PRINTER'S NO. 3767
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
995
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY BIZZARRO, READSHAW, HENNESSEY, TOOHIL, KINSEY,
SONNEY, DUSH, SCHLOSSBERG, SOLOMON, SCHLEGEL CULVER,
J. McNEILL, RYAN, M. QUINN, NEILSON, MARSICO, MILLARD,
DiGIROLAMO, HAHN, DAVIS, DEASY, CALTAGIRONE, WATSON,
SCHWEYER, STURLA, ROEBUCK, DONATUCCI, OBERLANDER AND
BRADFORD, JUNE 20, 2018
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JUNE 20, 2018
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of September 2018 as "Light the Night Walk
Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) has a mission
focused on curing leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and
myeloma and improving the quality of life for blood cancer
patients and their families; and
WHEREAS, LLS operates as the world's largest voluntary health
agency dedicated to blood cancer; and
WHEREAS, LLS funds lifesaving blood cancer research around
the world and provides free information and support services;
and
WHEREAS, LLS has committed $46 million in funding to new
multiyear grants for breakthrough blood cancer research in
fiscal year 2018, resulting in a total of more than $1.2 billion
in research investments since its inception; and
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