Bill Text: FL S1788 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Invictus Games

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-03-04 - Adopted [S1788 Detail]

Download: Florida-2016-S1788-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2016                            (NP)    SR 1788
       
       
        
       By Senator Altman
       
       16-04375A-16                                          20161788__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution recognizing and supporting the second
    3         Invictus Games for wounded, injured, and sick active
    4         duty military servicemembers and veterans, to be held
    5         May 8-12, 2016, in Orlando.
    6  
    7         WHEREAS, the Invictus Games is the only international
    8  adaptive sporting event for injured active duty military
    9  servicemembers and veterans, in which the power of sports is
   10  used to inspire recovery, support rehabilitation, and generate
   11  wider understanding and respect for those who serve or who have
   12  served their country, and
   13         WHEREAS, the inaugural Invictus Games took place in 2014 in
   14  London, England, and brought together more than 400 competitors
   15  from 13 nations to compete in sporting events, and
   16         WHEREAS, Florida has the honor of hosting the second
   17  Invictus Games, which will be held at Disney’s ESPN Wide World
   18  of Sports Complex in Orlando from May 8 to May 12, 2016, and
   19         WHEREAS, the second Invictus Games will bring together more
   20  than 500 competitors from 15 nations to compete in 10 sporting
   21  events, and
   22         WHEREAS, the nations represented are Afghanistan,
   23  Australia, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany,
   24  Iraq, Italy, Jordan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the United
   25  Kingdom, and the United States, and
   26         WHEREAS, Invictus Games participants have sacrificed their
   27  personal health and well-being, and many have suffered life
   28  changing injuries, visible or otherwise, to defend the safety
   29  and security of their home nation, and
   30         WHEREAS, the Invictus Games seeks to help the physical,
   31  psychological, and social healing of injured active duty
   32  military servicemembers and veterans through the holistic
   33  recovery and rehabilitation that occurs through sports, and
   34         WHEREAS, the word “invictus” means “unconquered,” and the
   35  Invictus Games reflects the unconquered spirit of wounded, ill,
   36  or injured active duty military servicemembers and veterans who
   37  have been tested and challenged, but not overcome, and
   38         WHEREAS, Floridians view this inspiring event as an
   39  opportunity to celebrate and recognize the sacrifices made by
   40  active duty military servicemembers and veterans across the
   41  globe to safeguard the security of our nations and the values we
   42  hold dear, and
   43         WHEREAS, there is no place more suitable to host the second
   44  Invictus Games than Florida, the most military-friendly and
   45  veteran-friendly state in the nation, NOW, THEREFORE,
   46  
   47  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
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   49         That we recognize the second Invictus Games and the
   50  recuperation and rehabilitation that the Invictus Games brings
   51  to our nation’s wounded, injured, and sick active duty military
   52  servicemembers and veterans and to those who serve or who have
   53  served in the armed services of our friends and allies around
   54  the globe.