PRINTER'S NO. 2296
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
528
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY BOBACK, MURT, WATSON, D. COSTA, MILLARD, KINSEY,
BAKER, V. BROWN, PHILLIPS-HILL, ROZZI, LONGIETTI, VEREB,
COHEN, THOMAS, KIRKLAND, BIZZARRO, BISHOP, HARHART, READSHAW,
PICKETT, DONATUCCI, O'BRIEN, SCHLOSSBERG, MARSICO, MENTZER,
HENNESSEY, DRISCOLL, CALTAGIRONE, GROVE, DiGIROLAMO,
WHEELAND, PAYNE, SCHWEYER, HEFFLEY, MAJOR, GINGRICH, ROSS,
WARD, EVERETT, MACKENZIE, QUINN, TOOHIL, KORTZ, B. MILLER,
HARHAI, HELM, CORBIN, YOUNGBLOOD, ADOLPH AND BRADFORD,
OCTOBER 5, 2015
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
OCTOBER 5, 2015
A RESOLUTION
Designating October 23, 2015, as "World Polio Day" in
Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Rotary International, founded on February 23, 1905,
in Chicago, Illinois, is the world's first and one of the
largest nonprofit service organizations; and
WHEREAS, In 1985, Rotary International launched Polioplus and
spearheaded the Global Polio Eradication Initiative with the
World Health Organization, the United States Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention and the United Nations Children's Fund to
immunize the children of the world against polio; and
WHEREAS, Polio cases have dropped by 99% since 1988 and the
world stands on the threshold of eradicating the disease; and
WHEREAS, Rotary International has contributed more than $1
billion and countless volunteer hours for the protection of more
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