PRINTER'S NO. 3250
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
713
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY KLUNK AND DAVIDSON, FEBRUARY 3, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, FEBRUARY 3, 2020
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the week of March 8 through 15, 2020, as "AmeriCorps
Week" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Since its creation in 1994, the AmeriCorps national
service program has proven to be highly effective in engaging
Americans of all ages and backgrounds in meeting a wide range of
community needs and promoting the ethics of service and
volunteerism; and
WHEREAS, Each year, AmeriCorps, including AmeriCorps VISTA
and AmeriCorps NCCC, provides opportunities for 75,000 citizens
across the nation, including 2,500 in this Commonwealth, to give
back in an intensive way to communities; and
WHEREAS, The Corporation for National and Community Service
has strengthened this Commonwealth's private sector by investing
more than $34.2 million in the past year to support the efforts
of more than 100 nonprofit, community, educational and faith-
based community groups, providing grants which leveraged more
than $33.1 million in outside resources from businesses,
foundations, public agencies and other sources, strengthening
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community impact and increasing the return on taxpayer dollars;
and
WHEREAS, AmeriCorps members recruit, train and supervise
millions of volunteers annually, demonstrating AmeriCorps' value
as a powerful catalyst and volunteer force multiplier; and
WHEREAS, AmeriCorps members have served a total of more than
1.5 billion hours nationwide, including 70 million hours of
service by residents of this Commonwealth, helping to improve
the lives of this Commonwealth's most vulnerable residents,
strengthening the educational system, protecting the environment
and contributing to public safety; and
WHEREAS, AmeriCorps members nationwide, in return for their
service, have earned more than $3.7 billion in Segal AmeriCorps
Education Awards to use to further their own educational
advancement at colleges and universities, including $167.2
million that have been awarded to residents of this
Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, After their terms of service end, AmeriCorps members
remain engaged in our communities as volunteers, teachers,
public servants and nonprofit leaders in disproportionately high
levels; and
WHEREAS, "AmeriCorps Week" is an opportune time for the
residents of this Commonwealth to salute AmeriCorps members of
the past and present for their powerful impact and thank all
AmeriCorps community partners in this Commonwealth who make the
program possible and bring more Americans into service;
therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the
week of March 8 through 15, 2020, as "AmeriCorps Week" in
Pennsylvania; and be it further
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives urge all
residents of this Commonwealth to thank AmeriCorps members of
the past and present for their service to our communities.
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