THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

INTRODUCED BY GOODMAN, AUMENT, BAKER, BARBIN, BISHOP, BOBACK, BROOKS, V. BROWN, CALTAGIRONE, CAUSER, CLYMER, COHEN, CONKLIN, D. COSTA, DALEY, DAVIS, DEASY, DELOZIER, DeLUCA, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, ELLIS, EVERETT, FABRIZIO, FLECK, FREEMAN, GABLER, GEIST, GEORGE, GIBBONS, GILLEN, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GRELL, HAHN, HANNA, HARHART, HARKINS, HEFFLEY, HENNESSEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, HORNAMAN, HUTCHINSON, KAVULICH, M. K. KELLER, KILLION, KNOWLES, KORTZ, KULA, LONGIETTI, MAHONEY, MAJOR, MANN, MARSHALL, MARSICO, McGEEHAN, MICOZZIE, MILLARD, MULLERY, MURT, MUSTIO, MYERS, OBERLANDER, M. O'BRIEN, O'NEILL, PASHINSKI, PEIFER, PRESTON, QUINN, READSHAW, ROCK, ROEBUCK, ROSS, SAINATO, SANTONI, SCAVELLO, CULVER, K. SMITH, SONNEY, STERN, STEVENSON, STURLA, SWANGER, THOMAS, VEREB, VULAKOVICH, WATSON AND YOUNGBLOOD, MARCH 12, 2012

INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, MARCH 12, 2012  

A RESOLUTION

Congratulating the American Cancer Society for its commitment to

research and public service and designating the week of March

19 through 25, 2012, as "Daffodil Days Awareness Week" in

Pennsylvania.

WHEREAS, The American Cancer Society is the largest source of

private, nonprofit cancer research funds in the United States,

second only to the Federal Government in dollars spent; and

WHEREAS, To date, the American Cancer Society has invested

more than $3.4 billion in cancer research; and

WHEREAS, Currently in Pennsylvania, the American Cancer

Society is funding 54 research grants totaling more than $32

million; and

WHEREAS, This investment in research is paying off, with the

five-year cancer survival rate now 67%, up from 49% in the

1970s; and

WHEREAS, Over the years and with funds raised from Daffodil

Days, the American Cancer Society has made great strides in

cancer research, including funding scientists who have

discovered the Papanicolaou test, bone marrow transplant

techniques, tamoxifen and Gleevec; and

WHEREAS, Daffodil Days is one of the American Cancer

Society's oldest fundraising programs and has helped to empower

people to make a difference in the fight against cancer; and

WHEREAS, Forty-six Nobel Prize winners were funded by the

American Cancer Society at some point in their careers; and

WHEREAS, An estimated 78,340 people in this Commonwealth and

an estimated 1,638,910 people nationwide will be diagnosed with

cancer in 2012; and

WHEREAS, In the United States, men have slightly less than a

one-in-two lifetime risk of developing cancer and women have a

little more than a one-in-three lifetime risk, therefore, it is

imperative for the American Cancer Society to continue to expand

flower sales and volunteer participation in Daffodil Days so

that everyone can continue to work together toward a cancer-free

society; therefore be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives congratulate the

American Cancer Society for its commitment to research and

public service and designate the week of March 19 through 25,

2012, as "Daffodil Days Awareness Week" in Pennsylvania.