Senate Bill sb2266

    Florida Senate - 2004        (NP)                      SR 2266

    By Senator Peaden





    8-1989-04

  1                    Senate Resolution No. ____

  2         A resolution commending the Florida Goodwill

  3         Association for its contributions to the

  4         economic base of the State of Florida.

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  6         WHEREAS, Goodwill Industries, operating on the belief

  7  that productivity and vocation are cornerstones of life, and

  8  that all people have a right to be treated with dignity and

  9  respect without regard to race, gender, age, marital status,

10  national origin, or state of health, is now the largest

11  nonprofit provider of vocational training and employment

12  services in the United States, and

13         WHEREAS, Goodwill Industries provides quality

14  vocational training and employment services to people who are

15  impaired by disabilities and to those who suffer other

16  disadvantages, such as being undereducated or illiterate,

17  welfare-dependent, or homeless, or having a criminal history,

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19         WHEREAS, through the 102 years of its existence,

20  Goodwill Industries has successfully designed and implemented

21  many innovative vocational training and employment programs,

22  enabling millions of disabled and disadvantaged people to

23  develop career opportunities and improve the quality of their

24  lives, and

25         WHEREAS, in the last 3 years, 215,295 Floridians have

26  participated in the programs administered by Goodwill

27  Industries, and 52,422 of those participants have obtained

28  gainful employment in the communities in which they live, and

29         WHEREAS, in the last 3 years, the Florida Goodwill

30  Association, through nine local Goodwill Industries entities

31  operating throughout Florida, collectively generated

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    Florida Senate - 2004        (NP)                      SR 2266
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 1  $550,464,241 in earnings realized by people placed in

 2  community employment, resulting in a significant contribution

 3  to the state's economic base and increasing its tax revenues,

 4  NOW, THEREFORE,

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

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 8         That the Senate commends the Florida Goodwill

 9  Association and commends the organization for its valued

10  programs, which have expanded the opportunities and

11  occupational capabilities of millions of Floridians.

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

13  with the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to Mr.

14  Dennis Clark, President of the Florida Goodwill Association,

15  as a tangible token of the sentiments of the Florida Senate.

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