Bill Text: GA HR1285 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

Georgia House Resolution 1285 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Zimmerman, Lieutenant Colonel Janet A.; commend

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)

Status: (Passed) 2012-02-03 - House Read and Adopted [HR1285 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2011-HR1285-Introduced.html

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House Resolution 1285

By: Representatives Howard of the 121st, Murphy of the 120th, Frazier of the 123rd, Sims of the 119th, and Smith of the 122nd

A RESOLUTION

Recognizing and commending Lieutenant Colonel Janet A. Zimmerman; and for other purposes.

WHEREAS, Lieutenant Colonel Janet A. Zimmerman retired from the United States Army to become the founding director of the Fort Gordon Youth ChalleNGe Academy and has devoted the last 11 years to reclaiming Georgia's at-risk youths; and

WHEREAS, she was united in love and marriage to a retired Army officer and was blessed with two remarkable daughters and three adored grandchildren; and

WHEREAS, since the opening of the program, it has doubled in size to graduate 400 cadets each year and graduated its 10,000th successful young adult in 2011; and

WHEREAS, she has instrumentally piloted a high school diploma program with the Richmond and Columbia County school systems for the Fort Gordon Youth ChalleNGe Academy which provides at-risk students with the opportunity to pursue an alternative route to high school completion and earn a regular diploma; and

WHEREAS, Lieutenant Colonel Zimmerman has a Bachelor of Science degree in sociology from Campbell University and a Master of Education degree from Boston University; and

WHEREAS, in 2008, she received two Governors' recognition awards, an Accommodation for Excellence in Customer Service and the Governor's Award for Individual Excellence in Community Service; and

WHEREAS, her significant organizational talents, her remarkable patience and diplomacy, her keen sense of vision, and her sensitivity to the needs of the citizens of this state have earned her the respect and admiration of her colleagues and associates; and

WHEREAS, it is abundantly fitting and proper that the outstanding accomplishments of this remarkable and distinguished Georgian be appropriately recognized.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of this body commend the devotion and dedication of Lieutenant Colonel Janet A. Zimmerman to the Fort Gordon Youth ChalleNGe Academy.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Lieutenant Colonel Janet A. Zimmerman.