HR 9035

1	House Resolution
2	A resolution recognizing March 23, 2011, as "The Links,
3	Incorporated, Day" at the Capitol.
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5	WHEREAS, The Links, Incorporated, with its mission and
6	purpose of friendship through community service, is comprised of
7	more than 12,000 women members, located in 42 states, the
8	District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, and
9	WHEREAS, members of The Links, Incorporated, are women of
10	African ancestry who are well-educated, are highly skilled and
11	trained, and are capable of attacking adverse conditions and
12	fostering remedies that are of a critical nature to the well-
13	being of society, such as the issue of childhood obesity and its
14	effect on African-American youth, and
15	WHEREAS, The Links, Incorporated, through its functional
16	facets of International Trends and Services, National Trends and
17	Services, The Arts, Services to Youth, and Health and Human
18	Services, with emphasis on legislative concerns, has a vision
19	and goal of impacting society through its relevant and creative
20	initiatives, relying heavily on the expertise of its members who
21	are doctors, nutritionists, educators, social workers, and
22	nurses, in collaboration with other specialists, and
23	WHEREAS, the Southern Area of The Links, Incorporated, has
24	launched its Childhood Obesity Initiative and, in partnership
25	with the American Heart Association, is collaborating throughout
26	the Southern Area with other well-respected and highly educated
27	professionals and organizations to attain its goal of erasing
28	the ill effects of this dreaded condition in African-American
29	youth, who are statistically most adversely affected, and
30	WHEREAS, there is a concerted effort throughout the United
31	States to prevent and eradicate childhood obesity, and the
32	Southern Area of The Links, Incorporated, wishes to go on record
33	as having been involved and having contributed to the
34	elimination of this condition in African-American youth through
35	education, nutrition counseling, medical attention, promoting
36	physical fitness, and providing monetary support to schools,
37	social agencies, and other entities, and
38	WHEREAS, those Links hereby assembled are from the Southern
39	Area of The Links, Incorporated, and many, specifically from the
40	State of Florida, are at The Capitol to show their solidarity
41	and concern for the elimination of childhood obesity, NOW
42	THEREFORE,
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44	Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
45	Florida:
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47	That the Florida House of Representatives welcomes the
48	members of the Southern Area of The Links, Incorporated,
49	especially the Florida members of the Southern Area, who are
50	passionate about the eradication of childhood obesity within the
51	Southern Area, including the State of Florida, and recognizes
52	March 23, 2011, as "The Links, Incorporated, Day" at the
53	Capitol.
54	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be
55	presented to Mary F. Currie, Director of the Southern Area of
56	The Links, Incorporated, as a tangible token of the sentiments
57	expressed herein.

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