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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012 | |
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H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N | |
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CONGRATULATING THE FEDERAL HILL HOUSE ASSOCIATION ON THE 125TH | |
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ANNIVERSARY OF ITS FOUNDING | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Tomasso, E Coderre, Serpa, Williams, and O`Grady | |
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Date Introduced: June 06, 2012 | |
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Referred To: House read and passed | |
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WHEREAS, In 1887, Alida Sprague Whitmarsh and Harriet C. Richards founded the Mt. |
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Pleasant Working Girls Club & Library; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the next few decades, the organization relocated, renamed, and |
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expanded its services, eventually acquiring a small tenement on Atwells Avenue and adopting the |
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name of the Federal Hill House Association (FHHA); and |
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WHEREAS, In 1916, the FHHA moved into new headquarters on Atwells Avenue and |
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embraced a “settlement house” philosophy. The Settlement House Movement had begun in |
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Britain in 1884, and was dedicated to providing the less fortunate with social and educational |
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services. The FHHA broadened its programs in the community by offering these types of services |
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in the neighborhood, which was primarily comprised of Italian immigrants; and |
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WHEREAS, After a fire in the early 70s, the FHHA relocated to St. Raphael’s Church on |
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Bell Street until the completion of its present home on Courtland Street; and |
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WHEREAS, Today’s Federal Hill House Association is a multi-purpose human services |
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agency that helps more than 5,000 individuals a year. Since its inception, the FHHA has been |
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supporting Rhode Islanders, both young and old, with early childhood and after school programs |
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that are nothing short of revolutionary, and with workforce development, social, and emergency |
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services that have proven to be essential and life changing for so many during these economic |
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times; and |
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WHEREAS, A gala Awards Dinner will be held on June 30th to celebrate the |
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organization’s 125th Anniversary and to honor those members of the community who, together |
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with the Federal Hill House Association, have gone above and beyond in their efforts and |
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dedication to making Rhode Island a better place to live and raise our families; now, therefore be |
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it |
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RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and |
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Providence Plantations hereby honors and congratulates members and staff of the Federal Hill |
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House Association on the occasion of the organization’s 125th Anniversary. We applaud their |
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accomplishments and wish them many more years of serving and enriching the community; and |
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be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and he hereby is authorized and directed to |
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transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Nina Pande, Executive Director of the Federal |
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Hill House Association. |
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