Senate Bill sb2244

    Florida Senate - 2001        (NP)                      SR 2244

    By Senator Bronson





    18-1676-01

  1                    Senate Resolution No. ____

  2         A resolution honoring the Florida 4-H Youth

  3         Development Program for serving the needs of

  4         the young people of our state.

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  6         WHEREAS, the Florida 4-H Youth Development Program at

  7  the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural

  8  Sciences exists to develop young people ages five through

  9  eighteen, and

10         WHEREAS, the 4-H youth development program has served

11  young people in our state since 1909 and will celebrate its

12  national centennial in 2002, and

13         WHEREAS, the 4-H program has molded itself to meet the

14  need of our citizens by focusing on developing rural,

15  suburban, and urban youth, and

16         WHEREAS, the 4-H program has taught youth using the

17  research and knowledge base of our state's land grant

18  institutions, the University of Florida, and Florida A&M

19  University, and has broadened its program areas to encompass

20  not only agriculture and animal science, but also public

21  speaking, computers, wildlife, forestry, and many other topics

22  of interest to today's young people, and

23         WHEREAS, through "learning by doing" experiences young

24  people in the 4-H program learn through hands-on instruction

25  about the world around them and with the guidance of caring

26  adult volunteer mentors and cooperative extension service

27  faculty and staff, and

28         WHEREAS, through the call to excellence epitomized in

29  its motto "to make the best better," 4-H inspires today's

30  young people to strive for their dreams and to not settle for

31  anything less than their best effort, and

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    Florida Senate - 2001        (NP)                      SR 2244
    18-1676-01




  1         WHEREAS, the 4-H program enables young people to grow

  2  up and become participating citizens in a democracy and

  3  defenders of democracy through outstanding and exemplary

  4  programs such as the Florida 4-H Legislature and the

  5  citizenship project, and

  6         WHEREAS, the Florida 4-H program served 241,628 youth

  7  in the Sunshine State last year alone through 4-H clubs,

  8  special interest groups, camping, and school enrichment

  9  educational programs, and

10         WHEREAS, 4-H young people across Florida devote

11  thousands of hours in service to their communities annually

12  through the 4-H'ers Helping the Hungry project and other

13  service activities, and

14         WHEREAS, positive youth development is violence

15  prevention, and the 4-H program teaches conflict resolution

16  skills to elementary schoolers through the Talking with TJ

17  program and is conducting a "Take a Stand Against Violence"

18  Pledge Card campaign to encourage youth and adults to stand up

19  to the violence in today's society, NOW, THEREFORE,

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

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23         That the Florida 4-H Youth Development Program is

24  commended for its efforts on behalf of young people in the

25  state.

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

27  with the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to the

28  Florida 4-H Youth Development Program as a tangible token of

29  the sentiments of the Florida Senate.

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