PRINTER'S NO. 955
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
148
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY PHILLIPS-HILL, KEARNEY, BROWNE, J. WARD, BOSCOLA,
FONTANA, BARTOLOTTA, BROOKS, MARTIN, MUTH, SCAVELLO, GORDNER,
COMITTA, PITTMAN, COSTA AND HUTCHINSON, JUNE 23, 2021
REFERRED TO RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, JUNE 23, 2021
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of August 2021 as "YMCA Advocacy Month" in
Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, This Commonwealth has more YMCAs than any other
state in the United States, with 58 associations and 110 branch
locations; and
WHEREAS, The YMCA is a charitable, nonprofit organization
committed to ensuring that no individual will be denied services
or participation in YMCA programs, such as child care, day
camps, summer camps or YMCA membership because of economic
hardship; and
WHEREAS, YMCAs in this Commonwealth have more than 700,000
members and more than 180,000 individuals participating in
programs and services for children, families, teenagers and
older adults; and
WHEREAS, The YMCA promotes youth development, healthy living
and social responsibility in a variety of programs and services
to more than 1 million people from all ages, backgrounds, faiths
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and income levels; and
WHEREAS, The YMCA is the largest child-care service provider
in Pennsylvania, serving more than 34,000 children in preschool
and school-age programs; and
WHEREAS, The YMCA provides long-term and short-term housing
to fight homelessness in this Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, The YMCA depends on the outstanding efforts of more
than 24,000 volunteers across this Commonwealth who provide
valuable community services as child-care aides, swim
instructors, tutors, mentors, coaches, chaperones and advocates,
with volunteer hours exceeding $8 million in value; and
WHEREAS, The YMCA emphasizes and maintains the core values of
honesty, caring, respect and responsibility in all operations;
and
WHEREAS, The YMCA upholds the standards of accountability,
ethics, responsibility and transparency entrusted upon it by the
public as a charitable organization, standing as leaders of the
nonprofit community; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate designate the month of August 2021
as "YMCA Advocacy Month" in Pennsylvania.
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