Senate Bill sb2804

    Florida Senate - 2006        (NP)                      SR 2804

    By Senator King





    8-1946-06

  1                        Senate Resolution

  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 104 years of its existence,

20  Goodwill Industries has successfully designed and implemented

21  many innovative vocational training and employment programs,

22  enabling millions of people with disabilities and

23  disadvantages to develop career opportunities and improve the

24  quality of their lives, and

25         WHEREAS, in the 2005 calendar year, 127,795 Floridians

26  participated in the programs administered by Goodwill

27  Industries, and 43,178 of those participants obtained gainful

28  employment in the communities in which they live, and

29         WHEREAS, in the 2005 calendar year, the Florida

30  Goodwill Association, through nine local Goodwill Industries

31  entities operating throughout Florida, collectively generated

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    Florida Senate - 2006        (NP)                      SR 2804
    8-1946-06




 1  more than $409,721,168 in earnings realized by people placed

 2  in community employment, resulting in a significant

 3  contribution to the state's economic base and increasing its

 4  tax revenues, 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 the entire Goodwill organization for its

10  valued 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. Fred

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

15  tangible token of the sentiments of the Florida Senate.

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