Senate Bill sb0102

    Florida Senate - 2003        (NP)                       SR 102

    By Senator Saunders





    37-100-03

  1                    Senate Resolution No. ____

  2         A resolution recognizing Dr. William Lascheid,

  3         M.D., and Nancy Lascheid, R.N., for their

  4         outstanding public service in providing

  5         affordable health care to residents of Collier

  6         County, through establishing a neighborhood

  7         health clinic and coordinating and serving as

  8         volunteers.

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10         WHEREAS, providing health care to individuals who

11  cannot afford it is a pressing problem in this and every

12  state, and

13         WHEREAS, the government cannot meet the health care

14  needs of the underserved populace without the help of

15  compassionate volunteers, and

16         WHEREAS, Dr. William Lascheid, M.D., and Nancy

17  Lascheid, R.N., are among the most generous of those

18  volunteers, in that they have, since 1992, faithfully

19  advocated for health care services for individuals living in

20  Collier County who have limited financial resources, and

21         WHEREAS, William and Nancy Lascheid established the

22  Neighborhood Health Clinic in 1999 as a concept contingent on

23  philanthropy and volunteerism to provide health care services

24  to individuals who are unable otherwise to procure those

25  services, and

26         WHEREAS, Dr. and Mrs. Lascheid have labored selflessly

27  to enlist the volunteered services of physicians, nurses,

28  other health care professionals, and community members to

29  offer health care services for the cost to the recipients of

30  one hour of their wages, and

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    Florida Senate - 2003        (NP)                       SR 102
    37-100-03




 1         WHEREAS, Dr. William Lascheid, M.D., and Nancy

 2  Lascheid, R.N., have been responsible for coordinating

 3  services to more than 6,000 patients, which services were

 4  valued at more than $2.7 million, including $860,000 in

 5  donated physician services; have filled 12,237 prescriptions

 6  having a retail value of $500,000; and have donated volunteer

 7  hours worth $1.4 million in wages, and

 8         WHEREAS, William and Nancy Lascheid have been selected

 9  as recipients of the Jefferson Award for Public Service, one

10  of the nation's top awards for public service, given by the

11  American Institute for Public Service, NOW, THEREFORE,

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

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15         That the Florida Senate recognizes Dr. William

16  Lascheid, M.D., and Nancy Lascheid, R.N., for their selfless

17  service to the people of Collier County and the State of

18  Florida.

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

20  with the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to Dr. and

21  Mrs. William Lascheid as a tangible token of the sentiments

22  expressed herein.

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