Bill Text: GA HR1693 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Walls, Ms. Ruthie Garrett; commend
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-03-05 - House Read and Adopted [HR1693 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-HR1693-Introduced.html
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House
Resolution 1693
By:
Representative Waites of the
60th
A
RESOLUTION
Recognizing
and commending Ms. Ruthie Garrett Walls; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
Ms. Ruthie Garrett Walls has long been recognized by the citizens of this state
for the vital role that she has played in leadership and her deep personal
commitment to the welfare of the citizens of her community; and
WHEREAS,
Ms. Ruthie Garrett Walls moved to Atlanta in 1971 and as a single mother she was
attempting to provide a better life for her five children; and
WHEREAS,
she began her volunteerism during the time of the missing and murdered children
by participating in several organized searches; and
WHEREAS,
she served as secretary of neighborhood planning units and the Atlanta Planning
and Advisory Board for three years; and
WHEREAS,
she represented her neighborhood as a member of the Community Empowerment
Advisory Board and as president of the Rebel Forest Neighborhood Association for
20 years saw a need in the community among the youth and founded the Metro Youth
Action Council; and
WHEREAS,
Ms. Walls met with children weekly, took them on field trips, helped them
publish their own newsletters, established an after-school program, and had
summer camp at the local church; and
WHEREAS,
she got the children involved with events, such as the 1996 Olympics, formed a
neighborhood youth choir, and participated in the John Birdine Community Service
award ceremony; and
WHEREAS,
she received a letter of commendation during her time volunteering with the
Atlanta Project, an initiative by President Jimmy Carter; and
WHEREAS,
she served on the Board of Directors of the Atlanta Legal Aid Society for eight
years and on the Fulton County advisory committee during the planning and
building of the Southeast Senior Center; and
WHEREAS,
she has been honored numerous times, receiving the Metro Atlanta Coalition of
100 Black Women Unsung Heroines Award, the Arthur Beavers Community Service
Award, the Julia Smith Certificate of Appreciation for devoted community
volunteerism, Together Atlanta and the Neighborhood Achievement Award, the City
of Atlanta Certificate of Appreciation, and was an Atlanta Youth Ambassador
Chaperone; and
WHEREAS,
it is abundantly fitting and proper that the extraordinary accomplishments of
this distinguished Georgian be appropriately recognized.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of
this body commend Ms. Ruthie Garrett Walls on her efficient, effective, and
selfless community service and recognize the amazing work she does to improve
the lives of others.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized
and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Ms. Ruthie
Garrett Walls.
