Bill Text: NY J01674 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Congratulating Emily Verdon upon the occasion of receiving the Girl Scout Silver Award

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-05-30 - ADOPTED [J01674 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-J01674-Introduced.html

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Senate Resolution No. 1674

BY: Senator THOMAS

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

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

  WHEREAS, Emily Verdon 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, Emily Verdon 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 Emily Verdon'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  Emily  Verdon,  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 Emily Verdon.