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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

RECOGNIZING AND HONORING MORGAN CHAVES AND WISHING HER CONTINUED

SUCCESS AND GOOD FORTUNE AS SHE REPORTS TO THE UNITED STATES

MILITARY ACADEMY AT WEST POINT FOR RECEPTION DAY (R-DAY) ON

JULY 2, 2014

     Introduced By: Senator James E.Doyle

     Date Introduced: June 19, 2014

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

     WHEREAS, Morgan Chaves is a driven young woman with a burning desire to serve

society and our nation. She has the honor and distinction of being the first Rhode Island National

Guard member to be admitted into the United States Military Academy at West Point. She was

recognized and honored for this distinguished achievement by the Rhode Island Adjutant

General, Major General Kevin R. McBride, and the Rhode Island National Guard leadership; and

     WHEREAS, Morgan Chaves enlisted in the Rhode Island National Guard in October of

2013, and has served our nation and the citizens of Rhode Island with integrity and devotion; and

     WHEREAS, Ms. Chaves is an outstanding student. She is a member of the National

Honor Society and graduated from the Blackstone Academy after having attended pre-college

summer programs at Brown University focusing on epidemiology and infectious diseases. She

aspires to be a medical doctor and to have a military career; and

     WHEREAS, Ms. Chaves is a hard working young person who is very active in

community and charitable affairs. She is a hospice volunteer and provides music therapy to the

patients by playing the violin. She has served the Rhode Island State Senate for three years with

distinction as a Senate Page. She also works at Lachapelle Funeral Home and was both an

accomplished Competition Cheerleader and a Tolman High School Cheerleader; and

     WHEREAS, Reception Day (R-Day) is an annual event held at the United States Military

Academy to receive incoming New Cadets to West point and to initiate the beginning of Cadet

Basic Training (CBT) on the road toward becoming a member of the Corps of Cadets; now,

therefore be it

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

hereby recognizes and honors Morgan Chaves and wishes her continued success and good fortune

as she reports to the United States Military Academy at West Point for Reception Day (R-Day) on

July 2, 2014; 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 Morgan Chaves.

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