Bill Text: GA HR1701 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Ryan Cameron Foundation; commend
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2010-03-16 - House Read and Adopted [HR1701 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-HR1701-Introduced.html
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House
Resolution 1701
By:
Representative Abdul-Salaam of the
74th
A
RESOLUTION
Commending
the Ryan Cameron Foundation; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
the Ryan Cameron Foundation (RFC) was established to provide youth of Atlanta,
Georgia, with the necessary tools to empower them to take on leadership roles
throughout their lives; and
WHEREAS,
the RFC provides young people with mentoring, tutoring, volunteering
opportunities, celebrity appearances, life experiences, chances for
self-reflection, leadership instruction, and personal coaching; and
WHEREAS,
established in 2002, the RFC's mission is to help youth create healthy
transitions from childhood to adulthood with resources and programs designed to
empower, inspire, and encourage positive growth; and
WHEREAS,
the RFC has made great strides in uplifting the youth of Atlanta through its
adoption of youth in the Bankhead community and by investing 100 percent of its
proceeds in social service and community organizations; and
WHEREAS,
during the 2004-2005 NBA basketball season, RFC donated over 500 Atlanta Hawks
tickets to local youth based organizations; and
WHEREAS,
the RFC held a Youth Anti-Violence Forum on March 6, 2010, which brought
together a diverse task force committed to raising awareness of youth violence;
and
WHEREAS,
it is abundantly fitting and proper that the outstanding accomplishments of this
distinguished organization and its volunteers be appropriately recognized for
their work in improving the lives of Georgia's youth.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of
this body commend the Ryan Cameron Foundation for its efforts to end youth
violence through its Anti-Violence Forum and recognize its dedicated members for
their selfless service to the future leaders of this state.
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 the Ryan
Cameron Foundation.
