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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 MARGARET E. ROGERS ON BEING NAMED THE 2019 "CHERRY

BLOSSOM PRINCESS"

     

     Introduced By: Senator Valarie J. Lawson

     Date Introduced: April 11, 2019

     Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar

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     WHEREAS, The Cherry Blossom Princess Program is a nationwide, multicultural,

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educational and professional development program for young women; and

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     WHEREAS, Annually in April, as the beatific cherry trees bloom, the accomplished

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young women who have been selected to represent their state, travel to Washington, D.C., to

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attend a weeklong series of educational and enriching activities and receptions, culminating in the

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National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade; and

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     WHEREAS, This year, the Ocean State's own homegrown beauty, Ms. Margaret Rogers,

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was selected by the State Society of Rhode Island to be the 2019 Rhode Island Cherry Blossom

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Princess; and

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     WHEREAS, A native of East Providence and a graduate of LaSalle Academy and Boston

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College, Ms. Rogers was selected based on her outstanding leadership skills, academic

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achievements, interest in civic and world affairs, and her commitment to Rhode Island; and

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     WHEREAS, Ms. Rogers currently works as a digital media specialist for the National

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Public Pension Coalition, a nationwide nonprofit organization, and volunteers many hours

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working with veterans with the Friends of the Soldiers Home; and

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     WHEREAS, Margaret Rogers is an outstanding young woman, who has already

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accumulated numerous honors and achievements in her lifetime, and it is fitting that she be

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encouraged, recognized, and applauded for her accomplishments; now, therefore be it

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

 

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hereby congratulates Margaret Rogers on being selected as the 2019 "Cherry Blossom Princess"

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and wishes her much happiness, good health, and success in all her future endeavors; and be it

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further

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

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transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Ms. Margaret Rogers.

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