Bill Text: FL S1994 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: 117th Anniversary of Rotary International

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2022-03-09 - Adopted [S1994 Detail]

Download: Florida-2022-S1994-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2022                            (NP)    SR 1994
       
       
        
       By Senator Berman
       
       
       
       
       
       31-03517-22                                           20221994__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution recognizing the 117th anniversary of
    3         Rotary International.
    4  
    5         WHEREAS, for 117 years, Rotary International, a worldwide
    6  nonpolitical, nonreligious organization with a membership of
    7  more than 1.2 million business, professional, and community
    8  leaders, has provided humanitarian service, encouraged high
    9  ethical standards in all vocations, and helped to build goodwill
   10  and peace in the world, and
   11         WHEREAS, the main objective of Rotary International is
   12  captured in the organization’s motto, “Service Above Self,” and
   13  is expressed through the work of more than 35,000 Rotary Clubs
   14  in more than 200 countries and geographical areas around the
   15  world as they provide service to their communities, workplaces,
   16  and the wider world, and
   17         WHEREAS, Rotary International is an outgrowth of the Rotary
   18  Club of Chicago, founded by local attorney Paul Harris on
   19  February 23, 1905, and
   20         WHEREAS, the Rotary Foundation, supported solely by
   21  voluntary contributions, is a nonprofit corporation that
   22  supports the efforts of Rotary International to achieve world
   23  understanding and peace through international humanitarian,
   24  educational, and cultural exchange programs, and
   25         WHEREAS, the Rotary Foundation began as an endowment fund
   26  in 1917 at the suggestion of Rotary International’s sixth
   27  president, Arch C. Klumph, to allow Rotary members “to do good
   28  in the world,” and has grown from the first donation of $26.50
   29  by the Rotary Club of Kansas City to a fund of more than $1
   30  billion, and
   31         WHEREAS, the Rotary Foundation has one of the largest and
   32  most prestigious international fellowship programs in the world,
   33  and
   34         WHEREAS, Rotarians across Florida continue to strive for
   35  “service above self,” NOW, THEREFORE,
   36  
   37  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
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   39         That the 117th anniversary of Rotary International is
   40  recognized.