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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1045 

Recognizing First Friday Main Line and its executive director Sherry Tillman 

and publicist Carla Zambelli for launching ‘‘Operation Angel Wings’’. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 27, 2010 

Mr. GERLACH submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on 

Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

RESOLUTION 

Recognizing First Friday Main Line and its executive director Sherry Tillman and publicist Carla Zambelli for 

launching ‘‘Operation Angel Wings’’. 

Whereas Lt. Col. Kenneth Marx M.D. of Broomall, Pennsylvania, is currently serving in Afghanistan and working to 

help the innocent children of Afghanistan by collecting 

items that United States soldiers can carry and distribute 

while out on patrol; 

Whereas Lt. Col. Kenneth Marx M.D. is a shining example 

of a United States citizen seeking the greater good by 

volunteering to serve his country with the United States 

Army Reserve a few days after 9/11, at age 48; 


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Whereas Lt. Col. Kenneth Marx M.D. was a physician in the 

emergency room at Reading Hospital when he accepted 

combat deployment, his first, when another physician fell 

ill; 

Whereas Lt. Col. Kenneth Marx M.D. seeks to develop humanitarian-assistance projects at the village level to support the efforts of United States Armed Forces patrol 

units to provide security and extend law, governance, and 

social institutions by simple acts of human kindness that 

will help the voiceless victims of a war-torn country and 

the innocent children, collateral damages of any war 

zone; 

Whereas Lt. Col. Kenneth Marx M.D. demonstrates to all 

United States citizens and citizens of the world that the 

United States Armed Forces is capable of not only great 

strength, but great compassion; 

Whereas Sherry Tillman and Carla Zambelli of First Friday 

Main Line worked with Lt. Col. Marx M.D. and the 

Lower Merion, Pennsylvania community to organize and 

launch ‘‘Operation Angel Wings with First Friday Main 

Line’’ in literally a matter of days; 

Whereas First Friday Main Line not only seeks to foster a 

greater sense of community by bringing local residents, 

artists, and small businesses together, but to also make 

time for other nonprofit and charitable initiatives within 

their own mission; 

Whereas Lt. Col. Kenneth Marx M.D., Sherry Tillman, and 

Carla Zambelli demonstrate the true spirit of the United 

States with their volunteerism; 


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Whereas the Operation Angel Wings initiative will collect 

items for Afghanistan’s children and needy, including 

winter clothing, towels, toys, and reading glasses; 

Whereas since launching the Operation Angel Wings initiative 

on November 9, 2009, First Friday Main Line, through 

the generosity of the Lower Merion, Pennsylvania, community and extended community, has collected and sent 

over 150 cartons of supplies to Afghanistan to date; and 

Whereas it is true that every person in the United States can 

make a difference in their community, and even the 

world, through the smallest of efforts: Now, therefore, be 

it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) recognizes First Friday Main Line and its 

3 executive director Sherry Tillman and publicist 

4 Carla Zambelli for launching ‘‘Operation Angel 

5 Wings’’; 

6 (2) recognizes Lt. Col. Kenneth Marx, M.D. for 

7 his service in Afghanistan and his efforts to help 

8 United States troops connect with Afghan children 

9 and to promote future peace; and 

10 (3) congratulates First Friday Main Line staff, 

11 volunteers, and the Lower Merion, Pennsylvania, 

12 community for their support of Operation Angel 

13 Wings. 

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