Bill Text: FL H9023 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Kappas at the Kapitol Day

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-18 - Placed on Ceremonial Resolutions Calendar - Publication only; Read 2nd time -HJ 00341; Adopted -HJ 00341 [H9023 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-H9023-Introduced.html

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HR 9023

1	House Resolution
2	A resolution recognizing March 19, 2010, as the first
3	annual "Kappas at the Kapitol Day" in Florida.
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5	WHEREAS, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., is a public
6	service organization founded on January 5, 1911, by ten great
7	men at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, where its
8	grand objective was to unite college men in a bond of
9	fraternity, and
10	WHEREAS, since the beginning of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity,
11	Inc.'s existence, its members have vowed to make great
12	achievements in all fields of human endeavor, and
13	WHEREAS, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., is a brotherhood
14	of college-educated men committed to executing the fraternity's
15	ideals through its Guide Right programs: GLAD (Greeks Learning
16	to Avoid Debt), Sunday of Hope, iKare (International Kappa
17	Action Relief Effort), the Piney Woods School, the Kappa Alpha
18	Psi Foundation, political awareness programs, and international
19	awareness and involvement, and
20	WHEREAS, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., recently
21	celebrated 99 years of exemplary service and support to local
22	communities, leading dialogue on public policy issues,
23	supporting quality education, and producing new projects to
24	stimulate current and future economic growth, and
25	WHEREAS, with over 100,000 college-educated men initiated
26	since the fraternity's founding in 1911 and over 400
27	undergraduate chapters and 391 alumni chapters worldwide,
28	including 41 chapters located in Florida and the Bahamas,
29	members of Kappa Alpha Psi are clearly focused and visible as
30	corporate and civic leaders, respected public officials,
31	acclaimed academicians, and activists in their own right, and
32	WHEREAS, on March 19, 2010, members of the 43 chapters of
33	Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., representing Florida and the
34	Bahamas, will converge on Tallahassee to conduct the first
35	annual "Kappas at the Kapitol Day," and
36	WHEREAS, Representatives Dwight M. Bullard, Oscar Braynon
37	II, Perry E. Thurston, and Alan B. Williams are esteemed members
38	of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., NOW, THEREFORE,
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40	Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
41	Florida:
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43	That March 19, 2010, is recognized as the first annual
44	"Kappas at the Kapitol Day" in Florida in recognition of the
45	many contributions that the members of Kappa Alpha Psi
46	Fraternity, Inc., have made to this state.

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