PRINTER'S NO. 2957
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
667
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY RADER, JANUARY 31, 2018
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JANUARY 31, 2018
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing February 4 through 10, 2018, as "National Future
Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda Week" in
Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda
(FBLA-PBL) is a nonprofit educational organization whose first
chapter was established in Johnson City, Tennessee in 1942; and
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania's first FBLA-PBL chapter was chartered
at Blairsville High School in Indiana County in 1943; and
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania FBLA-PBL was chartered as a State
chapter in 1952; and
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania FBLA-PBL has grown to encompass 14,500
members Statewide and more than 250,000 members and advisers
nationwide in middle schools, high schools, colleges,
universities, career and technical schools and private business
schools; and
WHEREAS, FBLA-PBL is a professional business organization
dedicated to bringing business and education together in a
positive working relationship through innovative leadership and
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career development programs; and
WHEREAS, Members perform community service activities and
strive to build a student's understanding of the realities of
the modern business world; and
WHEREAS, FBLA-PBL teaches middle school and high school
students basic business and leadership principles and assists in
the transition from school to work; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the
week of February 4 through 10, 2018, as "National Future
Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda Week" in
Pennsylvania.
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