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Senate
Resolution 22
By:
Senator James of the 35th
A
RESOLUTION
Recognizing
January 19, 2011, as Operation HOPE Day at the state capitol; and for other
purposes.
WHEREAS,
Operation HOPE is a nonprofit, public benefit organization, founded immediately
following the civil unrest of April 29, 1992, in Los Angeles, and serves as
America's leading provider of economic tools and services; and
WHEREAS,
Operation HOPE has been delivering financial empowerment programming in the
metro Atlanta area since 2005; and
WHEREAS,
with Ambassador Andrew Young as its global spokesperson, Operation HOPE has
educated over 30,000 students in Georgia with the assistance of 1,400 passionate
and dedicated Operation HOPE Corps volunteers; and
WHEREAS,
Operation HOPE ensures that Atlanta area students have access to its
award-winning youth financial literacy empowerment curriculum, Banking On Our
Future, through partnerships with 53 amazing corporate entities;
and
WHEREAS,
Operation HOPE is currently constructing the Operation HOPE Financial Literacy
Empowerment Center at the Martin Luther King, Sr., Resource Facility in Ebenezer
Baptist Church; and
WHEREAS,
the State of Georgia and the members of the General Assembly appreciate the
hard work and dedication that the volunteers of Operation HOPE have demonstrated
in improving the lives of countless Georgians; and
WHEREAS,
the incredible work of Operation HOPE and its 1,400 volunteers is most admirable
and worthy of recognition by this
body.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY
THE SENATE that the members of this body recognize January 19, 2011, as
Operation HOPE Day at the state capitol in honor of the volunteers who work
tirelessly to improve the lives of Georgia students through financial literacy
empowerment.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and
directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Operation HOPE's
CEO, John Hope Bryant.