House Resolution 120 - Introduced

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                                    H.R. ________ S.R. ________


  1  1                HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2                   BY  WATTS and LYKAM
  1  3 A Resolution honoring Sam Wagner and Talia Leman,
  1  4    the Iowa Prudential Spirit of Community Award
  1  5    Winners.
  1  6    WHEREAS, since 1995, the Prudential Financial
  1  7 Corporation and the National Association of Secondary
  1  8 School Principals honor outstanding secondary school
  1  9 students, on an annual basis, whose school or
  1 10 community volunteer projects merit special recognition
  1 11 as examples of outstanding civic initiatives; and
  1 12    WHEREAS, judges from each state select two state,
  1 13 district, or commonwealth honorees who receive a
  1 14 $1,000 cash award, an engraved silver medallion, and
  1 15 an all=expense=paid trip to Washington, D.C., to
  1 16 compete in a national competition for further
  1 17 recognition; and
  1 18    WHEREAS, Sam Wagner, a student at Assumption High
  1 19 School in Davenport, and Talia Leman of Waukee, a
  1 20 student at The Academy in Des Moines, have been named
  1 21 Iowa's top two youth volunteers for 2008 by the
  1 22 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards; and
  1 23    WHEREAS, Sam organized a car wash and solicited
  1 24 pledges for each car washed, and 50 volunteers washed
  1 25 506 cars without charge; and
  1 26    WHEREAS, in that event Sam raised more than $18,000
  1 27 to help Habitat for Humanity build a house for a
  1 28 low=income family; and
  1 29    WHEREAS, Talia Leman, a seventh=grader, founded an
  1 30 organization called "RandomKid" which seeks to educate
  2  1 and motivate young people around the world to work on
  2  2 a broad spectrum of pressing needs; and
  2  3    WHEREAS, Talia began by encouraging local
  2  4 youngsters to trick=or=treat for coins instead of
  2  5 candy, donating the proceeds to Hurricane Katrina
  2  6 relief efforts; and
  2  7    WHEREAS, Talia has now established a nonprofit
  2  8 organization that solicits support from young people
  2  9 around the world for support for projects as varied as
  2 10 selling key chains to help rebuild the Gulf Coast,
  2 11 raising money to build a school in Cambodia, finding
  2 12 homes for stray pets, and collecting DVDs for our
  2 13 soldiers overseas; NOW THEREFORE,
  2 14    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  2 15 That the House of Representatives honors these two
  2 16 remarkable young Iowans, Sam Wagner and Talia Leman,
  2 17 for their dedication to the service of others, and
  2 18 congratulates them both as 2008 Prudential Spirit of
  2 19 Community Award state honorees.
  2 20 LSB 6519HH 82
  2 21 jr/nh/8