| 1 | House Resolution |
| 2 | A resolution commending The Links, Incorporated, for its |
| 3 | work in Florida. |
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| 5 | WHEREAS, The Links, Incorporated, is a highly respected |
| 6 | international organization consisting of more than 12,000 |
| 7 | professional, accomplished, and dedicated women of African |
| 8 | ancestry in 270 chapters, located in 42 states, the District of |
| 9 | Columbia, and the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, with a mission |
| 10 | and purpose of friendship and community service, and |
| 11 | WHEREAS, members of The Links are role models, mentors, |
| 12 | activists, and volunteers who work toward purposeful public |
| 13 | service with educational, cultural, and civic commitments |
| 14 | through four functional facets - International Trends and |
| 15 | Services, National Trends and Services, the Arts, and Services |
| 16 | to Youth, and |
| 17 | WHEREAS, the National Trends and Services facet of The |
| 18 | Links, Incorporated, also encompasses service related to three |
| 19 | Linkages, including education, health and wellness, and |
| 20 | legislative work, which highlights and addresses concerns of the |
| 21 | organization in these areas and also affects African Americans |
| 22 | and society, and |
| 23 | WHEREAS, the Southern Area of The Links, Incorporated, |
| 24 | announced that childhood obesity, which according to the Centers |
| 25 | for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is a public health |
| 26 | epidemic that poses one of the most urgent threats to the health |
| 27 | and well-being of children and their families, shall be its |
| 28 | focused program initiative, and |
| 29 | WHEREAS, the Southern Area of The Links, Incorporated, has |
| 30 | officially launched its Childhood Obesity Initiative and |
| 31 | simultaneously announced its partnership with other health |
| 32 | organizations to provide resources to support this initiative |
| 33 | with chapters located throughout the Southern Area, and |
| 34 | WHEREAS, Links from around the State of Florida have |
| 35 | assembled on March 25, 2010, to demonstrate their support for |
| 36 | the elimination of childhood obesity and to focus their efforts |
| 37 | on establishing, supporting, and continuing to identify those |
| 38 | programs aimed at preventing childhood obesity and to encourage |
| 39 | Legislators to monitor, implement, and seek progress on this |
| 40 | issue through legislation, and |
| 41 | WHEREAS, Representative Audrey Gibson and Representative |
| 42 | Geraldine F. Thompson are members of The Links, Incorporated, |
| 43 | NOW, THEREFORE, |
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| 45 | Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of |
| 46 | Florida: |
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| 48 | That this body does pause in its deliberations to pay its |
| 49 | respects to the dedicated efforts and example of the Southern |
| 50 | Area of The Links, Incorporated, led by Link Mary F. Currie, |
| 51 | Area Director, in its successful campaign to eliminate childhood |
| 52 | obesity and support those programs that support this initiative |
| 53 | and assist to create a better quality of life for the children |
| 54 | of this state. |