Bill Text: GA HR681 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Exchange Club of Dublin, Georgia; commend
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 3)
Status: (Passed) 2011-03-23 - House Read and Adopted [HR681 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-HR681-Introduced.html
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House
Resolution 681
By:
Representatives Hatchett of the
143rd,
Pak of the
102nd,
and Davis of the
109th
A
RESOLUTION
Recognizing
and commending the Exchange Club of Dublin, Georgia, and the National Exchange
Club on 100 years of community service; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
family, community, and nation are important core values in the lives of
Americans; and
WHEREAS,
Exchange Clubs have been serving communities throughout the United States for
100 years, with the first Exchange Club formed in Detroit, Michigan, in 1911;
and
WHEREAS,
the National Exchange Club is celebrating its 100th anniversary serving our
communities; and
WHEREAS,
the National Exchange Club, a strictly American organization, is a group of
volunteers unselfishly working together to make communities better through
programs of service in Americanism, community service, youth activities, and its
national project, the prevention of child abuse; and
WHEREAS,
the Exchange Club of Dublin is affiliated with the National Exchange Club and
provides significant and invaluable contributions to the citizens of Laurens
County through its two main service projects of the annual St. Patrick's Pancake
Supper and the annual Christmas parade; and
WHEREAS,
the Exchange Club of Dublin was organized on October 1, 1936, by first president
M.J. Guyton and its first club officers were Wallace W. Walker, president; Cecil
E. Carroll, first vice president; Stanley A. Reese, second vice president;
Wilbur S. Jones, secretary; and James L. Keen, Jr., treasurer; and
WHEREAS,
volunteers are vital to maintaining caring and productive cities, and it is
abundantly fitting and proper that the work of the Exchange Club of Dublin and
the National Exchange Club be appropriately recognized for the unparalleled
service its volunteers provide to this state.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of
this body commend the National Exchange Club on 100 years of community service
and recognize the Exchange Club of Dublin for its selfless dedication to
uplifting the lives of the citizens of Laurens County, Georgia.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized
and directed to transmit appropriate copies of this resolution to the Exchange
Club of Dublin and the National Exchange Club.
