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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2021

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

RECOGNIZING AND THANKING RHODE ISLAND'S SENIOR CENTERS FOR THEIR

DEDICATION TO PROVIDING VITAL SERVICES DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC

     Introduced By: Representatives Morales, Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Filippi, McEntee,
Caldwell, Craven, Kennedy, Cortvriend, and Ranglin-Vassell

     Date Introduced: June 01, 2021

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, Senior Centers are community gathering places that provide some of the

most widely used programs and essential services to enrich and assist the lives of Rhode Islanders

over the age of fifty; and

     WHEREAS, Some of the invaluable services provided by Rhode Island Senior Centers

include: meal and nutrition programs, health & wellness programs, information on community

resources, eligibility screening for local, State & Federal assistance programs, assistance

identifying employment or volunteer opportunities, and limited transportation; and

     WHEREAS, For more than a year, the world has been grappling with the devastating

physical, financial, and emotional toll of the COVID-19 pandemic, and one of the hardest

affected age groups has been our seniors; and

     WHEREAS, Many of Rhode Island's Senior Centers have provided crucial information,

testing, and clinics for COVID vaccinations as well as continuing services to individuals in our

State's most hard-hit areas, such as the Lillian Feinstein Senior Center in Providence that provides

social services and food assistance to around 40 seniors who are living alone or have had very

limited opportunities for social interaction particularly during the pandemic; and

     WHEREAS, Rhode Island's Senior Centers have been life-saving resources for many of

our State's most vulnerable and they are truly deserving of our recognition and gratitude; now,

therefore be it

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

thanks and recognizes the dedicated leadership and staff of Rhode Island's Senior Centers for

their tireless and selfless devotion to our State's seniors particularly during the pandemic; 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 the Rhode Island Office of Healthy Aging, and

Jasmine Roca, Program Manager of the Lillian Feinstein Senior Center.

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