HR 121 (LSB 6078HH (2) 84)

HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 121

BY  BAUDLER

A Resolution honoring Hannah Jorgensen, the Iowa Prudential Spirit of Community Award winner.

   WHEREAS, since 1995, the Prudential Financial Corporation and the National Association of Secondary School Principals honor outstanding secondary school students, on an annual basis, whose school or community volunteer projects merit special recognition as examples of outstanding civic initiatives; and
   WHEREAS, now in its 17th year, judges from each state select two state, district, or commonwealth honorees who receive a $1,000 cash award, an engraved silver medallion, and an all-expense-paid trip in May to Washington, D.C., to compete in a national competition for further recognition; and
   WHEREAS, Hannah Jorgensen, a seventh-grader at Adair-Casey Junior-Senior High School, organized a campaign to make personal care kits and sew pillowcases for families in transition from a local homeless shelter to more permanent quarters; and
   WHEREAS, Miss Jorgensen applied for and received a $700 grant to purchase kit items and material for the pillowcases, recruited dozens of student and adult volunteers, and delivered 90 pillowcases and 90 personal care kits to the homeless shelter; NOW THEREFORE,

   BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, That the House of Representatives honors this remarkable young Iowan, Hannah Jorgensen, for her dedication to the service of others, and congratulates her as a Prudential Spirit of Community Award state honoree.