Bill Text: NY J00830 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Pronto of Long Island, Inc. on June 5
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-26 - ADOPTED [J00830 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-J00830-Introduced.html
Senate Resolution No. 830 BY: Senator BOYLE COMMEMORATING the 50th Anniversary of Pronto of Long Island, Inc. on June 5, 2019 WHEREAS, This Legislative Body is justly proud to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Pronto of Long Island, Inc. to be celebrated with a Golden Gala on Wednesday, June 5, 2019, at Watermill Long Island, New York; and WHEREAS, For the last five decades Pronto of Long Island, Inc. has strived to feed the hungry, clothe the needy, welcome the stranger and provide healing and hope to everyone who walks through our doors; and WHEREAS, In 1969, Pronto of Long Island, Inc. began serving people in need with basic human services from the basement of Saint Anne's Church in Brentwood, New York; through the years the organization moved several times; in 2005, they built their new 10,000 square foot facility on Pine Aire Drive in Bay Shore; and WHEREAS, Always with a vision of helping people while treating them with dignity and respect, Pronto of Long Island, Inc. provides comprehensive, personalized care through a variety of programs including a food pantry that provides food to families in the community that are struggling; a thrift center offering those in need a place to shop for gently used clothing, shoes and bedding; a warehouse that makes available household items as well as a program called Shots for Tots providing immunizations for children up to 18 that do not have insurance; and WHEREAS, Pronto of Long Island, Inc. offers food stamp assistance, Medicare insurance and United Healthcare - insurance provider information, senior services programs and the Empire Justice program; it also provides English as a Second Language classes and helps people prepare for their United States Citizenship exams; and WHEREAS, The success of Pronto of Long Island, Inc. is in direct correlation to the efforts of its staff, whose involvement is, and always has been, characterized by and impressive commitment, an unbridled enthusiasm, and an uncompromising standard of excellence in all endeavors on behalf of the institution and the community it serves; and WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body that those organizations which enhance the well-being and vitality of their community and have shown a long and sustained commitment to excellence certainly have earned the recognition and applause of all the citizens of this great Empire State; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Pronto of Long Island, Inc. on June 5, 2019; and be it further RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be transmitted to Pronto of Long Island, Inc.