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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012

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S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING HERB MEISTER ON RECEIVING A 2012 NEWPORT DAILY NEWS

"COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD"

     Introduced By: Senators Paiva Weed, DiPalma, and Ottiano

     Date Introduced: April 24, 2012

     Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar

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     WHEREAS, The Newport Daily News Community Service Award annually honors

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individuals who have contributed greatly to the community with years of dedicated, unselfish

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service. One of the 2012 recipients is Herb Meister; and

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     WHEREAS, Herb Meister was born in Hartford, Connecticut, and moved to Rhode

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Island to attend Bryant College after serving a short stint in the United States Air Force. He

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settled in Providence and became the co-owner of a jewelry business. Over the years, he lived in

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Providence, Pawtucket, and Warwick. Shortly after retiring from the jewelry business, he and his

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wife, Melba, who passed away three years ago, bought a condominium on Goat Island, where he

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lives today; and

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     WHEREAS, A trip to Israel in 1994 sparked in Herb a desire to help others. Upon

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returning home, Herb contacted the Jewish Federation of Rhode Island, asking how he could

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help. Since then, he has visited the sick and elderly in nursing homes, helped launch a statewide

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Potato Latke Day, helped provide funding to the needy through the Hebrew Free Loan

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Association, and personally sewed, sanded, and glued together 200 wooden menorahs and

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distributed them to nursing homes and assisted living centers; and

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     WHEREAS, Herb still regularly visits seniors in nursing homes and the Veterans Home

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in Bristol. According to Ethan Adler, Assistant Director of Jewish Eldercare of Rhode Island,

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who wrote a letter nominating Herb Meister for the Community Service Award, Herb exemplifies

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the ancient Jewish dictum “you shall not separate yourself from the community” and acts as a

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“beacon of light, illuminating the path of volunteerism for others to follow”; now, therefore be it

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     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

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hereby congratulates Herb Meister on receiving a 2012 Newport Daily News Community Service

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Award. We thank him for making Newport County a better place to work and live; and be it

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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 Mr. Herb Meister.

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