Senate Bill sb2164

    Florida Senate - 2005        (Corrected Copy)          SR 2164

    By Senator King





    8-1660A-05

  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 103 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, between 2001 and 2004, 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, between 2001 and 2004, the Florida Goodwill

30  Association, through nine local Goodwill Industries entities

31  operating throughout Florida, collectively generated

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    Florida Senate - 2005        (Corrected Copy)          SR 2164
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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  and

 5         WHEREAS, Goodwill Industries of Florida provided $1

 6  million of in-kind donations to the Florida Hurricane Relief

 7  Fund, providing hurricane survivors with clothing and

 8  household items to assist affected Floridians recover from the

 9  2004 hurricane season, NOW, THEREFORE,

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

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13         That the Florida Senate commends the Florida Goodwill

14  Association and honors the organization for its valued

15  programs, which have expanded the opportunities and

16  occupational capabilities of millions of Floridians and helped

17  the state in its greatest time of need.

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

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

20  Shelfer, President of the Florida Goodwill Association, as a

21  tangible token of the sentiments of the Florida Senate.

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