Senate Resolution No. 1669

BY: Senator THOMAS

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

  WHEREAS,  Corinne  Rufolo  was  honored  with  the Girl Scout Silver
Award, Cadette Scouting's  highest  award  and  Girl  Scouting's  second
highest achievement; and

  WHEREAS,  Corinne  Rufolo  is a member of the Girl Scouts of America
Troop 1050, East Meadow, New York; 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,  Corinne  Rufolo completed a Silver Award community service
project which she planned, developed and executed; for her project,  she
and  three  of  her fellow Scouts raised the necessary funds to purchase
pet oxygen masks for local fire departments; and

  WHEREAS, The Silver Award is earned over a two-year  period;  it  is
tangible evidence of Corinne Rufolo'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
congratulate  Corinne Rufolo, 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 Corinne Rufolo.