THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

INTRODUCED BY SAYLOR, ADOLPH, BEAR, BEYER, BISHOP, BOBACK, BOYD, BRENNAN, BRIGGS, CALTAGIRONE, CONKLIN, CREIGHTON, DALEY, DELOZIER, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, J. EVANS, EVERETT, FRANKEL, FREEMAN, GEIST, GEORGE, GIBBONS, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, GROVE, GRUCELA, HELM, HENNESSEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, HUTCHINSON, M. KELLER, KILLION, KORTZ, KULA, MAJOR, MANDERINO, MARSICO, McCALL, McGEEHAN, MELIO, MENSCH, MILLARD, MILLER, MOUL, MUSTIO, PALLONE, PAYNE, PHILLIPS, PICKETT, QUINN, RAPP, REED, REICHLEY, ROCK, ROHRER, ROSS, SAINATO, SANTONI, SIPTROTH, SONNEY, SWANGER, TALLMAN, VEREB, VULAKOVICH, WALKO, WATERS, WATSON AND WHEATLEY, APRIL 29, 2009

INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, APRIL 29, 2009  

A RESOLUTION

Designating May 9, 2009, as "Stamp Out Hunger Day" in

Pennsylvania.

WHEREAS, On May 9, 2009, letter carriers of the United States

Postal Service in more than 10,000 cities and towns across this

nation will deliver the mail and collect non-perishable food

donations from their postal customers; and

WHEREAS, This food drive celebrates its 17th anniversary and

is the largest one-day food drive in the country; and

WHEREAS, In 2008, the food drive collected more than 73

million pounds of food for people who are needy; and

WHEREAS, This effort by letter carriers of the National

Association of Letter Carriers AFL-CIO, with the help of rural

letter carriers and other postal employees and numerous other

volunteers, has resulted in the delivery of nearly one billion

pounds of donations to community food banks over the past 16

years; therefore be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate May 9,

2009, as "Stamp Out Hunger Day" in Pennsylvania.