Bill Text: GA HR790 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Ga. Nat. Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program; Fort Stewart & Fort Gordon; recognize
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: (Passed) 2011-03-31 - House Read and Adopted [HR790 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-HR790-Introduced.html
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House
Resolution 790
By:
Representatives Harbin of the
118th,
Reece of the
11th,
Maddox of the
172nd,
Sims of the
119th,
Purcell of the
159th,
and others
A
RESOLUTION
Recognizing
and commending the Georgia National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program, Fort Stewart
and Fort Gordon campuses; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
Fort Gordon Youth ChalleNGe Academy (YCA) recently graduated its 10,000th cadet,
an achievement which has been attained by only two other states;
and
WHEREAS,
Georgia's YCA is part of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program that
intervenes in and helps reclaim the lives of at-risk youth; and
WHEREAS,
the Youth ChalleNGe Program produces graduates with the values, skills,
education, self-confidence, and self-discipline necessary to succeed as adults;
and
WHEREAS,
Fort Gordon's YCA 10,000th graduate was Augusta resident Joshua Carroll, who
joined the program to pursue his education, gain discipline, and create better
opportunities for himself; and
WHEREAS,
this YCA graduating class was the program's largest in its history, with 250
cadets, who donated nearly 15,000 hours of service to the community;
and
WHEREAS,
most cadet graduates of the YCA receive their GED, with at least 53 percent
joining Georgia's work force, 23 percent going on to college or vocational
school, and 20 percent entering military service; and
WHEREAS,
it is abundantly fitting and proper that the extraordinary accomplishments of
the Youth ChalleNGe Program be appropriately recognized.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of
this body commend the Fort Stewart and Fort Gordon Youth ChalleNGe academies for
uplifting the lives of countless young Georgians and congratulate its staff,
students, and alumni on the momentous occasion of graduating its 10,000th
cadet.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized
and directed to transmit appropriate copies of this resolution to Frank
Williams, state director of the Georgia National Guard Youth ChalleNGe
academies; Lieutenant Colonel (Ret) Zimmerman, director of the Fort Gordon
campus; and Dr. Bob Hughes, director of the Fort Stewart campus.
