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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2018

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING PAUL TETREAULT, NORTH KINGSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL TRACK

AND CROSS COUNTRY COACH, ON WINNING THE 2017 "HOMETOWN HERO

AWARD" FROM FLOSPORTS

     Introduced By: Senators Sheehan, Cote, Gee, Picard, and Satchell

     Date Introduced: January 25, 2018

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

     WHEREAS, FloSports, a producer of live digital sports, in partnership with Quicken

Loans, recently announced the launching of "Hometown Heroes", "an award to recognize the

finest coaches in the country who make an impact in the community by changing school-age

athletes' lives for the better"; and

     WHEREAS, Beginning in March of 2017, FloSports conducted a national search of

coaches who exhibited strong leadership and inculcated in their athletes both the ability to excel

in their sport and help build strong neighborhoods and communities through teamwork, goal

setting and a work ethic that doesn’t quit until the task at hand is completed. More than 1,000

nominees were examined involving 16 different sports and from these stellar candidates, five

coaches were selected; and

     WHEREAS, One of the five award winners is Paul Tetreault, the Head Coach of North

Kingstown High School’s track and cross country programs. Coach Tetreault has been a coach

for 25 years and while what he has accomplished in competition has been quite impressive, with

his teams annually contending for state championships, it’s the mark he has made off the playing

fields that has made a difference in the lives of his athletes and the wider community; and

     WHEREAS, Coach Tetreault is a big believer in "paying it forward" and has, with the

support of his family, including his wife Janice, son and daughter-in-law Ross and Melissa

Tetreault, his daughter and son-in-law Amber and Cliff Alston, his daughter Chelsea, his

grandchildren Paige Alston, Harper Alston, and Kairi Tetreault, and family nurse Erin Miller,

have spent countless hours donating their time in support of numerous community service events

including assisting the local Ronald McDonald House, aiding local road races, and cooking meals

for families with sick children. At the end of every email he sends to his athletes, he lists things

they can do to make a difference within their community; and

     WHEREAS, In recognition of Coach Paul Tetreault’s lifetime of service to others and for

making his community a better place in which to live, he will receive the FloSports "Hometown

Hero Award" and $25,000 to put towards a year’s worth of mortgage payments; now, therefore be

it

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

hereby congratulates coach Paul Tetreault on receiving the FloSports 2017 "Hometown Hero

Award"; 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. Paul Tetreault, Head Coach, North

Kingstown High School Track and Cross Country.

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