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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2019

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING AND HONORING OLIVIA BARBOZA AND CONNOR ENESTVEDT,

FOR BEING NAMED DISTINGUISHED FINALISTS FOR THE 2019 PRUDENTIAL SPIRIT

OF COMMUNITY AWARDS

     Introduced By: Senators Picard, and Pearson

     Date Introduced: March 05, 2019

     Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar

     WHEREAS, The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards program honors high school

and middle school students across the United States for their volunteer service. The program

began in 1995 as a partnership between Prudential Financial and the National Association of

Secondary School Principals. In 2018, more than 29,000 students throughout America

participated in this program; and

     WHEREAS, Olivia Barboza, aged 17 and a senior at Cumberland High School, recruited

volunteers to assist her in creating and sending 62 menstrual hygiene care kits to female students

attending school in rural Ghana, a nation located on the west coast of Africa. Olivia also raised

additional funds to provide for a health care educator to teach the Ghana students about menstrual

health, and hopes that providing this assistance will empower the female students to remain in

school and complete their education; and

     WHEREAS, Connor Enestvedt, aged 14 and a freshman at Cumberland High School,

devoted hundreds of volunteer hours planting, tending to, and harvesting crops in support of the

Historic Metcalf Franklin Farm, a farm owned by the Town of Cumberland that provides organic

vegetables for those in need of food assistance. Connor also educates the wider community about

the farm, which donates 40,000 pounds of food annually; now, therefore be it

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

hereby congratulates and honors Olivia Barboza and Connor Enestvedt for being named

Distinguished Finalists for the 2019 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to Ms. Olivia Barboza and Mr. Connor Enestvedt.

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