Florida Senate - 2015                            (NP)    SR 1616
       
       
        
       By Senator Hays
       
       
       
       
       
       11-02659-15                                           20151616__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution congratulating Kiwanis International on
    3         the occasion of the 100th anniversary of its founding
    4         and recognizing the organization’s commitment to
    5         improving the lives of children and youth around the
    6         world.
    7  
    8         WHEREAS, Kiwanis International was founded and incorporated
    9  in Detroit, Michigan, on January 21, 1915, and currently has
   10  277,025 adult members in 8,176 adult clubs and 351,277 youth
   11  members in 7,900 youth clubs in more than 80 countries around
   12  the world, and
   13         WHEREAS, the Florida District is composed of more than 270
   14  clubs and more than 9,000 Kiwanians, and
   15         WHEREAS, in 2015, Kiwanis International is celebrating its
   16  100th anniversary and, through its clubs’ efforts, has raised
   17  more than $100 million for the United Nations Children’s Fund
   18  through its Worldwide Service Project for Iodine Deficiency
   19  Disorder, the world’s leading preventable cause of mental
   20  retardation, and has pledged to raise more than $110 million for
   21  the Eliminate Project, which combats maternal and neonatal
   22  tetanus, and
   23         WHEREAS, in following its motto, “Serving the Children of
   24  the World,” Kiwanis International clubs annually sponsor more
   25  than 150,000 service projects, raise $100 million, and devote
   26  more than 18.5 million hours to service, and
   27         WHEREAS, the Kiwanis family consists not only of Kiwanis
   28  clubs but K-Kids clubs in elementary schools, Builders Club in
   29  middle schools, Key Club in high schools, Circle K International
   30  clubs at colleges and universities, and Aktion Club for adults
   31  who live with limited abilities, NOW, THEREFORE,
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   33  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
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   35         That Kiwanis International is congratulated on the occasion
   36  of the 100th anniversary of its founding and recognized for its
   37  commitment to improving the lives of children and youth around
   38  the world.