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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

HONORING SUSAN SCHENCK ON THE OCCASION OF HER RETIREMENT AFTER

FORTY YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE EAST BAY COMMUNITY ACTION

PROGRAM

     Introduced By: Senators DiPalma, Euer, Calkin, Coyne, and Jabour

     Date Introduced: February 13, 2018

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

     WHEREAS, Susan Schenck, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the East Bay

Community Action Program (EBCAP) and an outstanding and lifelong member of the

Middletown community, has devoted more than forty years of dedicated service to myriad people

and families in Rhode Island; and

     WHEREAS, In 1975, Ms. Schenck began her association with New Visions for Newport

County, which is now known as EBCAP; and

     WHEREAS, During her tenure with the organization, Ms. Schenck has worn many hats

including serving as Director of Development and Planning, Director of Community Action

Programs, Deputy Director, and Acting Executive Director; and

     WHEREAS, Ultimately, Ms. Schenck was named Vice President and Chief Operating

Officer of EBCAP with responsibilities that include supervision of the Child Opportunity Zone

program, Workforce Development and Adult Education programs, Development and Public

Relations, and Administrative Services. She also serves as the agency's Safety Officer; and

     WHEREAS, In addition to her work with EBCAP, Ms. Schenck's altruistic endeavors

within the community have encompassed serving as the President of the Middletown Prevention

Coalition and the Middletown High School and Gaudet Middle School Parent Support Group,

and volunteering her talents to the Newport Partnership for Families, the Governing Council of

the Newport Family and Child Opportunity Zone at Pell Elementary School, the Women's

Resource Center of Newport County, Lucy's Hearth Homeless Shelter, the Middletown Public

Schools Volunteer Program, and at the Women's Resource Center of Newport County; and

     WHEREAS, One of Ms. Schenck's proudest accomplishments involved her efforts with

the Families Insisting on Safe Student Transportation group that resulted in making school bus

transportation safer in the state through the mandatory placement of school bus monitors on all

Rhode Island elementary school buses; and

     WHEREAS, Currently, Ms. Schenck is a member of the social action committee at St.

Lucy's Church in Middletown where she also teaches in the children's homily program; and

     WHEREAS, Ms. Schenck's wonderful leadership and passion for her work has truly

distinguished her as person worthy of our utmost admiration and gratitude; now, therefore be it

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

hereby congratulates and thanks Susan Schenck for forty years of outstanding contributions to

EBCAP and wish her much happiness and fulfillment in all her future endeavors; 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 Susan Schenck.

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