Bill Text: FL S1804 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Florida Alliance of YMCAs

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-04-06 - Adopted [S1804 Detail]

Download: Florida-2017-S1804-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2017                            (NP)    SR 1804
       
       
        
       By Senator Stargel
       
       
       
       
       
       22-02965-17                                           20171804__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution recognizing the Florida Alliance of YMCAs
    3         and celebrating 60 years of service of the Florida
    4         YMCA Youth in Government program.
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    6         WHEREAS, the YMCA Youth in Government program was founded
    7  in 1936 to give students nationwide the opportunity to serve as
    8  part of a youth-run, youth-led model government process, and
    9         WHEREAS, the Florida YMCA Youth in Government program was
   10  founded in 1957 and, since that time, delegates have been
   11  actively engaged with the issues that impact their families,
   12  schools, YMCAs, and communities, and
   13         WHEREAS, the founding principle of the Florida YMCA Youth
   14  in Government program is servant leadership, and its model
   15  government process is designed to prepare students for a life of
   16  engaged and active citizenship built on the values of civil
   17  debate, statesmanship, and research-based policy solutions, and
   18         WHEREAS, the Florida YMCA Youth in Government program is
   19  led by hundreds of teachers, students, and parents who volunteer
   20  tens of thousands of hours of their time to ensure the success
   21  of the program for the youth of this state, regardless of a
   22  participant’s background or socioeconomic status, NOW,
   23  THEREFORE,
   24  
   25  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
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   27         That the outstanding work of the Florida Alliance of YMCAs
   28  is recognized and 60 years of service of the Florida YMCA Youth
   29  in Government program is celebrated.
   30         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution, with
   31  the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to the Florida
   32  Alliance of YMCAs as a tangible token of the sentiments of the
   33  Florida Senate.