09-R117
2009 -- H 6008
Enacted 03/19/09
H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N
PROCLAIMING
MARCH 19TH AS "OCEAN TIDES DAY" IN THE STATE OF
Introduced
By: Representatives Carter, Lally, Giannini, Pacheco, and
Date Introduced: March 19, 2009
WHEREAS, Ocean Tides is
an educational and residential program founded in 1975 to
meet the individual needs of at-risk boys in the state of
1,750 young men; and
WHEREAS, Ocean Tides
believes each individual who comes to their program is worthy
of respect, needful care, and capable of success through
everyday experiences and interactions in
a highly structured program; and
WHEREAS, Ocean Tides has
been a cost-effective program flexible enough to meet the
coordinated treatment needs of each young man and his family. The
components of the program
– Group Living, Education, Extensions, and Social
Services – are designed to implement a
treatment plan for each young man and his family in such a way
that the needs of the total person
may be addressed in a personal, well-programmed and
pragmatic fashion; and
WHEREAS, Ocean Tides
provides a blend of direction, correction, negation and
affirmation so that each young man may re-enter his community at
peace, and in stages that
provide the necessary support while developing
self-sufficiency; and
WHEREAS, Ocean Tides is
accredited by the New England Association of Schools and
Colleges, and in each of the past five years, on
average, more than 15 boys have earned their high
school diploma from Ocean Tides. Without the benefit of this
program they would not be high
school graduates; and
WHEREAS, Ocean Tides has
an outstanding success rate. Eighty percent of Ocean
Tides' students who complete the program do not get in
trouble again; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED,
That this House of Representatives of the State of
Providence Plantations
hereby applauds the efforts, and supports the goals of Ocean Tides Day,
an event sponsored by Ocean Tides and the De La Salle
Christian Brothers. We furthermore
congratulate the combined efforts of the Ocean Tides Board of
Trustees, the De La Salle
Christian Brothers, the
administrators, teachers, social service counselors, youth care workers,
office staff, support staff, and many friends and
benefactors for their ongoing efforts to help the
young men and their families served by Ocean Tides to
increase their prospects for long-term
happiness and fulfillment; and be it further
RESOLVED,
That the Secretary of State be and he hereby is
authorized and directed to
transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to Brother
Brendan Gerrity, FSC, President and
Executive Director, Ocean
Tides, and Jane Genereux, Principal, Ocean Tides, and
Brother
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