Bill Text: NY J00857 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Resolution 857 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Memorializing Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim April 10, 2019, as Siblings Day in the State of New York

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-03-29 - ADOPTED [J00857 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-J00857-Introduced.html


Senate Resolution No. 857

BY: Senator PARKER

        MEMORIALIZING Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to proclaim
        April  10, 2019, as Siblings Day in the State of New
        York

  WHEREAS, Siblings Day Foundation  is  a  public  non-profit  charity
devoted  to  establishing  Siblings Day for the benefit of our families,
our communities and our Nation; and

  WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern, and  in  full  accord  with  its
long-standing  traditions,  it  is the sense of this Legislative Body to
memorialize Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to  proclaim  April  10,  2019,  as
Siblings  Day  in  the  State  of  New  York,  in  conjunction  with the
observance of National Siblings Day; and

  WHEREAS, Native New Yorker, and  Manhattan  resident  Claudia  Evart
felt  inspired to create the Siblings Day Foundation (SDF), a non-profit
organization after losing both of her siblings early in life; and

  WHEREAS, Under the luminous leadership of Claudia Evart, SDF founded
National Siblings Day to honor our brother(s) and/or  sister(s),  to  be
celebrated  annually  on  April  10,  the  birthday  of her late sister,
Lisette; and

  WHEREAS, Individuals can remember their siblings by sending  a  card
or a gift, making a phone call, making a dinner invitation, performing a
good  deed,  favor,  errand or chore, and in cases of deceased siblings,
consciously holding them in their memory; and

  WHEREAS, In  the  coming  years,  SDF  intends  to  obtain  a  state
proclamation in all 50 states; currently, 49 out of 50 states' governors
have signed gubernatorial proclamations; and

  WHEREAS,  In  addition, SDF plans to compile a National Directory of
Sibling Support Groups or Organizations in the United  States,  identify
the  origin  and  use of the word sibling, identify other countries that
have a Siblings Day established, present Annual Outstanding Brother  and
Sister   Awards,  continue  to  recognize  the  sibling  bond  with  the
development of future programs which enhance the  sibling  bond,  locate
corporate  sponsorship  to  support  Siblings  Day  Foundation,  provide
financial support to other sibling organizations  and  promote  Siblings
Day in cultural and educational institutions; and

  WHEREAS,  Siblings  Day follows the spirit of Mother's Day, Father's
Day and Grandparent's Day, a great American tradition and celebration of
family-unit values; it is an uplifting  festivity  honoring  people  who
have  shaped  our  values,  beliefs  and ideals; it is a relationship as
important as a parent's relationship; now, therefore, be it

  RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its  deliberations  to
memorialize  Governor  Andrew  M.  Cuomo  to proclaim April 10, 2019, as
Siblings Day  in  the  State  of  New  York,  in  conjunction  with  the
observance of National Siblings Day; and be it further

  RESOLVED,  That  copies  of  this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to The Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor of the  State  of
New York, and Claudia Evart, Founder, Siblings Day Foundation.