2015-2016 Bill 1079: March for Meals Month - South Carolina Legislature Online

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 121st Session, 2015-2016 3 4 S. 1079 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 Concurrent Resolution 9 Sponsors: Senators Shealy and Alexander 10 Document Path: l:\council\bills\rm\1501ahb16.docx 11 12 Introduced in the Senate on February 11, 2016 13 Introduced in the House on February 24, 2016 14 Currently residing in the Senate 15 16 Summary: March for Meals Month 17 18 19 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 20 21 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 22 2/11/2016 Senate Introduced ( Senate Journalpage 4) 23 2/11/2016 Senate Referred to Committee on Invitations ( Senate Journalpage 4) 24 2/18/2016 Senate Polled out of committee Invitations ( Senate Journalpage 7) 25 2/18/2016 Senate Committee report: Favorable Invitations ( Senate Journalpage 7) 26 2/23/2016 Senate Adopted, sent to House ( Senate Journalpage 21) 27 2/24/2016 House Introduced ( House Journalpage 5) 28 2/24/2016 House Referred to Committee on Invitations and Memorial Resolutions (House 29 Journalpage 5) 30 3/8/2016 House Committee report: Favorable Invitations and Memorial Resolutions (House 31 Journalpage 27) 32 3/9/2016 House Adopted, sent to Senate ( House Journalpage 26) 33 34 View the latest legislative information at the website 35 36 37 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 38 39 2/11/2016 40 2/18/2016 41 3/8/2016 42 1 COMMITTEE REPORT 2 March 8, 2016 3 4 S. 1079 5 6 Introduced by Senators Shealy and Alexander 7 8 S. Printed 3/8/16--H. 9 Read the first time February 24, 2016. 10 11 12 THE COMMITTEE ON 13 INVITATIONS AND MEMORIAL RESOLUTIONS 14 To whom was referred a Concurrent Resolution (S. 1079) to 15 honor our senior nutrition programs, the seniors they serve, and the 16 volunteers who care for them and to declare March 2016 as 17 “March for Meals Month”, etc., respectfully 18 REPORT: 19 That they have duly and carefully considered the same and 20 recommend that the same do pass: 21 22 JIMMY C. BALES for Committee. 23

[1079-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 10 11 TO HONOR OUR SENIOR NUTRITION PROGRAMS, THE 12 SENIORS THEY SERVE, AND THE VOLUNTEERS WHO 13 CARE FOR THEM AND TO DECLARE MARCH 2016 AS 14 “MARCH FOR MEALS MONTH” IN SOUTH CAROLINA. 15 16 Whereas, President Richard Nixon in March 1972 signed into law 17 a national nutrition program for seniors sixty years and older. 18 Appropriately, in March 2002, the Meals on Wheels Association 19 of America established the National March for Meals Campaign to 20 celebrate the importance of Older Americans Act senior nutrition 21 programs and to raise awareness about senior hunger in America; 22 and 23 24 Whereas, joining the 2016 observance of the March for Meals 25 Campaign offers an especially suitable occasion for supporting 26 senior nutrition programs that deliver vital and critical services 27 through donation, volunteer work, and the raising of awareness 28 about senior hunger; and 29 30 Whereas, in the more than four decades that senior nutrition 31 programs have benefitted South Carolina communities, volunteer 32 drivers for Meals on Wheels programs throughout this great State 33 have been the backbone of the program. These dedicated friends 34 deliver not just nutritious meals to homebound seniors and 35 individuals with disabilities but also caring, concern, and attention 36 to their welfare; and 37 38 Whereas, these volunteer services help seniors avoid premature or 39 unnecessary institutionalization and provide powerful socialization 40 opportunities for millions of seniors as they combat loneliness and 41 isolation; and 42

[1079] 3 1 Whereas, exemplifying the fine work of the Palmetto State’s senior 2 nutrition programs, the Lexington County Recreation and Aging 3 Commission Meals on Wheels Program has served its seniors 4 admirably for over forty years, offering services, including 5 delivery of more than 144,000 meals annually in Lexington 6 County, to over twelve hundred older individuals. The General 7 Assembly is grateful for the excellent work of this and all such 8 committed volunteer programs that seek to improve the nutrition 9 of South Carolina’s seniors. Now, therefore, 10 11 Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives 12 concurring: 13 14 That the members of the South Carolina General Assembly, by this 15 resolution, honor our senior nutrition programs, the seniors they 16 serve, and the volunteers who care for them and declare March 17 2016 as “March for Meals Month” in South Carolina. 18 19 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be provided to 20 the Lexington County Recreation and Aging Commission Meals 21 on Wheels Program. 22 XX 23

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