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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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

CONGRATULATING LINDSAY TANNER ON BEING NAMED THE 2013

"COMMUNITY SERVICE CITIZEN OF THE YEAR"

BY THE RICHMOND GRANGE

     Introduced By: Senator V. Susan Sosnowski

     Date Introduced: April 04, 2013

     Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar

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     WHEREAS, Lindsay Tanner has received the prestigious honor of being named the 2013

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"Community Service Citizen of the Year" by the Richmond Grange. This award is presented to

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those individuals who are deeply committed to the betterment of their community; and

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     WHEREAS, Lindsay comes from a family that believes in service and volunteerism, a

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trait which has been passed down from generation to generation. As a child, Lindsay was a

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Brownie and a Girl Scout, where she was taught to reach out to others. In that early experience,

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Lindsay made favors that were included on Meals on Wheels trays for the elderly; and

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     WHEREAS, At the age of eleven, Lindsay delivered Meals on Wheels with her mother to

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their elderly neighbors in Narragansett and South Kingstown. In 2002, Lindsay and members of

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her family took disaster preparedness/sheltering classes offered by the Rhode Island Chapter of

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the Red Cross. She was the youngest volunteer and only child involved until seven other children,

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encouraged by Lindsay's example, also joined. The Red Cross recognized Lindsay's efforts with

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its first time ever "Youth Volunteer Award"; and

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     WHEREAS, With her passionate commitment to helping others, Lindsay volunteered to

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be on a team to help the evacuees from New Orleans in "Rhode Island Responds to Hurricane

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Katrina," welcoming the weary evacuees. She helped them to gather bags of food, get settled at

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Quonset and have a warm meal, and prepared them for the journey to Middletown. Wanting to do

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more, Lindsay purchased clothing and personal items for four individuals and delivered the items

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herself; and

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     WHEREAS, Lindsay's spirit of giving is irrepressible. She volunteered at the Washington

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County Fair for years, long before she joined the Grange. She supported her grandmother, the

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Richmond Grange, and Southern Rhode Island Volunteers. She has recently joined the staff at

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Southern Rhode Island Volunteers, reaching out to others promoting service and volunteerism;

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and

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     WHEREAS, Lindsay Tanner's passionate commitment to helping others has become

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wonderfully contagious and her altruistic endeavors have distinguished her as a person worthy of

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this illustrious honor; 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 Lindsay Tanner on being named the 2013 "Community Service Citizen of

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the Year" by the Richmond Grange. We commend her for her many extraordinary achievements

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and contributions, and wish her continued health, happiness, and success in all her future

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endeavors; 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 Lindsay Tanner.

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