House Bill 9111

    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                HR 9111

        By Representative Melvin






  1                         House Resolution

  2         A resolution designating July 12, 2000, as

  3         "Sigma Kappa Day" in recognition of the Sigma

  4         Kappa Sorority as a leading national

  5         contributor to efforts toward research,

  6         treatment, and prevention of Alzheimer's

  7         Disease.

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  9         WHEREAS, in 1954, the Sigma Kappa Sorority became the

10  first sorority to recognize the need for continued

11  comprehensive work on the study of aging and the needs of the

12  elderly population, and

13         WHEREAS, responding to an increasingly critical problem

14  facing older Americans, Sigma Kappa Sorority in 1984 added to

15  its gerontology program an emphasis on Alzheimer's Disease,

16  and during the intervening years has become one of the

17  nation's leading contributors to efforts aimed at research,

18  treatment, and prevention of this debilitating disease, and

19         WHEREAS, the sorority's Sigma Kappa Foundation awards

20  research and psychosocial grants in the areas of Alzheimer's

21  Disease and other dementia disorders that afflict the elderly,

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23         WHEREAS, with both alumnae and collegiate chapters

24  largely responsible for providing funding for the grant

25  program, individual chapters hold special

26  fundraisers--collegians participating in the annual national

27  lollipop campaign, and both alumnae and collegians taking part

28  in the national Alzheimer's Memory Walks, and

29         WHEREAS, not content with limiting their energies to

30  fundraising drives, one alumnae chapter was instrumental in

31  preventing the closure of a nursing home in Atlanta, and many

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  1  chapters have adopted assisted living facilities or individual

  2  patients whom they regularly visit, thus adding a more

  3  personal touch to their benevolence, and

  4         WHEREAS, through the dedicated involvement of its

  5  numerous chapters across the nation, the Sigma Kappa Sorority

  6  has touched the lives of countless individuals, making a

  7  difference not only in those lives but in society at large,

  8  NOW, THEREFORE,

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

11  Florida:

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13         That the House of Representatives pauses in its

14  deliberations to pay tribute to each Sigma Kappa Sorority

15  Chapter and its members, and to the Sigma Kappa Foundation,

16  for the outstanding work they are doing on behalf of the

17  victims of Alzheimer's Disease and in support of efforts

18  toward better understanding, treatment, and prevention of the

19  disease.

20         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the House of

21  Representatives of the State of Florida designates July 12,

22  2000, as "Sigma Kappa Day" in Florida in recognition of the

23  sorority's outstanding service.

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