Bill Text: NY K00760 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Honoring Patrick Keir upon the occasion of his designation as recipient of the President's Volunteer Service Silver Award by the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2024-01-17 - adopted [K00760 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-K00760-Introduced.html

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Assembly Resolution No. 760

BY: M. of A. Friend

        HONORING  Patrick  Keir  upon  the occasion of his
        designation  as   recipient   of   the   President's
        Volunteer  Service  Silver  Award by the President's
        Council on Service and Civic Participation

  WHEREAS, From time to time, this  Legislative  Body  takes  note  of
certain  extraordinary  individuals  it  wishes  to  recognize for their
valued contributions to the success and progress of society and publicly
acknowledge their endeavors which have enhanced the basic humanity among
us all; and

  WHEREAS, This Legislative Body is justly proud to honor Patrick Keir
upon the occasion of his designation as  recipient  of  the  President's
Volunteer Service Silver Award by the President's Council on Service and
Civic Participation; and

  WHEREAS,  In  2003,  the  President's  Council  on Service and Civic
Participation  founded  the  President's  Volunteer  Service  Award   to
recognize  the  important  role  of volunteers in America's strength and
national  identity;  this  award  honors   individuals   whose   service
positively  impacts  communities  in  every  corner  of  the  nation and
inspires those around them to take action; and

  WHEREAS, Over the course of the school year, a group of 39 students,
with the assistance of Mr. Lindridge, have  been  engaged  in  machining
parts   for   prosthetic   legs   with  the  guidance  of  Life  Changer
Manufacturing and SKY (Skilled Knowledgeable Youth) program; SKY aims to
expose youth to STEM projects that will enhance their abilities  through
challenging projects that interest them in engineering and skilled trade
jobs; and

  WHEREAS,  Mr.  Lindridge,  the  student's teacher, decided to become
involved with Brian Copes' program, who teaches at Chickasaw High School
in Mobile, Alabama and has been working on prosthetic  leg  designs  for
the  past  12  years  with  his  students;  Candor  students developed a
mass-production model to streamline the creation of 206 ankle  and  knee
joints and 24 adjustable shin bones, which will ultimately help amputees
in developing countries; and

  WHEREAS,  With  the  leadership  of Mr. Lindridge, students involved
with the project will interface with other students across  the  country
to solve manufacturing issues, work with Solidworks to solidify designs,
use  Mastercam  to program CNC machines and operate machine tools; also,
several of the students will be invited to join him and  Brian  Cope  to
fly to Latin America and fit the legs to the recipients; and

  WHEREAS, The success of this project was amazing, and the Technology
Department  at Candor High School hopes to give students the opportunity
to support this cause and work with other schools year after year; and

  WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative  Body  that  those  who
enhance the quality of life in their community and have shown a long and
sustained  commitment  to  the  maintenance  of  high standards in their

profession, 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
honor Patrick Keir upon the occasion of his designation as recipient  of
the  President's  Volunteer  Service  Silver  Award  by  the President's
Council on Service and Civic Participation; and be it further

  RESOLVED, That a copy of this  Resolution,  suitably  engrossed,  be
transmitted to Patrick Keir.