much; and 8 WHEREAS, Since the death of Officer Cassidy, Philadelphia has 9 mourned the loss of four police officers whose courage and honor 10 will be remembered forever by their families and friends; and 11 WHEREAS, Police Officer Walter T. Barclay, Jr., Sergeant 12 Stephen Liczbinski, Police Officer Isabel Nazario and Sergeant 13 Patrick McDonald all lost their lives while serving and 14 protecting the people of Philadelphia; and
1 WHEREAS, Gun violence selfishly continues to take the lives 2 of the very people who are sworn to protect and restore order in 3 our communities; and 4 WHEREAS, It is important for the citizens of this 5 Commonwealth to remember all victims of crime and to express 6 this remembrance through acts of random kindness; therefore be 7 it 8 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate 9 November 1, 2008, as "Random Acts of Kindness Day" as a day of 10 remembrance of Police Officer Charles Cassidy, Police Officer 11 Walter T. Barclay, Jr., Sergeant Stephen Liczbinski, Police 12 Officer Isabel Nazario, Sergeant Patrick McDonald and all the 13 victims of crime in this Commonwealth. J6L82AJM/20080H0938R4529 - 2 -