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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013 | |
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S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N | |
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CONGRATULATING NISA VILLAREAL ON BEING NAMED THE 2013 | |
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"DISTINGUISHED YOUNG WOMAN OF RI" | |
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Introduced By: Senators Lombardo, Paiva Weed, Metts, and Felag | |
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Date Introduced: May 07, 2013 | |
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Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration | |
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WHEREAS, Founded in 1958 in Mobile, Alabama, Distinguished Young Women is the |
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largest and oldest national scholarship program for high school girls. During its 56-year history, |
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the program has provided life-changing experiences for more than 730,000 young women and last |
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year, provided more than $108 million in cash and college scholarship opportunities to program |
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participants at the local, state, and national levels; and |
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WHEREAS, Locally, Distinguished Young Women of RI is a nonprofit scholarship |
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program that rewards and recognizes the excellence of young women who are high school seniors |
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in Rhode Island; and |
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WHEREAS, Judged on outstanding academic achievement, leadership skills, talent, and |
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community service, five high school seniors from Rhode Island competed to represent the state as |
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the Distinguished Young Woman of RI for 2013; and |
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WHEREAS, On March 3rd, Nisa Villareal, the daughter of Lisa Villareal and a graduating |
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senior at Johnston High School, earned the prestigious title of Distinguished Young Woman of |
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RI and was awarded $1,400 in cash scholarships; and |
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WHEREAS, Nisa possesses incredible school spirit and has been extremely involved in |
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myriad activities within her school community. She is an officer on the National Honor Society |
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and the Student Council, a member of both the Big Brother/Big Sister and SADD groups, was the |
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cheerleading team captain, a member of the Captains Council, and organized the school blood |
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drive and food drives, to name just a few of her many activities; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the course of 2013, Nisa will represent Rhode Island at various public |
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events. She will serve as a role model to young people in our state by spreading the program’s |
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national outreach message of “Be Your Best Self,” which is “designed to encourage self-esteem |
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and excellence in all young people through its five principles: Be Healthy, Be Involved, Be |
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Studious, Be Ambitious, and Be Responsible”; and |
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WHEREAS, In June of this year, Nisa will compete with 49 other state representatives |
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for over $150,000 in cash scholarships at the 56th National Finals Competition to be held in |
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Mobile, Alabama; now, therefore be it |
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RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations |
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hereby congratulates Nisa Villareal on being named the 2013 Distinguished Young Woman of RI |
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and wishes her the very best of luck in the upcoming national competition; and be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
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transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Ms. Nisa Villareal. |
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