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Utah students urge Senate to designate May 16 as State Bone Marrow Registration Day; resolution passes
Summary
A sixth-grade class from Douglas Orchard Elementary presented a student-drafted resolution asking the Utah Senate to declare May 16, 1997, Utah State Bone Marrow Registration Day. Senators praised the students and recorded a unanimous vote in favor of SCR 3, which will be sent to the House for concurrence.
Senators on Feb. 7 heard a classroom presentation urging the Legislature to declare May 16, 1997, 'Utah State Bone Marrow Registration Day,' after members of Kathleen Reiter's sixth-grade class from Douglas Orchard Elementary described their classroom project and fundraising for donor registration.
Student Richard Walter described bone marrow in simple terms and asked senators to support the class resolution. Classmates…
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