12-R197
2012 -- S 2863
Enacted 04/12/12
S E N A T E R E
S O L U T I O N
PROCLAIMING
APRIL 12TH OF 2012 TO BE "CHILD CARE AWARENESS DAY" IN THE
STATE OF
Introduced
By: Senators
Date Introduced: April 12, 2012
WHEREAS, On April 12th
of 2012, a panoply of citizens representing myriad
organizations and institutions from across our state will gather to
celebrate the very first annual
Child Care Awareness Day; and
WHEREAS, This event is being held “to highlight the work of various
organizations and
programs in the state that work every day to improve the lives
of children, youth, and families by
providing high quality care and education”; and
WHEREAS, Research on the
human brain reveals that an overwhelming amount of a
person’s lifetime brain development occurs during early childhood,
before the age of three; and
WHEREAS, To be prepared for success, our children must receive high
quality child care
from caregivers who have the appropriate skills,
education, and training; and
WHEREAS, A child care teacher’s day is spent interacting with
children and caring for
their needs, because it is through play, interaction, and
socializing that children learn the
fundamentals about others as well as the world around them; and
WHEREAS, High quality
child care is sensitive, responsive, personal, and
developmentally appropriate. It provides the proper nurturing
that children need at one of the
most critical and vulnerable times in their lives; and
WHEREAS, It is of immense importance that
quality care and are challenged at an early age, so that they
may develop the necessary abilities to
thrive in adulthood and someday lead our state into an even
brighter future; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED,
That this Senate of the State of
hereby proclaims the 12th of April, 2012, to be the first
annual “Child Care Awareness Day.” We
urge all the citizens of the state to join with us in
recognizing the tremendous skills, dedication,
diligence, and value of the laudable child care providers who
protect and nourish our children and
equip them for future success; 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 the
President of the Child Care Directors
Association, the Director
of Prevent Child
Commission
on Child Care.
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