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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 | |
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Introduced By: Senators Cano, Raptakis, F. Lombardi, Felag, Picard, Tikoian, Burke, | |
Date Introduced: April 25, 2024 | |
Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration | |
1 | WHEREAS, Located on Roosevelt Avenue in the City of Pawtucket, the Gloria Gemma |
2 | Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that for the past two decades has been providing |
3 | free services to individuals and families by offering comfort, support, and access to resources for |
4 | those going through the most difficult challenges of their lives; and |
5 | WHEREAS, Founded in 2004, the Foundation was named in memory of Gloria Gemma, |
6 | a wife and mother of nine who lost her life to breast cancer in 2002. In 2008, the Foundation |
7 | opened its Resource and Wellness Center, and Gloria’s eldest daughter, Maria Gemma-Corcelli |
8 | was named Executive Director; and |
9 | WHEREAS, Serving communities in Rhode Island, southeastern Massachusetts and |
10 | eastern Connecticut, the primary areas of focus for the Foundation are awareness and education. |
11 | In addition, they have developed and implemented numerous free, holistic programs and services; |
12 | and |
13 | WHEREAS, Currently, the Foundation employs six full-time staff and one additional |
14 | part-time worker, but the difference they have made in myriad peoples’ lives belies their lesser |
15 | size; and |
16 | WHEREAS, Utilizing in-person and virtual options, the Foundation’s mission is to |
17 | “celebrate and nurture life in our local community before, during and after a cancer diagnosis by |
18 | providing education, access to wellness resources and support programs to all those touched by |
19 | cancer”; and |
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1 | WHEREAS, For those going through the trauma of breast cancer, the Gloria Gemma |
2 | Foundation has been an invaluable resource. With compassion and understanding, doled out with |
3 | a generous dose of hugs, the Gloria Gemma Foundation has been helping to mend the mind, |
4 | body, and spirits of countless women over the past twenty years and they are eminently deserving |
5 | of our recognition and gratitude; now, therefore be it |
6 | RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island hereby celebrates the 20th |
7 | Anniversary of the founding of the Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Resource Foundation, and |
8 | moreover thanks them and wishes them many more decades of guidance and support to a grateful |
9 | citizenry; and be it further |
10 | RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
11 | transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Maria Gemma Corcelli, Executive Director of |
12 | the Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Resource Foundation. |
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