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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The Meals on Wheels Association of America created
3 the March for Meals Campaign in 2002 to call attention to the
4 problem of senior hunger in America; and
 
5     WHEREAS, In March of 1972, the law was enacted to include
6 senior meal programs in the Older Americans Act; and
 
7     WHEREAS, The slogan "So No Senior Goes Hungry" is the
8 rallying cry of the campaign and the Association; and
 
9     WHEREAS, The three goals of the March for Meals Campaign
10 are to raise awareness about senior hunger, recruit new
11 volunteers to join in the fight against senior hunger, and to
12 raise money on the local level; therefore, be it
 
13     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
14 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
15 the month of March shall be known as March for Meals in honor
16 of the citizens of the State of Illinois.