Bill Text: GA SR576 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Landings Military Family Relief Fund; recognize
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2009-03-12 - Senate Read and Adopted [SR576 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-SR576-Enrolled.html
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Senate
Resolution 576
By:
Senator Johnson of the 1st
A
RESOLUTION
Recognizing
and commending the Landings Military Family Relief Fund and the Landings
community; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
the Landings Military Family Relief Fund was established in 2007, when several
residents of the Landings subdivision in Savannah, Georgia, were inspired to
help military families and soldiers in their times of personal struggle;
and
WHEREAS,
the purpose of the Landings Military Family Relief Fund is to provide financial
grants, not loans, to military families who are unable to find financial
assistance in the existing military relief programs; and
WHEREAS,
the Landings Military Family Relief Fund was established through an agreement
with the Savannah Chapter of the American Red Cross, creating a restricted fund
that is used only to meet special emergency needs of military families, without
administration costs taken from the fund, allowing for 100 percent of donations
to go directly to the families; and
WHEREAS,
intended to help alleviate emergency situations which can arise for military
families, the Landings Military Family Relief Fund provides financial assistance
within a 24 hour period to military families to help pay for basic living
expenses, emergency travel, memorial costs, or home and car repairs; and
WHEREAS,
in order to receive assistance from the Landings Military Family Relief Fund, a
military family simply places a request through the normal process with the
military, and once it is determined that the military will be unable to assist
the family, the request is forwarded to the Red Cross and checked for
conformance to guidelines before dispersing from the Landings Military Family
Relief Fund; and
WHEREAS,
the most common emergency aid request comes from newly enlisted military members
in their mid or early twenties who are married with at least two young children
who need assistance with basic living expenses; and
WHEREAS,
the Landings Military Family Relief Fund has been instrumental in providing
alternative options for sources of aid for the nearly 26,000 troops in the
Savannah area and their families; and
WHEREAS,
since its creation, the Fund has raised over $307,000.00 and given 234 grants to
families in need, with 99 percent of the donations coming from within the
Landings community; and
WHEREAS,
the Landings Military Family Relief Fund has assisted soldiers in returning to
the states to be present for a family member's emergency surgery or attend
funeral services and has assisted in such matters as emergency car repair costs
so that soldiers have one less thing to worry about when they are deployed;
and
WHEREAS,
the Landings Military Family Relief Fund is the first of its kind and is
inspiring the creation of similar funds around the country; and
WHEREAS,
the Landings Military Family Relief Fund and the members of the Landings
community have demonstrated that, with determination and dedication, what seems
impossible can be achieved, and their support of the nation's guardians of
freedom and their families is worthy of recognition.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body commend
the Landings community for their remarkable support of military families,
recognize the outstanding service provided by the Landings Military Family
Relief Fund and the Savannah Chapter of the American Red Cross, and extend their
most sincere gratitude for assisting members of the United States military and
their families.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to the Landings Military
Family Relief Fund and the Savannah Chapter of the American Red Cross.
