Senate Bill 2666

    Florida Senate - 1998        (NP)                      SR 2666

    By Senator Scott





    31-2011-98

  1                    Senate Resolution No.     

  2         A resolution commending Broward Navy Days, Inc.

  3         for its achievement in coordinating community

  4         efforts to honor visiting U.S. Navy, Marine

  5         Corps, and Coast Guard personnel in the Broward

  6         community.

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  8         WHEREAS, Broward Navy Days, Inc. commenced its

  9  operations as a not-for-profit Florida corporation on May 29,

10  1990, and

11         WHEREAS, Broward Navy Days was established to

12  coordinate community efforts to honor and entertain visiting

13  Navy personnel with a special emphasis on the promotion and

14  encouragement of U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ship visits at Port

15  Everglades, and

16         WHEREAS, Broward Navy Days works on a year-round basis

17  with various service clubs, the local Navy League Councils,

18  the Port Everglades Department of Broward County, local

19  cities, and Broward County businesses and civic associations

20  to maximize and enhance the warm reception and entertainment

21  received by visiting U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard

22  personnel in the Broward community, and

23         WHEREAS, the visiting U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, and

24  Coast Guard officers and sailors contribute an estimated $50

25  million annually to the Broward County economy, and

26         WHEREAS, Broward Navy Days is the coordinator and

27  sponsor of the annual Fleet Week celebration held in October

28  of each year to commemorate the birthday of the U.S. Navy with

29  celebration activities, including the visit of between 10 to

30  15 Navy ships, a grand birthday party, a golf tournament, a

31  Sailor of the Year reception, an opportunity for thousands of

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  1  civilians to tour the U.S. Navy vessels, sports and

  2  entertainment activities for sailors and officers, a poster

  3  contest for local school children, celebrity chef luncheons on

  4  board U.S. Navy ships, a five-kilometer fun run, and numerous

  5  other activities, including a dinner in 1998 aboard the

  6  aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65) honoring the

  7  Congressional Medal of Honor recipients residing in the State

  8  of Florida, and

  9         WHEREAS, Broward Navy Days endeavors to recognize the

10  meritorius service of deserving sailors by honoring the Sailor

11  of the Year and Junior Sailor of the Year on each U.S. Navy

12  and U.S. Coast Guard ship that calls at Port Everglades, and

13         WHEREAS, Broward Navy Days developed the "Hands Across

14  the Sea Program" whereby hundreds of visiting sailors

15  volunteer their services year-round to local charities and

16  needy residents of Broward County, and through their generous

17  efforts the sailors have painted houses, performed

18  landscaping, worked with the handicapped, needy, neglected and

19  abused children, and visited schools and homes for the

20  elderly, and

21         WHEREAS, Broward Navy Days has presented the

22  opportunity for visiting officers and sailors to enjoy local

23  sporting events by providing them tickets, transportation, and

24  tailgate parties for Miami Dolphins and University of Miami

25  football games, University of Miami basketball games, Florida

26  Marlins baseball games, Florida Panthers hockey games, and the

27  Sunshine Football Classic Bowl game, and

28         WHEREAS, through the efforts of Broward Navy Days and

29  the local community, Port Everglades and Broward County are

30  consistently voted by the officers and sailors as the favorite

31  liberty port of the U.S. Navy Atlantic Fleet, and

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  1         WHEREAS, it is both fitting and proper for the Florida

  2  Senate to express its admiration and approval of the

  3  distinguished service provided by Broward Navy Days, Inc. to

  4  the members of the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard,

  5  NOW, THEREFORE,

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  7  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:

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  9         That the Broward Navy Days, Inc. is commended for its

10  outstanding work in coordinating efforts to honor visiting

11  U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard personnel in the

12  Broward community.

13         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution,

14  with the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to Broward

15  Navy Days, Inc. as a tangible token of the sentiments and good

16  wishes of the Florida Senate.

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