Bill Text: GA HR393 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Girls Incorporated of Greater Atlanta; recognize

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Passed) 2011-02-23 - House Read and Adopted [HR393 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2011-HR393-Introduced.html

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11 LC 94 4100

House Resolution 393

By: Representative Manning of the 32nd

A RESOLUTION

Recognizing and commending Girls Incorporated of Greater Atlanta; and for other purposes.

WHEREAS, Girls Incorporated of Greater Atlanta is a gender-specific, youth serving organization that provides research based programs that help girls overcome the effects of gender inequity and become self-sufficient, responsible, and economically empowered women; and

WHEREAS, founded in 1976, Girls Incorporated of Greater Atlanta has created invaluable partnerships with more than 50 public schools, enabling the organization to implement informal educational programs designed to encourage girls to take informed risks and master physical, intellectual, and emotional challenges; and

WHEREAS, over the past four decades, Girls Incorporated of Greater Atlanta has served approximately 100,000 girls in the Atlanta area, working with about 3,000 young women annually; and

WHEREAS, although Girls Incorporated of Greater Atlanta has been known by other names over the years, such as the Cobb-Marietta Girls Club, Girls Clubs of Cobb County, Girls Incorporated of Cobb County, and Urban Girls Initiative Atlanta, the mission has always been the same, to empower girls during their formative years of becoming young adults; and

WHEREAS, Girls Incorporated of Greater Atlanta now serves the needs of girls in the five counties of metro Atlanta and has grown to stand as the leading organization that addresses the needs of girls between the ages of six and 18, from low and moderate income families, who seek safe and creative programs to improve their life outcomes; and

WHEREAS, it is abundantly fitting and proper that the outstanding work of this fine organization and its numerous contributions to the children of this state be appropriately recognized.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of this body commend Girls Incorporated of Greater Atlanta for its nearly four decades of dedicated service to the girls of Atlanta.

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 Girls Incorporated of Greater Atlanta.