HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 19
(By Mr. Speaker, Mr. Thompson, and Delegates Stephens,
Anderson, Andes, Argento, Armstead, Ashley, Azinger, Barker,
Beach, Boggs, Border, Brown, Butcher, Campbell, Canterbury,
Caputo, Carmichael, Cowles, Crosier, Doyle, Duke, Eldridge,
Ennis, Evans, Ferro, Fleischauer, Fragale, Frazier, Givens,
Guthrie, Hall, Hamilton, Hartman, Hatfield, Hunt, Hutchins,
Iaquinta, Kominar, Lane, Lawrence, Longstreth, Louisos, Mahan,
Manchin, Manypenny, Marshall, Martin, McGeehan, Michael, Miley,
C. Miller, Moore, Morgan, Moye, Paxton, Perdue, Perry, Pethtel,
Phillips, D. Poling, M. Poling, Porter, Reynolds, Rodighiero,
Romine, Ross, Rowan, Schadler, Schoen, Shaver, Shott, Smith,
Sobonya, Spencer, Staggers, Stowers, Sumner, Susman,
Swartzmiller, Tabb, Talbott, Varner, Walker, Walters, Webster,
Wells, White, Williams and Wooton
)
[Introduced March 2, 2009.]
Designating March 2, 2009, as West Virginia March for Meals Day and
the month of March 2009 as March for Meals Fundraising Month
.
Whereas, More than 60,000 West Virginia senior received
services through the Older Americans Act during Fiscal Year 2008;
and
Whereas
, Some thirty-three thousand West Virginia Senior
received more than 2.7 million meals during that same period; and
Whereas
, Many elderly West Virginians are afforded healthy,
nutritious meals along with daily social interaction via a Senior
Nutrition Staff member or volunteer; and
Whereas
, Senior nutrition programs, as funded through Title III
of the Older American Act, allow Seniors to remain independent and
in their homes or promote socialization at county nutrition sites;
and
Whereas
, The Meals on Wheels Association of America partners
with county nutrition programs to provide resources and tools
designed to serve West Virginia's elderly population; and
Whereas
, The nutritious, USDA-compliant meals are served to
Seniors in all fifty-five counties of West Virginia; and
Whereas
, Our aging population, both on a national and statewide
basis, continues to grow thus requiring a more skilled and equipped
staff; and
Whereas
, MOWAA works in conjunction with county aging programs
throughout West Virginia to provide necessary resources and tools
related to Senior nutrition programs; and
Whereas
, The West Virginia Directors of Senior and Community
Services along with MOWAA invites all residents of West Virginia to
participate in the "March for Meals Day" at the Charleston Civic
Center on March 2, 2009 and to observe the entire month of March 2009 as March for Meals Fundraising Month; therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Delegates:
That the House of Delegates hereby designates March 2, 2009,
as West Virginia March for Meals Day and the month of March 2009 as
March for Meals Fundraising Month; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates
forward a certified copy of this resolution to the Governor of West
Virginia and the West Virginia Director of Senior and Community
Services.