2014 -- S 2908

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2014

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

PROCLAIMING THE MONTH OF APRIL, 2014, TO BE THE "MONTH OF THE MILITARY

CHILD" IN RHODE ISLAND

     Introduced By: Senator Louis P.DiPalma

     Date Introduced: April 29, 2014

     Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar

     WHEREAS, Celebrating April as the "Month of the Military Child" began in 1986 when

then United States Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger designated this event as a way to

honor the contributions and sacrifices our nation's military children make to our nation; and

     WHEREAS, There are more than two million men and women bravely serving in the

Armed Forces of the United States and approximately 44 percent of them leave families and

children behind at home when they are deployed overseas. Most children of military families will

attend six to nine different schools from kindergarten through high school, including attending,

on average, two different high schools. It is the children, more than anyone else, who feel the

effects of these deployments and we all owe them a debt of gratitude for a sacrifice that can never

be fully repaid; and

     WHEREAS, The Military Interstate Children's Compact Commission strives to ease the

burden of these transitions for the children of military families in order that they may have the

same educational and enrichment opportunities as all other students; and

     WHEREAS, Throughout the nation during the week of April 14-18 of 2014, communities

across America will be taking time to "Purple up! For military kids." Everyone is being

encourage to wear purple items on a specific day that week to show support and appreciation for

military kids and to thank them for the sacrifices they make, and will continue to make, in support

of our nation; now, therefore be it

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

hereby declares the Month of April of 2014, to be the "Month of the Military Child" in the State

of Rhode Island; 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 Rosemary K. Kraeger, Commissioner, Rhode

Island Military Interstate Children's Compact.

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