Bill Text: VA HJR780 | 2019 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commending Maqsood Chaudhry.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-02-18 - Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ780ER) [HJR780 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2019-HJR780-Enrolled.html
WHEREAS, Maqsood Chaudhry was awarded an InterFaith Bridge Builders Award from the InterFaith Council of Metropolitan Washington on June 24, 2018; and
WHEREAS, Maqsood Chaudhry is a Falls Church-based dentist with degrees from West Virginia University School of Dentistry and the University of Punjab in Lahore, Pakistan; and
WHEREAS, starting with the modest Grove Dental Clinic at Bailey's Crossroads, Maqsood Chaudhry has expanded his practice by opening several offices around Northern Virginia in Alexandria, Falls Church, Herndon, Tysons, Springfield, and Sterling, growing his expertise in the field of implants; and
WHEREAS, Maqsood Chaudhry has contributed his dental expertise to those needing dental services through the Give Kids A Smile program at the Northern Virginia Dental Society's free clinics, and at Adams Compassionate Healthcare Network; and
WHEREAS, as a community activist, Maqsood Chaudhry has supported many local and national charities and served on the board of a non-profit free health clinic in Virginia; he supports the community service projects of the Jewish Temple Rodef Shalom in Falls Church, Muslims Against Hunger project, the McLean Islamic Center, Stop-Hunger Now, and many other community service projects of his Rotary Club; and
WHEREAS, Maqsood Chaudhry contributes to and participates in many interfaith activities; as a trustee and past president of the McLean Islamic Center, he has hosted and arranged numerous Muslim and Jewish leaders' interfaith activities under the umbrella of the Jewish-Islamic Dialogue Society and other similar interfaith groups, striving to build bridges between followers of differing religions around the globe; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly hereby commend Maqsood Chaudhry for receiving the InterFaith Bridge Builders Award from the InterFaith Council of Metropolitan Washington; and, be it
RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Maqsood Chaudhry as an expression of the General Assembly's admiration for his efforts to strengthen understanding between people of different faiths.
