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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2024

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

CELEBRATING THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE GLORIA

     GEMMA BREAST CANCER RESOURCE FOUNDATION ON JULY 15, 2004

     

     Introduced By: Senators Cano, Raptakis, F. Lombardi, Felag, Picard, Tikoian, Burke,
LaMountain, DiPalma, and Rogers

     Date Introduced: April 25, 2024

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

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     WHEREAS, Located on Roosevelt Avenue in the City of Pawtucket, the Gloria Gemma

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Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that for the past two decades has been providing

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free services to individuals and families by offering comfort, support, and access to resources for

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those going through the most difficult challenges of their lives; and

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     WHEREAS, Founded in 2004, the Foundation was named in memory of Gloria Gemma,

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a wife and mother of nine who lost her life to breast cancer in 2002. In 2008, the Foundation

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opened its Resource and Wellness Center, and Gloria’s eldest daughter, Maria Gemma-Corcelli

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was named Executive Director; and

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     WHEREAS, Serving communities in Rhode Island, southeastern Massachusetts and

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eastern Connecticut, the primary areas of focus for the Foundation are awareness and education.

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In addition, they have developed and implemented numerous free, holistic programs and services;

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and

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     WHEREAS, Currently, the Foundation employs six full-time staff and one additional

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part-time worker, but the difference they have made in myriad peoples’ lives belies their lesser

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size; and

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     WHEREAS, Utilizing in-person and virtual options, the Foundation’s mission is to

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“celebrate and nurture life in our local community before, during and after a cancer diagnosis by

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providing education, access to wellness resources and support programs to all those touched by

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cancer”; and

 

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     WHEREAS, For those going through the trauma of breast cancer, the Gloria Gemma

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Foundation has been an invaluable resource. With compassion and understanding, doled out with

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a generous dose of hugs, the Gloria Gemma Foundation has been helping to mend the mind,

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body, and spirits of countless women over the past twenty years and they are eminently deserving

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of our recognition and gratitude; now, therefore be it

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     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island hereby celebrates the 20th

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Anniversary of the founding of the Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Resource Foundation, and

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moreover thanks them and wishes them many more decades of guidance and support to a grateful

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citizenry; 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 Maria Gemma Corcelli, Executive Director of

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the Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Resource Foundation.

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