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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

RECOGNIZING AND COMMENDING SOPHIA BOARDMAN ON ACHIEVING

SCOUTING’S MOST DISTINGUISHED HONOR, THE RANK OF EAGLE SCOUT

     Introduced By: Senator V. Susan Sosnowski

     Date Introduced: April 05, 2022

     Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar

     WHEREAS, Since February 2019, over 31,000 girls have joined Scouts BSA, earning the

same merit badges, values-based leadership training, and achieving the same ranks; and

     WHEREAS, Rising to the challenge, Sophia Boardman of Troop 2 Kingston qualified

and secured the exceptional distinction of achieving the high rank of Eagle, becoming South

County's first female Eagle Scout, a title and honor that had previously only been awarded to

boys for most of the Scouts' 112-year history; and

     WHEREAS, Learning important lifelong skills and values, Sophia earned the required

merit badges and as the highlight of her scouting years, completed the final step toward obtaining

the rank of Eagle Scout by planning and carrying out an extensive Eagle service project; and

     WHEREAS, Sophia's Eagle Project was to take on the challenge of establishing wooden

shelters for ducks in the South Kingstown Land Trust. Carrying out her project with

determination and earnest devotion, she educated herself on the duck's nesting needs, prepared a

blueprint of her project, obtained permission from the Trust, and installed four boxes, filled with

red cedar shavings, atop poles driven into the ground located at Yawgoo Pond, Cedar Swamp and

Rose Brook; and

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

celebrate the accomplishments of our future leaders. Sophia Boardman is a remarkable young

woman who 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 Senate of the State of Rhode Island hereby honors Sophia

Boardman on becoming South County's first female Eagle Scout and for her untiring service to

the community. She has truly set a high standard of commitment and dedication by which youth

of this great state may follow. We furthermore congratulate her for all she has done to attain the

rank of Eagle Scout, and extend our very best wishes for good health and happiness in the months

and years ahead; 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 Sophia Boardman.

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