2015 -- H 5524

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2015

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

RECOGNIZING AND COMMENDING ALEX STOWE TROOP 1, PORTSMOUTH, UPON

ACHIEVING SCOUTING'S MOST DISTINGUISHED HONOR, THE RANK OF EAGLE

SCOUT

     Introduced By: Representatives Reilly, and Edwards

     Date Introduced: February 24, 2015

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, Earning an Eagle Scout Badge is the pinnacle of achievement within the

Boy Scouts of America. It is an exceptional distinction achieved by fewer than five percent of all

the young men who enter scouting; and

     WHEREAS, Alex Stowe is a remarkable young man worthy of this prestigious

achievement and his accomplishments are truly deserving of our recognition; and

     WHEREAS, Alex Stowe has been a scout for approximately nine years and has learned

many vitally important lifelong, lasting skills on his way to attaining the Rank of Eagle. To

complete the Eagle Scout requirements, Alex completed an extensive Eagle project which

consisted of installing 36 permanent trail markers on a five-mile segment of the Sakonnet

Greenway Trail on Aquidneck Island; and

     WHEREAS, Alex has also been very generous with his time in support of various

charitable activities. He spent a week this past summer in Honduras volunteering for the Medical

Mission: Missions for Humanity. He, along with two fellow Bishop Stang students, cared for the

underprivileged patients at a centralized clinic and at a clinic in a remote mountainous area; and

     WHEREAS, In addition, Alex volunteered this past Winter break week at the Orlando

theme park "Give the Kids the World," a theme park for sick children. He also volunteers

regularly for "My Brother's Keeper" in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, and served as an aid for the

Summer Bible School at Saint Barnabus Church; and

     WHEREAS, Alex is a Dean’s list student who aspires to have a career in the business,

finance or engineering fields. He enjoys playing golf, tennis, and running track, and works in the

summer as a caddie at Carnegie Abbey; and

     WHEREAS, It is essential and fitting to recognize the triumphs of our youth and to

celebrate the accomplishments of our future leaders. Eagle Scout Alex Stowe exemplifies

everything an Eagle Scout should be and all that we hope our children will grow to be; now,

therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and

Providence Plantations hereby honors and congratulates Alex Stowe, Troop 1, Portsmouth, for

attaining the Rank of Eagle within the Boy Scouts of America; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Alex Stowe.

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