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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE RESOLUTION |
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| INTRODUCED BY BRUBAKER, ALLOWAY, FONTANA, O'PAKE, STOUT, DINNIMAN, ORIE, PILEGGI, FERLO, PIPPY, WASHINGTON, TARTAGLIONE, ERICKSON, GREENLEAF, WARD, STACK, LOGAN, D. WHITE, WILLIAMS AND BOSCOLA, MAY 26, 2010 |
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| INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, MAY 26, 2010 |
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| A RESOLUTION |
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1 | Designating the week of May 24 through 30, 2010, as "Aevidum, |
2 | Pennsylvania! Week" in Pennsylvania. |
3 | WHEREAS, Public and private schools across Pennsylvania are |
4 | devastated by suicide; and |
5 | WHEREAS, According to the United States Department of Health |
6 | and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services |
7 | Administration, 4,189 young people committed suicide in 2006, |
8 | making it the third-leading cause of death among people 15 to 24 |
9 | years of age; and |
10 | WHEREAS, Depression is a treatable mental illness; and |
11 | WHEREAS, Students and teachers across this Commonwealth |
12 | should be aware of the warning signs of depression and suicide; |
13 | and |
14 | WHEREAS, Education about depression helps to shatter the |
15 | shame associated with mental illness; and |
16 | WHEREAS, Aevidum, Pennsylvania! was created to raise |
17 | awareness of the warning signs of depression and suicide for |
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1 | students and staff at public and private schools in this |
2 | Commonwealth; and |
3 | WHEREAS, The Aevidum organization was founded at Cocalico |
4 | High School after a student committed suicide in 2003; and |
5 | WHEREAS, Aevidum students work diligently on their mission |
6 | reaching thousands of students; and |
7 | WHEREAS, Aevidum has received prestigious awards from mental |
8 | health organizations and SADD; and |
9 | WHEREAS, Aevidum has partnered with the Minding Your Mind |
10 | Foundation and Dooligus, a band that composed a song called |
11 | "Aevidum" to further broaden the cause; and |
12 | WHEREAS, The message of Aevidum is being spread to provide |
13 | hope and assurance to those who are depressed and ultimately to |
14 | save lives; therefore be it |
15 | RESOLVED, That the Senate designate the week of May 24 |
16 | through 30, 2010, as "Aevidum, Pennsylvania! Week" in |
17 | Pennsylvania and urge all citizens to support the need for |
18 | awareness and education of the warning signs of depression and |
19 | suicide. |
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