THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

INTRODUCED BY CONKLIN, McCALL, KIRKLAND, GIBBONS, READSHAW, BISHOP, ROSS, MAJOR, LONGIETTI, FREEMAN, GEORGE, SAINATO, BRENNAN, DONATUCCI, MILLARD, QUINN, SWANGER, PICKETT, STURLA, McGEEHAN, HOUGHTON, PALLONE, GOODMAN, MOUL, SCAVELLO, D. COSTA, GRUCELA, PASHINSKI, MIRABITO, CALTAGIRONE, HARHART, PAYNE, SANTONI, KORTZ, DELOZIER, SAYLOR, MANN AND BELFANTI, APRIL 20, 2009

INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, APRIL 20, 2009  

A RESOLUTION

Designating May 9, 2009, as "Letter Carrier Food Drive Day" in

Pennsylvania; and commending the National Association of

Letter Carriers for its humanitarian efforts to eliminate

hunger.

WHEREAS, On Saturday, May 9, 2009, the National Association

of Letter Carriers will conduct the 17th annual NALC "Stamp Out

Hunger" food drive to combat hunger; and

WHEREAS, This is the largest one-day food drive in the

nation, which is held in all 50 states and territories of the

United States; and

WHEREAS, On that day, letter carriers will collect

nonperishable donations as they deliver mail along their postal

routes; and

WHEREAS, The food will be collected in over 10,000

communities by nearly 1,500 local branches of the postal union,

along with rural carriers and other volunteers; and

WHEREAS, Donations will be delivered to food banks, pantries

and shelters that serve the area where the donations are

collected; and

WHEREAS, The summer months are a particularly critical time

for millions of children whose school lunch programs are

suspended until fall and their families must find alternate

sources of nutrition; and

WHEREAS, Letter carriers see these families every day as they

deliver the mail and this food drive is one way to help

alleviate their plight; and

WHEREAS, Postal patrons are encouraged to participate by

leaving donations by their mailboxes on May 9, 2009; and

WHEREAS, Cosponsors of the drive are the United States Postal

Service, the Campbell Soup Company, Valpak/Cox Target Media,

Inc., local United Ways, the AFL-CIO and America's Second

Harvest food bank network; and

WHEREAS, Since its inception in 1993, the nationwide drive

has collected and delivered over three-quarters of a billion

pounds of food to help hungry families and last year carriers

collected 73.2 million pounds of food, which is the third

consecutive year the effort has exceeded 70 million pounds;

therefore be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate May 9,

2009, as "Letter Carrier Food Drive Day" in Pennsylvania; and be

it further

RESOLVED, That the National Association of Letter Carriers

and its cosponsors be commended for their humanitarian efforts

to stamp out hunger; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the citizens of this Commonwealth be commended

for their past participation in this food drive and encouraged

to generously contribute to this year's effort to help feed the

hungry.