PRINTER'S NO. 3377
No. 307 Session of 1990
INTRODUCED BY COWELL, BATTISTO, MAINE, EVANS, BORTNER, MARSICO
AND ROBBINS, APRIL 18, 1990
ADOPTED, APRIL 18, 1990
A RESOLUTION
1 Recognizing the long service of the State YMCA Youth and
2 Government Program in fostering and promoting understanding
3 of our democratic system of government.
4 WHEREAS, The legislative process has been a cornerstone of
5 government in this Commonwealth; and
6 WHEREAS, The legislature and other aspects of our democratic
7 government require an alert and informed citizenry; and
8 WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania YMCA Youth and Government Program
9 has fostered an expansive, hands-on method of participatory
10 awareness for more than 40 years; and
11 WHEREAS, The Youth and Government Program involves more than
12 350 secondary school students from all corners of this
13 Commonwealth; and
14 WHEREAS, The Youth and Government Program culminates in a
15 three-day Model Legislature and Administrative Convention at
16 Harrisburg each year; and
17 WHEREAS, The Model Legislature and Administrative Convention
18 program replicates virtually every aspect of a typical day in
1 State government, including legislative debate, gubernatorial
2 functions, media coverage and lobbying activities; therefore be
3 it
4 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives extend its
5 deepest congratulations to the State YMCA for its continuing
6 implementation of the Youth and Government Program; and be it
7 further
8 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives offer its warmest
9 welcome to the participants in the YMCA Model Legislature and
10 Administrative Convention which convenes in the Capitol Complex
11 on April 20, 21 and 22, 1990.
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