[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Page 22678]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            FEED AMERICA DAY

  The resolution (S. Res. 691) designating Thursday, November 20, 2008, 
as ``Feed America Day,'' was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                              S. Res. 691

       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 the Nation was founded;
       Whereas, according to the Department of Agriculture, 
     roughly 35,000,000 people in the United States, including 
     12,000,000 children, continue to live in households that do 
     not have an adequate supply of food; and
       Whereas selfless sacrifice breeds a genuine spirit of 
     thanksgiving, both affirming and restoring fundamental 
     principles in our society: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) designates Thursday, November 20, 2008, as ``Feed 
     America Day''; and
       (2) encourages the people of the United States to sacrifice 
     2 meals on Feed America Day and to donate the money that they 
     would have spent on food to a religious or charitable 
     organization of their choice for the purpose of feeding the 
     hungry.

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