Bill Text: FL S0080 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: The Links, Incorporated

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-24 - Introduced -SJ 00324; Read 2nd time -SJ 00325; Adopted; companion bill(s) passed, see HR 9025 (Adopted) -SJ 00325 [S0080 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S0080-Introduced.html

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Florida Senate - 2010              (Corrected Copy)(NP)    SR 80 
 
By Senators Joyner and Wilson 
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1                          Senate Resolution 
2         A resolution commending The Links, Incorporated, for 
3         its work in Florida. 
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5         WHEREAS, The Links, Incorporated, is a highly respected 
6  international organization consisting of more than 12,000 
7  professional, accomplished, dedicated women of African ancestry 
8  in 273 chapters, located in 42 states, the District of Columbia, 
9  and the Commonwealth of the Bahamas with a mission and purpose 
10  of friendship and community service, and 
11         WHEREAS, members of The Links are role models, mentors, 
12  activists, and volunteers who work toward purposeful public 
13  service with educational, cultural, and civic commitments 
14  through four functional facets — International Trends and 
15  Services, National Trends and Services, the Arts, and Services 
16  to Youth, and 
17         WHEREAS, the National Trends and Services facet of The 
18  Links, Incorporated, also encompasses service related to three 
19  Linkages, including education, health and wellness, and 
20  legislative work, which highlights and addresses concerns of the 
21  organization in these areas and also affects African Americans 
22  and society, and 
23         WHEREAS, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
24  (CDC) reports that childhood obesity is a public health epidemic 
25  which poses one of the most urgent threats to the health and 
26  well being of children and their families the Southern Area of 
27  The Links, Incorporated announces that childhood obesity shall 
28  be its focused program initiative, and 
29         WHEREAS, the Southern Area of The Links, Incorporated have 
30  officially launched its Childhood Obesity Initiative and 
31  simultaneously announced its partnership with other health 
32  organizations to provide resources to support this initiative 
33  with Chapters located throughout the Southern Area, and 
34         WHEREAS, Links from around the State of Florida have 
35  assembled on March 25, 2010 to demonstrate their support for the 
36  elimination of childhood obesity, and to focus their efforts in 
37  establishing, supporting, and continuing to identify those 
38  programs aimed at preventing childhood obesity, and to encourage 
39  Legislators to monitor, implement, and seek progress through 
40  legislation, and 
41         WHEREAS, Senator Arthenia L. Joyner and Senator Frederica 
42  Wilson are members of The Links, Incorporated, NOW, THEREFORE, 
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44  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida: 
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46         That this body does pause in its deliberations to pay its 
47  respects to the dedicated efforts and example of the Southern 
48  Area of The Links, Incorporated, led by Link Mary F. Currie, 
49  Area Director, in their successful campaign to eliminate 
50  childhood obesity and support those programs as identified that 
51  support this initiative and assist to create a better quality of 
52  life for the children of this state.