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| 2017 -- S 0852 Enacted 05/04/2017 |
| S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N |
| JOYOUSLY CELEBRATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CUMBERLAND SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS |
| Introduced By: Senators Pearson, and Picard |
| Date Introduced: May 03, 2017 |
| WHEREAS, Fifty years ago, in 1967, Margaret-Ann Gardner, Barbara Chase, Wendy |
| Leicht, Rose Rockwell, and others brought forward a proposal to allow volunteers to help in the |
| classroom. The initial response from one school committee member in 1967 was "No Civilians in |
| our schools." From these humble beginnings the organization now known as the Cumberland |
| School Volunteers has grown to become today, fifty years later, an integral positive force within |
| the Cumberland Schools; and |
| WHEREAS, Since its inception, the Cumberland School Volunteers has had thousands of |
| parents assisting teachers in the school classrooms and has had hundreds of board members. |
| Often, it begins with a parent volunteering at their child's first school, and remaining in the |
| program until the child graduates from high school in the district. Some also choose to continue |
| volunteering after their child has finished high school; and |
| WHEREAS, The Cumberland School Volunteers run a myriad of programs including |
| "Reading is Fundamental", which allows elementary school students to pick out free, new books |
| of their choice, and "Just Friends" an initiative that teaches 4th grade students about peers with |
| physical and intellectual disabilities. They also have a program that awards high school students |
| who have done a significant amount of community service work; and |
| WHEREAS, For the past fifty years, the Cumberland School Volunteers have made a |
| positive impact on the lives of countless Cumberland School students, teachers, and parents. |
| Their volunteers work tirelessly to make a difference in the lives of children and the dedicated |
| and devoted service provided by current and past volunteers will be commemorated with a |
| celebration on May 4th, 2017, in honor of the Cumberland School Volunteers 50th Anniversary; |
| now, therefore be it |
| RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations |
| hereby joyously celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the Cumberland School Volunteers; 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 Ms. Mary Anne Roll, Director, Cumberland |
| School Volunteers. |
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