J4377-2011 Actions

• May 8, 2012: ADOPTED
• May 8, 2012: REPORTED TO CALENDAR FOR CONSIDERATION
• May 1, 2012: REFERRED TO FINANCE

J4377-2011 Text

 LEGISLATIVE  RESOLUTION  commending  Jillian  Clark upon the occasion of
 receiving the Girl Scout Silver Award
 WHEREAS, Jillian Clark will be honored with the Girl Scout Silver Award,
 for 11 to 14-year-old girls and Girl Scouting's second highest  achieve
 ment,  at  a  Girl  Scouts of America Awards Ceremony, to be held at the
 Herricks Community Center in New Hyde Park, New York, on Wednesday,  May
 23, 2012; and
 WHEREAS,  Jillian Clark resides in Williston Park, New York; she is an
 eighth grade student at Herricks Middle School and is a member of  Troop
 1561; and
 WHEREAS, Girl Scouting has cultivated in our nation's young people the
 goals of building solid values of sisterhood and the importance of work
 ing  with  others, stimulating both mind and body, instilling pride, and
 encouraging community service and success; and
 WHEREAS, Girl Scouting has expanded  the  horizons  of  the  countless
 young  women  who have participated in the programs which have made Girl
 Scouting an American and international institution; and
 WHEREAS, To earn  the  Silver  Award,  Jillian  Clark  completed  five
 requirements;  the  first  four  requirements  help  girls build skills,
 explore careers, gain leadership skills, and make a commitment to  self
 improvement and are followed by the completion of the fifth requirement,
 a  Silver  Award  community service project which Jillian Clark planned,
 developed and executed; and
 WHEREAS, For her Silver Award  project,  Jillian  Clark,  worked  with
 seven  other  members of Troop 1561 on two projects; they spent nearly a
 year working on the Breathe Journey, a program for  sixth,  seventh  and
 eighth  graders  during  which  they  explored  the  air around them and
 learned about air-clearing strategies; and
 WHEREAS, For their second project, they, in addition, adopted a  local
 veteran who is currently serving his second tour of duty in Iraq and, on
 each  of  the  major  holidays,  they created goody bags of fun food and
 cards they had made for him which were dropped off at  the  U.S.  Marine
 Corps base on Stewart Avenue in Garden City for shipment to him; and
 WHEREAS, The Silver Award symbolizes an 11 to 14-year-old Girl Scout's
 accomplishments in Girl Scouting and community activities as she matures
 and  works  to  better  her life and the lives of others; it is tangible
 evidence of Jillian Clark's high character  and  commitment,  and  is  a
 harbinger of her future service to her community, New York State and our
 nation; now, therefore, be it
 RESOLVED,  That  this  Legislative  Body pause in its deliberations to
 warmly congratulate Jillian Clark, recognizing her achievement in  earn
 ing  the  Girl  Scout  Silver  Award and wishing her success, health and
 happiness; and be it further
 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran
 smitted to Jillian Clark.

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