K454-2011 Actions

• May 9, 2011: adopted

K454-2011 Text

 LEGISLATIVE  RESOLUTION  commending  the National Cleaners Association's
 Coats for Kids program
 WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body to recognize that  the
 quality  and  character of life in the communities across New York State
 are reflective of the concerned and dedicated efforts of those organiza
 tions and individuals who are devoted to the welfare  of  the  community
 and its citizenry; and
 WHEREAS,  Attendant to such concern, and in full accord with its long
 standing traditions, this Legislative Body is justly  proud  to  commend
 the  National  Cleaners  Association  in New York City and its Coats for
 Kids program; and
 WHEREAS, For a quarter of a century, members of the National  Cleaners
 Association  (NCA) have been collecting, cleaning and distributing chil
 dren's coats to those in need throughout the State of New York; and
 WHEREAS, From Niagara Falls to Montauk, Long Island, NCA members  have
 donated  their  time,  facilities and energy to giving something back to
 their local communities in the form of cleaned coats for needy children;
 and
 WHEREAS, In recent years, many cleaners have broadened  their  program
 activities  and  established  relationships  with other community-minded
 individuals and firms to offer drop-off locations outside their cleaning
 plants for the collection of used coats; and
 WHEREAS,  Drop-off  points  can  be  found  statewide  in  legislative
 offices,  county court houses, various retail outlets, and local elemen
 tary and secondary schools; and
 WHEREAS, The coats are picked up at the  drop-off  points  and  trans
 ported  to  a  participating  member's  store where they are cleaned and
 repaired prior to distribution; and
 WHEREAS, The Coats for Kids program ensures that children are not only
 kept warm, but are kept warm with dignity and pride  by  being  given  a
 clean garment to wear; and
 WHEREAS,  Arthur  Epstein,  the  Chairman  of the NCA's Coats for Kids
 program, cleaned 13,000 coats  at  his  cleaning  establishment,  and  a
 statewide total of 35,000 coats were cleaned; and
 WHEREAS,  This Legislative Body is pleased to have this opportunity to
 express its highest admiration for all of the individuals involved  with
 the  National  Cleaners  Association's  Coats  for  Kids  program, whose
 efforts have made an invaluable difference in  the  lives  of  countless
 children; now, therefore, be it
 RESOLVED,  That  this  Legislative  Body pause in its deliberations to
 commend the National Cleaners Association's Coats for Kids program;  and
 be it further
 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran
 smitted  to  Arthur Epstein, Chairman, NCA Coats for Kids, 252 West 29th
 Street, New York City, New York 10001.

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