Bill Text: GA SR1037 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Enrolled

Georgia Senate Resolution 1037 (Prior Session Legislation)

Enrolled

Bill Title: Comcast; recognize

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)

Status: (Passed) 2012-02-24 - Senate Read and Adopted [SR1037 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2011-SR1037-Enrolled.html

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Senate Resolution 1037

By: Senators Millar of the 40th, Murphy of the 27th, Davis of the 22nd, Loudermilk of the 52nd, Rogers of the 21st and others

A RESOLUTION

Recognizing and commending Comcast for its Leaders and Achievers and Internet Essentials Programs; and for other purposes.

WHEREAS, the Comcast Foundation was founded by Comcast Corporation in June of 1999 to provide charitable support to the communities where its customers and employees live, work, and raise families; and

WHEREAS, the Comcast Foundation is committed to powering the dreams of young people by building tomorrow's leaders and addressing the need for continued broadband adoption in underserved communities; and

WHEREAS, each year Comcast and the Comcast Foundation ask high school principals and guidance counselors to collaborate in identifying the best and brightest high school seniors in their communities; and

WHEREAS, Comcast and the Comcast Foundation want to motivate young people to achieve their potential, to be involved in their schools, and to be catalysts for positive change in their communities; and

WHEREAS, the Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Program recognizes students who exemplify these ideals and who serve as role models for their fellow students and recognizes the scholarship winners by providing them each with a $1,000 grant to attend any accredited, nonprofit college, university, or vocational/technical school in the United States; and

WHEREAS, Comcast and its Foundation are equally committed to expanding digital literacy by bridging the digital divide; and

WHEREAS, Comcast and the Comcast Foundation recognize that as America evolves into a truly digital nation, all citizens of all backgrounds can use broadband to achieve their full potential, and helping more people to learn the benefits of digital literacy will make the community and this nation stronger; and

WHEREAS, through the Internet Essentials program, Comcast brings the power of the Internet to more students and families in Georgia; and

WHEREAS, the State of Georgia is a champion of supporting the dreams of its youth and addressing the digital divide, and it is abundantly fitting and proper that the efforts of Comcast and the Comcast Foundation be appropriately recognized.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body commend Comcast and the Comcast Foundation for their efforts to further the dreams of young leaders and recognize them for addressing digital literacy.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to representatives of Comcast.