HR 9025 2003
   
1 House Resolution
2          A resolution recognizing the first week of December as
3    “Intergenerational Week” in Florida.
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5          WHEREAS, the Bridge Legacy Project, founded by the Florida
6    106 Leadership Team of Summit Education, encourages mentoring
7    between seniors and youth, thereby fostering loving, nurturing,
8    and meaningful relationships among individuals of the two age
9    groups, and
10          WHEREAS, “Bridges” provides a means of interaction among
11    seniors and young people, including seniors in nursing care and
12    youth in foster care, that often corrects misconceptions and
13    leads to a better understanding by one generation of the other,
14    and
15          WHEREAS, in an effort to promote awareness of the mission
16    of the Bridge Legacy Project, the Florida 106 Leadership Team
17    will sponsor “Intergenerational Week” during the first week of
18    December, with activities geared toward encouraging public
19    support of the very worthy aims of this project, NOW, THEREFORE,
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21          Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
22    Florida:
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24          That the House of Representatives wholeheartedly recognizes
25    the first week of December as “Intergenerational Week” and
26    encourages all who work with seniors and youth to sponsor
27    activities aimed at promoting interaction and understanding
28    between the generations.
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