House Bill 9055

    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                HR 9055

        By Representative Wasserman Schultz






  1                         House Resolution

  2         A resolution honoring the students who founded

  3         the charitable organization "Clothes, Food, and

  4         Education for the Poor and Needy."

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  6         WHEREAS, during his 1998 Thanksgiving break, eleventh

  7  grader Abhishek Gupta read several articles in South Florida

  8  newspapers describing the unfortunate situation of many poor

  9  and needy families in his local community and around the

10  world, and

11         WHEREAS, Abhishek Gupta, with encouragement from his

12  parents and help from several other local Broward County

13  students, created a nonprofit organization called "Clothes,

14  Food, and Education for the Poor and Needy," and set the goal

15  of raising $50,000 for this cause, and

16         WHEREAS, the students, ages 7 to 17, exceeded this goal

17  by raising $60,000 in just a few weeks, and the money was

18  donated to the Sun-Sentinel Children's Fund, to the Miami

19  Herald Wishbook in Southeast Florida, and to victims of

20  Hurricane Mitch in Central America, and

21         WHEREAS, support from corporate sponsors allowed the

22  organization to keep administrative costs to zero, thus

23  ensuring that every dollar raised went directly to those in

24  need, and

25         WHEREAS, in December 1998, Lynn Stephenson, R.N., and

26  Abhishek Gupta accompanied a medical team on a mission of

27  mercy to Honduras and Nicaragua, transporting 120 boxes of

28  food, clothing, and medical supplies for distribution and, for

29  3 days, assisting the physicians as they provided medical care

30  to those in need, and

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                HR 9055

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  1         WHEREAS, "Clothes, Food, and Education for the Poor and

  2  Needy" continues to be committed to supporting needy families

  3  and education in South Florida and around the world, and

  4  continues to seek contributions for this worthy cause, and

  5         WHEREAS, the students are currently working with a

  6  philanthropist who is considering giving "Clothes, Food, and

  7  Education for the Poor and Needy" a donation of $250,000 which

  8  would require $250,000 in matching funds to be raised, and

  9         WHEREAS, it is only fitting that the House of

10  Representatives should pause in its deliberations to honor the

11  remarkable endeavors of this exemplary group of young people,

12  NOW, THEREFORE,

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14  Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of

15  Florida:

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17         That the House of Representatives hereby recognizes and

18  commends the students who founded the charitable organization

19  "Clothes, Food, and Education for the Poor and Needy":

20  Abhishek Gupta, Adam and Diana Deitsch, Connie and Hakeem

21  Campbell, Shaun Krueger, Edward and Monique McDuffie, Laurel

22  Stephenson, and Samantha Voehringer, for the vision and

23  compassion they have demonstrated and the outstanding service

24  they have performed by raising money for needy families and

25  children in South Florida and around the world.

26         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution

27  be presented to the individuals named herein as a tangible

28  token of the sentiments of the House of Representatives.

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