Bill Text: SC H5437 | 2019-2020 | 123rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Carey Dalton Bolt, Jr.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2020-04-08 - Introduced and adopted [H5437 Detail]
Download: South_Carolina-2019-H5437-Introduced.html
A HOUSE RESOLUTION
TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR MR. CAREY DALTON BOLT, JR., UPON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT FROM SERVING AS GREENWOOD COUNTY VETERANS AFFAIRS OFFICER AFTER TEN YEARS OF EXEMPLARY SERVICE, AND TO WISH HIM CONTINUED SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS IN ALL HIS FUTURE ENDEAVORS.
Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives have learned that Carey Dalton Bolt, Jr., began a well deserved retirement on March 9, 2020, after ten years of passionately serving military service members, their families, and the Greenwood community as the Greenwood County Veterans Affairs Officer; and
Whereas, Mr. Bolt plans make his top priority to spend many happy hours of retirement with his grandchildren and watch them grow into outstanding men and women; and
Whereas, during his ten-year tenure, Mr. Bolt and the Greenwood County Veterans Affairs team devotedly worked in the best interest of service members and strived for innovation and achievement in veterans affairs, which is evident in all that they accomplished; and
Whereas, Mr. Bolt led the Veterans Affairs Office to repurpose the old Greenwood County Library into South Carolina's only state of the art Veterans Affairs Center, which housed not only their staff, but also the Greenwood County Military Museum, Greenwood County Hall of Heroes Memorial Committee, Marines Special Operation School, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans, United Daughters of Confederacy, Daughters of the American Revolution, and Veterans Court assisted by the 8th Circuit Solicitor; and
Whereas, Mr. Bolt and his team led the Annual Hall of Heroes Ceremony to honor brave service members and their families of the past, present, and future; and
Whereas, more of his and his team's wonderful accomplishments for Greenwood County and South Carolina include successfully bringing the traveling Vietnam Wall to Greenwood and funding a future second visit, creating three successful veterans outreach programs to assist over six hundred veterans and their dependents in each program, and building the Veterans Memorial Plaza and Monument to honor our heroes and their families; and
Whereas, in Mr. Bolt's last year of service in 2019, he and the Veterans Affairs Office managed the inflow of $43,000,000 to Greenwood County veterans and their dependents; and
Whereas, grateful for his many years of distinguished leadership to the Greenwood County Veterans Affairs Office, the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives take great pleasure in extending best wishes to Mr. Carey Dalton Bolt, Jr., as he transitions to a richly deserved retirement, and are grateful for the years of unparalleled dedication that he has devoted to veterans affairs. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:
That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, recognize and honor Mr. Carey Dalton Bolt, Jr., upon the occasion of his retirement from serving as Greenwood County Veterans Affairs Officer after ten years of exemplary service, and to wish him continued success and happiness in all his future endeavors.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to Mr. Carey Dalton Bolt, Jr.
