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LC005724 | |
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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 | |
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Introduced By: Senator V. Susan Sosnowski | |
Date Introduced: April 05, 2022 | |
Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar | |
1 | WHEREAS, Since February 2019, over 31,000 girls have joined Scouts BSA, earning the |
2 | same merit badges, values-based leadership training, and achieving the same ranks; and |
3 | WHEREAS, Rising to the challenge, Sophia Boardman of Troop 2 Kingston qualified |
4 | and secured the exceptional distinction of achieving the high rank of Eagle, becoming South |
5 | County's first female Eagle Scout, a title and honor that had previously only been awarded to |
6 | boys for most of the Scouts' 112-year history; and |
7 | WHEREAS, Learning important lifelong skills and values, Sophia earned the required |
8 | merit badges and as the highlight of her scouting years, completed the final step toward obtaining |
9 | the rank of Eagle Scout by planning and carrying out an extensive Eagle service project; and |
10 | WHEREAS, Sophia's Eagle Project was to take on the challenge of establishing wooden |
11 | shelters for ducks in the South Kingstown Land Trust. Carrying out her project with |
12 | determination and earnest devotion, she educated herself on the duck's nesting needs, prepared a |
13 | blueprint of her project, obtained permission from the Trust, and installed four boxes, filled with |
14 | red cedar shavings, atop poles driven into the ground located at Yawgoo Pond, Cedar Swamp and |
15 | Rose Brook; and |
16 | WHEREAS, It is essential and fitting to recognize the triumphs of our youth, and to |
17 | celebrate the accomplishments of our future leaders. Sophia Boardman is a remarkable young |
18 | woman who exemplifies everything an Eagle Scout should be, and all that we hope our children |
19 | will grow to be; now, therefore be it |
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1 | RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island hereby honors Sophia |
2 | Boardman on becoming South County's first female Eagle Scout and for her untiring service to |
3 | the community. She has truly set a high standard of commitment and dedication by which youth |
4 | of this great state may follow. We furthermore congratulate her for all she has done to attain the |
5 | rank of Eagle Scout, and extend our very best wishes for good health and happiness in the months |
6 | and years ahead; and be it further |
7 | RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
8 | transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Sophia Boardman. |
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