House Bill hb9087

    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                HR 9087

        By Representative Gibson






  1                         House Resolution

  2         A resolution recognizing the accomplishments of

  3         Florida's Hometown U.S.A. participants.

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  5         WHEREAS, Florida's Hometown U.S.A., an educational

  6  youth program organized in 1986, plays a significant role in

  7  the development of young people in the State of Florida by

  8  encouraging their active involvement in home, church, school,

  9  and community activities, and

10         WHEREAS, recognizing that today's students will carry

11  with them into tomorrow's society those values and skills

12  learned in their youth, Florida's Hometown U.S.A. seeks out

13  five young women each year and provides them opportunities to

14  represent their hometowns while performing volunteer service

15  throughout the state, and

16         WHEREAS, opportunities for service have run the gamut

17  from distributing toys to youngsters in children's hospitals

18  to entertaining residents of nursing homes and retirement

19  centers, from sharing smiles with patients of veterans'

20  hospitals to participating in sing-alongs with lonely seniors,

21  and from distributing food to needy families to acting as

22  Grand Marshals in the Walt Disney World Parade, and

23         WHEREAS, in addition to having received recognition

24  from the President of the United States, as well as from the

25  Vice President, the First Lady, and the United States

26  Congress, the young representatives of Florida's Hometown

27  U.S.A. have been commended by the Governor, the Florida

28  Legislature, and the state Department of Commerce, and

29         WHEREAS, especially meaningful during their year of

30  service is the annual trip to the State Capital, where the

31  young women are conducted on a tour of the Capitol and shown

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                HR 9087

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  1  points of interest around the city, with emphasis on state

  2  government and the history of Florida, and

  3         WHEREAS, the five outstanding representatives of

  4  Florida's Hometown U.S.A. for the year 2001 are Helen

  5  Yousefzadeh, from Jacksonville; Ashley Lamendola, from Largo;

  6  Krista Thorburn, from Coral Springs; Katie Hill, from

  7  Leesburg; and Anna Racine Hall, from Clearwater, NOW,

  8  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 enthusiastically

14  recognizes Florida's Hometown U.S.A. participants for the year

15  2001 as extraordinary examples of the state's fine young

16  ladies and extends to them its sincere good wishes in their

17  future endeavors.

18         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution

19  be presented to each of these young people as a tangible token

20  of the sentiments expressed herein.

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