Bill Text: HI HR159 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Congratulating the Winners of the Hawaii: Next 50 Contest.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-2)

Status: (Passed) 2016-03-18 - Resolution adopted in final form. [HR159 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2016-HR159-Introduced.html

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.R. NO.	159
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016
STATE OF HAWAII

HOUSE RESOLUTION

 

 

Congratulating the winners of the hawaii: next 50 contest.

 

 

 

     WHEREAS, the future of our State and country depends upon the students of today, for they are the future leaders of the community and should be supported in their everyday endeavors; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Hawaii: Next 50 Contest is inspired by former Governor George Ariyoshi's book, "Hawaii: The Past Fifty Years, The Next Fifty Years," which looks into our islands' history as a state and prompts the next generation to think about what can be done to keep Hawaii moving forward in the next century; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Hawaii State Plan, developed by Governor Ariyoshi, contained a number of long-range policies regarding Hawaii's future development, with the contributions, and ideas from concerned citizens being essential in the planning process; and

 

     WHEREAS, this contest is intended to encourage our youth to take ownership of their future, to take an active role in shaping their communities, and to voice their opinion on the direction that the State of Hawaii must take to make it the best place it can be, showing others that their opinions matter and their voices are being heard; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Hawaii: Next 50 Contest, sponsored by the Hawaii State House of Representatives, the Future Caucus, the Ulupono Initiative, and the aio Foundation, asks the students of Hawaii: "Over the next 50 years, what can I do to help Hawaii reach its 100% renewable energy goal?"; and

 

     WHEREAS, over 500 students from grades four to twelve sent submissions to the Hawaii: Next 50 Contest, touching on topics such as the importance of self-sustainability, including being energy, agriculturally, and industrially independent; improving the quality of our State's education system; and preserving all that contributes to our State's uniqueness, such as our native culture, language, flora, and fauna; and

 

     WHEREAS, the submissions of the Hawaii: Next 50 Contest winners, Mana Harada of Maemae Elementary School, Angelica Devers of Kapolei Middle School, Febelie Rodriguez of Waipahu Intermediate School, Aolele Taulapapa of Kahuku High and Intermediate School, Mei Rosa of Manoa Elementary School, Alize Pagaduan of Highlands Intermediate School, and Sydney Millerd of Waipahu High School, best embody the spirit of the Hawaii: Next 50 Contest in proposing solutions to the problems that Hawaii faces today and imagining a path for Hawaii's future in the next 50 years; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-eighth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2016, that this body hereby congratulates the winners of the Hawaii: Next 50 Contest, and expresses to them its deep appreciation for coming up with creative solutions to keep Hawaii moving forward and make it the best place to live and work for the next 50 years and beyond.

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title: 

Congratulating the Winners of the Hawaii: Next 50 Contest.