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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

PROCLAIMING MONDAY, APRIL 28, 2025, AS “PAY IT FORWARD WITH LOVE FROM

TORI DAY” IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

     Introduced By: Representatives Noret, Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Chippendale,
Paplauskas, Finkelman, Ajello, Fellela, Shallcross Smith, and Furtado

     Date Introduced: April 24, 2025

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, Global Pay It Forward Day originated in Australia in 2000, and is now a

worldwide celebration that takes place each year on April 28th and is recognized by over 80

countries; and

     WHEREAS, “Pay it forward” is an expression for describing “the beneficiary of a good

deed repaying the kindness to others rather than paying it back to the original benefactor” with

the hope of starting a chain reaction of goodness; and

     WHEREAS, On March 26, 2003, at the age of 12, Tori Lynn Andreozzi was hit by a

drunken driver, leaving irreparable damage to her brain and body, but her irrepressible love and

spirit inspired those around her, particularly her mom, Cathy; and

     WHEREAS, Pay It Forward was not only Tori Andreozzi’s favorite movie, but a tenet by

which she lived her young life, and wanting to honor her and her spirit, her mother Cathy created

the Tori Lynn Andreozzi Foundation, in conjunction with Pay It Forward Day, which promotes

an initiative “With Love From Tori”; and

     WHEREAS, The Tori Lynn Andreozzi Foundation strives to bring awareness to the Pay

It Forward movement and provides opportunities to individuals and groups to participate in

fostering a culture of giving. In addition, the Foundation works to empower people to make good

choices and find the courage to make a difference; and

     WHEREAS, In past years, the Pay It Forward with Love From Tori Day has witnessed

overwhelming success and acts of kindness with martial arts and elementary schools

participating, and with police from eight different departments providing an escort for the

delivery of boxes and boxes of band aids to the Hasbro Children’s Hospital Tomorrow Fund, to

name but a few of the many contributing groups; and

     WHEREAS, “Pay It Forward With Love From Tori” encourages people to do good deeds

for others without asking for anything in return except to pay it forward to someone else in need

with the belief and hope that together, through kindness and unity, people can create positive

change in our communities and the world – one good deed at a time; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby

proclaims April 28, 2025, to be” Pay It Forward With Love From Tori Day” in the State of Rhode

Island and moreover urges all citizens of the State to observe this day with activities and acts of

kindness that demonstrate and celebrate selfless giving; 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 Cathy Andreozzi.

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