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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE RESOLUTION |
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| INTRODUCED BY FONTANA, KITCHEN, STACK, FERLO, ARGALL, RAFFERTY, KASUNIC, COSTA, BREWSTER, TARTAGLIONE, HUGHES, ERICKSON, ORIE, SOLOBAY, DINNIMAN, PILEGGI, FARNESE, SCHWANK, WAUGH, WASHINGTON, ALLOWAY AND LEACH, APRIL 12, 2011 |
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| INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, APRIL 12, 2011 |
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| A RESOLUTION |
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1 | Recognizing the week of April 10 through 16, 2011, as "National |
2 | Volunteer Week" in Pennsylvania. |
3 | WHEREAS, National Volunteer Week has been established as a |
4 | way to thank some of the nation's most valuable citizens and to |
5 | recognize the many ways that volunteers strengthen our |
6 | communities; and |
7 | WHEREAS, During this week, all over the nation, service |
8 | projects will be performed and volunteers recognized for their |
9 | commitment to service; and |
10 | WHEREAS, Established in 1974, National Volunteer Week began |
11 | when President Richard M. Nixon signed an Executive order to |
12 | establish the week as an annual celebration; and |
13 | WHEREAS, The 2011 theme, "Celebrating People in Action," |
14 | provides an opportunity for individuals, families, nonprofit |
15 | organizations and government entities to celebrate ordinary |
16 | people who accomplish extraordinary things through service; and |
17 | WHEREAS, The Hands On Network has merged with the Points of |
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1 | Light Institute to become the largest volunteer management and |
2 | civic engagement organization in the nation whose core mission |
3 | is to inspire, equip and mobilize people to take action that |
4 | changes the world, and it has a network of more than 250 |
5 | affiliates across the country which deliver approximately 30 |
6 | million hours of volunteer service annually; and |
7 | WHEREAS, Entire communities can inspire, equip and mobilize |
8 | people to take positive action that changes the world; and |
9 | WHEREAS, Individual volunteers are at the center of social |
10 | change, discovering their power to make a difference, and by |
11 | exercising their power to help others they become involved in |
12 | shaping our future as a caring and productive Commonwealth; and |
13 | WHEREAS, Volunteers give their time and talents to help |
14 | Pennsylvania's most vulnerable citizens, including those who are |
15 | homeless and hungry, elderly persons, at-risk youth and citizens |
16 | with disabilities; and |
17 | WHEREAS, The vulnerable and needy across this Commonwealth |
18 | rely on the actions of volunteers everyday to accomplish goals, |
19 | find solutions to real problems and overcome challenges; and |
20 | WHEREAS, Volunteers improve the quality of life for those in |
21 | need by building homes and handing out food and supplies; and |
22 | WHEREAS, Volunteers save lives by putting out fires, |
23 | searching for lost persons or supporting blood drives; and |
24 | WHEREAS, According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the |
25 | volunteer rate in America rose from 26.4% in 2008 to 26.8% in |
26 | 2009; and |
27 | WHEREAS, According to the Corporation for National and |
28 | Community Service, 2.8 million people contribute nearly 334 |
29 | million hours of service each year in this Commonwealth; and |
30 | WHEREAS, The act of volunteering empowers both the giver and |
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1 | the recipient and motivates others to serve; therefore be it |
2 | RESOLVED, That the Senate recognize the week of April 10 |
3 | through 16, 2011, as "National Volunteer Week" in Pennsylvania. |
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