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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2014

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING THE MOOSUP VALLEY JUNIOR GRANGE ON THE OCCASION OF

ITS 70TH ANNIVERSARY

     

     Introduced By: Representative Michael W.Chippendale

     Date Introduced: May 20, 2014

     Referred To: House read and passed

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     WHEREAS, Moosup Valley Grange No. 26 was founded in December of 1921, and is

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located in Foster, Rhode Island. Deeply committed to the betterment of the community, the

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Grange is a nonprofit corporation whose roots were established in agriculture; and

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     WHEREAS, A little less than a quarter century later, the Moosup Valley Grange formed

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a Junior Grange for children ages four and a half to fourteen. This year, the Moosup Valley Junior

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Grange is celebrating the 70th Anniversary of its founding; and

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     WHEREAS, The Junior Grange focuses on "family values, community service and the

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strengthening of children's leadership skills and personal abilities"; and

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     WHEREAS, Providing programs that are designed to endow training and build character

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for its young members, the Moosup Valley Junior Grange teaches leadership skills, public

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speaking, and parliamentary procedures; and

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     WHEREAS, The Junior Grange also promotes and instills in its young members a sense

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of self confidence, responsibility, and respect for themselves, each other, and their community;

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and

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     WHEREAS, By encouraging honor, patriotism, and a concern for agriculture and their

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communities, the Moosup Valley Junior Grange is helping to build our state and our nation's

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future leaders and is well-deserving of our utmost admiration and gratitude; 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 the Moosup Valley Junior Grange on the occasion of its 70th Anniversary.

 

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We moreover thank the organization and its membership for their many extraordinary

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achievements and contributions to our state; 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 a duly certified copy of this resolution to the Coalition Committee of the Moosup Valley

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Grange No. 26.

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