Bill Text: NY J00341 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Congratulating Brianna Janicek upon the occasion of receiving the Girl Scout Silver Award

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-02-07 - ADOPTED [J00341 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-J00341-Introduced.html

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Senate Resolution No. 341

BY: Senator MARTINS

        CONGRATULATING  Brianna  Janicek upon the occasion
        of receiving the Girl Scout  Silver  Award,  Cadette
        Scouting's  highest award and Girl Scouting's second
        highest achievement

  WHEREAS,  Brianna  Janicek,  through  her  diligence  and   rigorous
efforts,  has  achieved  Cadette  Scouting's highest and Girl Scouting's
second highest achievement, the Silver Award; the Willistons, Albertson,
Roslyn, Mineola (W.A.R.M.) Girl Scout Association Award Ceremony will be
held on Tuesday, February 28, 2023, at Chaminade High School's  Activity
Athletic Center in Mineola, New York; and

  WHEREAS,  Brianna  Janicek is a member of the Girl Scouts of America
Troop 1825; and

  WHEREAS, Girl Scouting has cultivated in our Nation's  young  people
the  goals  of building solid values of sisterhood and the importance of
working 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
hundreds of thousands who have participated in Scouting  programs  which
have made Scouting an American and international institution; and

  WHEREAS, In 2020, Brianna Janicek completed a Silver Award community
service project which she planned, developed and executed along with one
of  her  fellow  Scouts;  they  collaborated with the From Here to Haiti
(FHTH) organization to form a girls softball team in Haiti and organized
a three-month program that culminated in a tournament; and

  WHEREAS, To achieve  this  goal,  Brianna  Janicek  and  her  friend
explained  the  game  and presented their proposal to the diocesan youth
director in Jeremie, who gladly accepted the challenge; and

  WHEREAS, Brianna Janicek and her friend then shipped a barrel filled
with softball equipment for two teams, Team Brianna  and  Team  Jessica,
and  raised  funds to pay the coaches during the three-month period; the
girls also sent self-made instructional videos on different  aspects  of
the game; and

  WHEREAS,  Brianna Janicek is a credit to her family, her school, her
community, her State and her Nation, and no doubt  her  future  will  be
filled with accomplishments of equal importance; now, therefore, be it

  RESOLVED,  That  this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
congratulate Brianna Janicek, recognizing her achievement in earning the
Girl Scout Silver Award, and to wish her continued success  in  all  her
future endeavors; and be it further

  RESOLVED,  That  a  copy  of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to Brianna Janicek.