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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 AND THANKING JOHN J. LANCELLOTTA FOR 40 YEARS OF

DEVOTED AND EXEMPLARY SERVICE TO THE UNITED STATES JUNIOR CHAMBER

(JAYCEES)

     Introduced By: Representatives Nunes, Serpa, Morgan, and Shekarchi

     Date Introduced: June 28, 2017

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, The United States Junior Chamber, commonly known as the Jaycees, is a

leadership training and service organization founded in 1920. Their mission is to provide young

people with the opportunity to develop their personal and leadership skills through service to

others in the community; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. John J. "Jack" Lancellotta graduated cum laude from the Roger

Williams Law Center of Paralegal Studies, with majors in Political Science and Public

Administration. He has a long record of distinguished public service including working as a

caseworker in the Providence office of former United States Senator Claiborne Pell, Paralegal

Trainer in the in the Rhode Island Attorney General's Office of Public Protection, as an

Administrative Intern in the City of Warwick's Office for Community & Economic Development,

and as a Policy Advisor with the Narragansett Bay Commission; and

     WHEREAS, Through the years, Mr. Lancellotta has volunteered countless hours in

service to the JAYCEES and the wider community. He helped to develop the JAYCEE Corridor

& Arboretum, a beautiful and award-winning community and nature area that has hosted

numerous important statewide volunteer events including Earth Day, Arbor Day, Ecology Day &

Peace Prayer Ceremony, Corporate Care Days, National Public Lands Day, and the 9/11

Commemoration and Make a Difference Day; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Lancellotta has served as a teaching volunteer with the Junior

Achievement of Rhode Island, as a facilitator with college service learning, and as a student

mentor for JAYCEES programming. He has also given much of his time in support of numerous

fundraising and philanthropic events for the JAYCEES including the Holiday Help Fund, Toys

for Tots & Teens, and the Change Charities/Candy Cane Exchange, which funds visitations at

nursing facilities, group homes and numerous other community projects; and

     WHEREAS, In honor of his meritorious public service career, Mr. Lancellotta has

received the 2005 Partners in Philanthropy Award, the Rhode Island Association of Professional

Fundraiser's Award, and the 2005 Presidential Lifetime Service Award; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Lancellotta has been appointed and elected to many JAYCEE positions

at both the local and state levels. He currently serves as the Executive Director of the JAYCEE

Alumni Education and Library Foundation, a fiscal and charitable public entity that was

established to enhance the educational, charitable, leadership development and community action

programs of the JAYCEES; now, therefore be it

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

Providence Plantations hereby congratulates and thanks John J. Lancellotta for 40 years of

devoted and distinguished service to the United States Junior Chamber, commonly known as the

JAYCEES; 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 Mr. John J. Lancellotta.

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