K1521-2011 Actions

• Jun 12, 2012: adopted

K1521-2011 Text

 ATIVE  RESOLUTION  commending  the students of H. Frank Carey High
  who participated in an event to benefit disadvantaged children in
 wn, Sierra Leone

 S, It is the sense of this Legislative Body to recognize  and  pay
 e  to  those  young  people within the great Empire State who have
 trong contributions to their communities and  who  serve  as  role
  for their peers; and
 EAS,  Attendant to such concern, and in full accord with its long-
 ng traditions, this Legislative Body is justly  proud  to  commend
 tudents of H. Frank Carey High School who participated in an event
 efit disadvantaged children in Freetown, Sierra Leone; and
 EAS, On Tuesday, June 5, 2012, H. Frank Carey High School students
 ipated in an ice cream fundraiser to raise money for disadvantaged
  children in Freetown, a small village in Sierra Leone; and
 EAS, Salifu Kamara, a former child soldier and current student  at
 an University in Washington, DC, inspired Carey students Alexandra
   and  Alexandra Kadell to help coordinate this fundraiser for the
 e of rebuilding Freetown; and
 EAS, During a video conference hosted by 21st Century Scholars and
 an University, Salifu Kamara told Carey  students  his  compelling
  of  survival  which provided him with motivation and inspiration,
 ally allowing him to receive a scholarship to  study  at  American
 sity; and
 EAS,  Grateful for his opportunity to further his education in the
  States, Salifu Kamara told Carey  students  about  his  dream  to
 d  Freetown  and present children of the village with the opportu-
 o receive an education; and
 EAS, Salifu explained to the students that education is one of the
 owerful means to restore his village  and  keep  children  out  of
  way; and
 EAS, In response to Salifu's story, Alexandra Bieler and Alexandra
   and  the  Voices Unheard club, as well as many other exceptional
 ts, intervened and took up the challenge to fulfill Salifu's dream
 se money for school children in his village, directing efforts  to
 e  essential school supplies, such as pens, pencils, books, desks,
 airs, that schools in Freetown lack; and
 EAS, With every scoop of ice cream sold,  students  created  paper
   houses and paper children, hanging them in the hallways of Carey
 chool to spread awareness for their cause; and
 EAS, The benevolence of these exceptional students turned  tragedy
 ope, and despair into happiness; and
 EAS,  With  their  sense  of  civic  duty  and their commitment to
 , the students of H. Frank Carey High School  represent  the  best
 pment  of  the  potential  which  is inherent in our most precious
 ce, our youth; now, therefore, be it
 LVED, That this Legislative Body pause  in  its  deliberations  to
 d  the  students of H. Frank Carey High School who participated in
 nt to benefit disadvantaged children in  Freetown,  Sierra  Leone;
  it further
 LVED, That copies of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
 d  to  H.  Frank  Carey High School, and Student Leaders Alexandra
  and Alexandra Kadell.