Bill Text: HI HR29 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Armed Forces; Military Families and Children; Nonprofit Support

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)

Status: (Passed) 2010-02-26 - (H) Resolution adopted in final form. [HR29 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-HR29-Introduced.html

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.R. NO.	29
TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010
STATE OF HAWAII

HOUSE RESOLUTION

 

 

Recognizing and commending those who provide support to the families of deployed members of the armed forces.

 

 

 

     WHEREAS, there are over one million children who are the sons or daughters of members of the Armed Forces; and

 

     WHEREAS, the families of members of the Armed Forces provide unconditional love and support to their loved ones serving in the Armed Forces before, during, and after their deployment in service to the United States; and

 

     WHEREAS, by providing this vital support, these families provide an essential service to their country, along with their deployed family members; and

 

     WHEREAS, while significant government resources are made available to the families of members of the Armed Forces who reside on or near a military installation, resources for families of deployed Reserve and National Guard members are often not as accessible because these families do not reside near a military installation; and

 

     WHEREAS, nonprofit organizations have filled this gap by dedicating themselves to ensuring that children of military families receive the support they need while their parents are deployed; and

 

     WHEREAS, these services from nonprofit organizations include crucial extracurricular activities and programs for school-aged children of deployed Reserve and National Guard members; and

 

     WHEREAS, the nonprofit organizations providing these services include Our Military Kids, Inc., Parents as Teachers, Citizen-Soldier Support program, Operation Homefront, Inc., American Military Family, Inc., Kids Serve 2, and Salute Our Services; and

 

     WHEREAS, these programs and organizations help the families of deployed Armed Forces members to maintain as normal a life as possible through services and grants that provide resources that might otherwise be unavailable to these families; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-fifth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2010, that the Legislature hereby recognizes and commends those who provide support to the families of deployed members of the Armed Forces; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature also honors military families and the nongovernmental organizations that support them; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, Chief of Naval Operations of the U.S. Navy, Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force, Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, Chief of the National Guard Bureau, Executive Director of Our Military Kids, Inc., President and Chief Executive Officer of Parents as Teachers, Principal Investigator of Citizen-Soldier Support Program, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Operation Homefront, Inc., Founder of American Military Family, Inc., and Kids Serve 2 care of the Chief Executive Officer of Salute Our Services, Inc.

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title: 

Armed Forces; Military Families and Children; Nonprofit Support