Senate Bill sb1148

    Florida Senate - 2002        (NP)                      SR 1148

    By Senator Saunders





    25-1111-02

  1                    Senate Resolution No. ____

  2         A resolution commemorating the 100th

  3         anniversary of Goodwill Industries on January

  4         30, 2002.

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  6         WHEREAS, Goodwill Industries was founded in Boston in

  7  1902 and has grown to become the largest nonprofit provider of

  8  employment and training services in this country, and

  9         WHEREAS, Goodwill Industries provides employment,

10  job-training, and career services for people who are disabled

11  or who face other disadvantages, such as welfare dependency,

12  illiteracy, a criminal history, or homelessness, and

13         WHEREAS, in order to fund its work, Goodwill Industries

14  collects donated clothing and household goods and sells these

15  items in more than 1,700 retail stores throughout North

16  America and the world, and

17         WHEREAS, on January 30, 2002, Goodwill Industries

18  celebrates its 100th anniversary and during this 100 years has

19  helped more than 5 million people through its programs and

20  services, and

21         WHEREAS, during the 2001 calendar year, 94,589

22  Floridians participated in the employment and training

23  services of Goodwill Industries and 20,937 Floridians obtained

24  community employment, and

25         WHEREAS, the Florida Goodwill Association, the nine

26  Goodwill member organizations located throughout this state,

27  collectively generated $234,979,815 in earnings for people

28  placed in community employment, resulting in a significant

29  contribution to the state's economic base and tax revenues,

30  NOW, THEREFORE,

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    Florida Senate - 2002        (NP)                      SR 1148
    25-1111-02




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

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  3         That the Florida Senate congratulates the Florida

  4  Goodwill Association on the occasion of its 100th anniversary

  5  and commends the organization for its valuable programs, which

  6  have expanded the opportunities and occupational capabilities

  7  of millions of Americans.

  8         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution,

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

10  Reverend Mr. Donald L. Roberts, President of the Florida

11  Goodwill Association, as a tangible token of the sentiments of

12  the Florida Senate.

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