Bill Text: GA HR2113 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Georgia Center for Child Advocacy; commend

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Passed) 2010-04-21 - House Read and Adopted [HR2113 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2009-HR2113-Introduced.html

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10 LC 94 3215

House Resolution 2113

By: Representatives Ashe of the 56th, Morgan of the 39th, Gardner of the 57th, Kaiser of the 59th, Dobbs of the 53rd, and others

A RESOLUTION

Recognizing and commending the Georgia Center for Child Advocacy; and for other purposes.

WHEREAS, every child deserves a nurturing family and safe environment, free from fear, abuse, and neglect; and

WHEREAS, the Georgia Center for Child Advocacy works diligently to champion the needs of sexually and severely physically abused children through prevention, intervention, therapy, and collaboration; and

WHEREAS, the Center provides a safe, friendly place for abused children with long-term psychological treatment to victims and their families and assistance with the investigation of abuse cases; and

WHEREAS, on April 23, 2010, the Center will celebrate the lives of Georgia's children who have been lost to child abuse with its first Children's Memorial flag raising on the Center's upper lawn; and

WHEREAS, the Center will fly a flag for a month in honor of Georgia's children and as a reminder that it is the responsibility of every adult to protect children from harm; and

WHEREAS, the Children's Memorial Flag Initiative was started in 1998 by the Child Welfare League of America as a public awareness campaign to direct attention to the tragedy of violent child deaths as a part of a national initiative to reduce child mortality; and

WHEREAS, the flag to be raised at the Center on April 23rd was created by a 16-year-old student from California and depicts blue paper-doll-like figures of children holding hands with a chalk-outlined figure of a child missing from the group, symbolizing a child lost to violence; and
WHEREAS, the amazing work of the Georgia Center for Child Advocacy in protecting Georgia's children is worthy of recognition.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of this body commend the Georgia Center for Child Advocacy for its service as a champion for children in Georgia and recognize its Children's Memorial flag raising as a way of bringing attention to the problem of violence against children.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to the Georgia Center for Child Advocacy.