HR 9095

1	House Resolution
2	A resolution recognizing the accomplishments of Florida's
3	Hometown U.S.A. participants for the year 2004.
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5	WHEREAS, Florida's Hometown U.S.A., an educational youth
6	program organized in 1986, plays a significant role in the
7	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 with
11	them into tomorrow's society those values and skills learned in
12	their youth, Florida Hometown U.S.A. seeks out five young women
13	each year and provides them opportunities to represent their
14	hometowns while performing volunteer service throughout the
15	state, and
16	WHEREAS, opportunities for service have run the gamut from
17	distributing toys to youngsters in children's hospitals to
18	entertaining residents of nursing homes and retirement centers,
19	from sharing smiles with patients of veterans hospitals to
20	participating in sing-alongs with lonely seniors, and from
21	distributing food to needy families to acting as Grand Marshals
22	in the Walt Disney World Parade, and
23	WHEREAS, in addition to having received recognition from
24	the President of the United States, as well as from the Vice
25	President, the First Lady, and the United States Congress, the
26	young representatives of Florida's Hometown U.S.A. have been
27	commended by the Governor, the Florida Legislature, and the
28	State Department of Commerce, and
29	WHEREAS, especially meaningful during this year of service
30	is the annual trip to the State Capital, where the young women
31	are conducted on a tour of the Capitol and shown points of
32	interest around the city, with emphasis on the state government
33	and the history of Florida, and
34	WHEREAS, the five outstanding representatives of Florida
35	Hometown U.S.A. for the year 2004 are Hannah Hawkinberry, from
36	Jacksonville; Adriana Milbrath, from Orlando; Gabby Reyes, from
37	Miami; Jennifer Wooten, from Leesburg; and Garcia Anderson, from
38	Windermere, NOW, THEREFORE,
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40	Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
41	Florida:
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43	That the House of Representatives enthusiastically
44	recognizes Florida's Hometown U.S.A. participants for the year
45	2004 as extraordinary examples of the state's fine young ladies
46	and extends to them its sincere good wishes in their future
47	endeavors.
48	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be
49	presented to each of these young people as a tangible token of
50	the sentiments expressed herein.

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