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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013 | |
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S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N | |
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APPLAUDING DISTINGUISHED RHODE ISLAND AUTHOR JOY FELDMAN, THE | |
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HONORABLE LINCOLN CHAFEE, AND THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION | |
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CHAIRPERSON EVA-MARIE MANCUSO FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION AND SUPPORT | |
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FOR RHODE ISLAND’S "ALL-STATE READ" | |
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Introduced By: Senators Gallo, and Paiva Weed | |
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Date Introduced: March 12, 2013 | |
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Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration | |
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WHEREAS, As part of the recognition of National Nutrition Month, more than 200 |
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schools, libraries, and youth and health centers across Rhode Island will host the reading of |
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distinguished Rhode Island author, Joy Feldman’s book, “Is Your Hair Made of Donuts?”; and |
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WHEREAS, A varied assemblage of local dignitaries, parents, faculty, and dedicated |
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volunteers, including Governor Lincoln Chafee and Rhode Island Board of Education |
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Chairperson, Eva-Marie Mancuso, have committed to simultaneously reading aloud to more than |
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75,000 Rhode Island youngsters across the state; and |
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WHEREAS, The message to be conveyed to our children is that “they are what they eat.” |
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The initiative targets children from preschool through grade 6, to encourage their interest in |
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learning more about healthy eating; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Feldman, an East Greenwich resident, is not only an acclaimed author, |
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but also a nutritional consultant. She has planned the event as “a holistic act of positive |
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community energy, with the goal of having the smallest state in the union have the biggest heart |
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in participation.” She is also the author of “Joyful Cooking in the Pursuit of Good Health”; and |
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WHEREAS, The health, vitality, and strength of our state will one day rest in the hands |
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of our children, and so it is vital and incumbent upon those persons in our state who have the |
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ability and resources to advance good and just causes, to help shape a better future for our |
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children and our nation; 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 thanks and applauds Ms. Joy Feldman, The Honorable Lincoln Chafee, Ms. Eva-Marie |
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Mancuso, and the myriad volunteers across the state for their efforts and participation in Rhode |
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Island’s 2013 All-State Read; and be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
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transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to Ms. Joy Feldman, Governor Lincoln Chafee, |
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and Ms. Eva-Marie Mancuso. |
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