South Carolina General Assembly

122nd Session, 2017-2018

S.414

STATUS INFORMATION

Concurrent Resolution

Sponsors: Senator Shealy

Document Path: l:\council\bills\rt\17062cm17.docx

Introduced in the Senate on February 14, 2017

Introduced in the House on March 9, 2017

Last Amended on March 7, 2017

Adopted by the General Assembly on March 9, 2017

Summary: March for Meals Month

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

DateBodyAction Description with journal page number

2/14/2017SenateIntroduced (Senate Journalpage11)

2/14/2017SenateReferred to Committee on Medical Affairs(Senate Journalpage11)

3/2/2017SenateCommittee report: Favorable with amendment Medical Affairs (Senate Journalpage13)

3/7/2017SenateCommittee Amendment Adopted (Senate Journalpage45)

3/7/2017SenateAdopted, sent to House (Senate Journalpage45)

3/9/2017HouseIntroduced, adopted, returned with concurrence (House Journalpage1)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

2/14/2017

3/2/2017

3/7/2017

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ADOPTED

March 7, 2017

S.414

Introduced by Senator Shealy

S. Printed 3/7/17--S.

Read the first time February 14, 2017.

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ACONCURRENT RESOLUTION

TO HONOR OUR SENIOR NUTRITION PROGRAMS, THE SENIORS THEY SERVE, AND THE VOLUNTEERS WHO CARE FOR THEM AND TO DECLARE MARCH 2017 AS “MARCH FOR MEALS MONTH” IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

Amend Title To Conform

Whereas, President Richard Nixon in March 1972, signed into law a national nutrition program for seniors age sixty years and older. Appropriately, in March 2002, the Meals on Wheels Association of America established the National March for Meals Campaign to celebrate the importance of Older Americans Act senior nutrition programs and to raise awareness about senior hunger in America; and

Whereas, joining the 2017 observance of the March for Meals Campaign offers an especially suitable occasion for supporting senior nutrition programs that deliver vital and critical services through donation, volunteer work, and the raising of awareness about senior hunger; and

Whereas, in the more than four decades that senior nutrition programs have benefitted South Carolina communities, volunteer drivers for Meals on Wheels programs throughout this great State have been the backbone of the program. These dedicated friends deliver not just nutritious meals to homebound seniors and individuals with disabilities but also caring, concern, and attention to their welfare; and

Whereas, these volunteer services help seniors avoid premature or unnecessary institutionalization and provide powerful socialization opportunities for millions of seniors as they combat loneliness and isolation; and

Whereas, the General Assembly is grateful for the excellent work of this and all such committed volunteer programs that seek to improve the nutrition of South Carolina’s seniors. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:

That members of the South Carolina General Assembly, by this resolution, honor our senior nutrition programs, the seniors they serve, and the volunteers who care for them and declare March 2017 as “March for Meals Month” in South Carolina.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be provided to each Meals on Wheels Program in the State of South Carolina.

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