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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2017

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING LORRAINE BURNS ON HER RETIREMENT ON FEBRUARY 1,

2017, AFTER MANY YEARS OF DEVOTED AND TIRELESS SERVICE TO THE

OLNEYVILLE COMMUNITY AND THE CITIZENS OF PROVIDENCE

     Introduced By: Representatives O`Grady, Williams, Regunberg, Walsh, and Perez

     Date Introduced: January 26, 2017

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, Lorraine Burns has dedicated much of her life in a noble quest to comfort

and improve the daily quality of life for many folks who unfortunately live on the margins of

society. Thanks to her, many people who might have had to miss meals and suffer from hunger

and malnourishment were fed nourishing food served in a loving and understanding environment;

and

     WHEREAS, Ms. Burns has provided assistance mixed with doses of love and wisdom for

more than twenty years to the residents of Olneyville in Providence. In the beginning, she ran a

food pantry and meal program out of St. Teresa's Church. After the church closed, she continued

her work, running a food pantry out of a store front on Manton Avenue. In 2013, the food pantry

moved to a new multi-use building across the street from the original church and was renamed the

Olneyville Food Center, with Lorraine Burns as the Supervisor; and

     WHEREAS, From the beginning, Lorraine's food bank has been one of the largest in the

City of Providence and the State of Rhode Island, serving 4,300 people a month, with close to

half being children. The program is a member of the Rhode Island Community Food Bank. Ms.

Burns was elected to the Food Bank's Board of Directors in 2004, and served on the Board for

eight years. She has also served as a member of the Food Bank's Advisory Committee; now,

therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and

Providence Plantations hereby congratulates Lorraine Burns on her retirement after many years of

dedicated and tireless service to the Olneyville community and the citizens of Providence; 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 Ms. Lorraine Burns.

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