[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 528 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 528

Requesting the President to designate the Thursday before Thanksgiving 
                   Day as ``Feed America Thursday''.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 2, 2005

    Mr. Cannon (for himself, Mr. Bishop of Utah, and Mr. Matheson) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
                             on Agriculture

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Requesting the President to designate the Thursday before Thanksgiving 
                   Day as ``Feed America Thursday''.

Whereas Thanksgiving Day celebrates the spirit of selfless giving and an 
        appreciation for family and friends;
Whereas the spirit of Thanksgiving Day is a virtue upon which our Nation was 
        founded;
Whereas 33,000,000 Americans, including 13,000,000 children, continue to live in 
        households that do not have an adequate supply of food;
Whereas almost 3,000,000 of those children experience hunger;
Whereas selfless sacrifice breeds a genuine spirit of thanksgiving, both 
        affirming and restoring fundamental principles in our society;
Whereas great numbers of Americans this year are suffering hunger and other 
        privations from the results of hurricanes and other natural disasters; 
        and
Whereas the Thursday before Thanksgiving Day should be designated as ``Feed 
        America Thursday'': Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives requests that the 
President issue a proclamation designating ``Feed America Thursday'' 
and calling upon the people of the United States to sacrifice 2 meals 
on that day, and to donate the money that they would have spent on food 
for those 2 meals to a religious or charitable organization of their 
choice for the purpose of feeding the hungry.
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