| 1 | 1 | | Introduced Version |
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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE RESOLUTION No. ___ |
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| 3 | 3 | | DIGEST OF INTRODUCED RESOL UTION |
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| 4 | 4 | | A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring Indiana 4-H and |
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| 5 | 5 | | recognizing February 13, 2024, as Indiana 4-H Day at the |
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| 6 | 6 | | Statehouse. |
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| 7 | 7 | | LEISING |
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| 8 | 8 | | , read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 9 | 9 | | 2024 RR 3509/DI SM Introduced |
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| 10 | 10 | | Second Regular Session 123rd General Assembly (2024) |
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| 11 | 11 | | SENATE RESOLUTION ____ |
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| 12 | 12 | | MADAM PRESIDENT: |
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| 13 | 13 | | I offer the following resolution and move its adoption: |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1 A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring Indiana 4-H and |
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| 15 | 15 | | 2 recognizing February 13, 2024, as Indiana 4-H Day at the |
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| 16 | 16 | | 3 Statehouse. |
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| 17 | 17 | | 4 Whereas, The National 4-H program serves youth in rural, |
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| 18 | 18 | | 5 urban, and suburban communities throughout every state |
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| 19 | 19 | | 6 across the nation; |
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| 20 | 20 | | 7 Whereas, From its origins in Hamilton County in 1904, |
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| 21 | 21 | | 8 Indiana's 4-H program has expanded to all 92 counties and is |
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| 22 | 22 | | 9 delivered through Purdue Extension, which offers educational |
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| 23 | 23 | | 10 programing in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, |
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| 24 | 24 | | 11 healthy living, and civic engagement; |
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| 25 | 25 | | 12 Whereas, The Indiana 4-H Youth Development mission is |
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| 26 | 26 | | 13 to provide real-life educational opportunities that develop |
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| 27 | 27 | | 14 young people who will have a positive impact in their |
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| 28 | 28 | | 15 communities and the world, and it strives to be the premier |
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| 29 | 29 | | 16 community-based program empowering young people to reach |
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| 30 | 30 | | 17 their full potential; |
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| 31 | 31 | | 18 Whereas, Community clubs, after-school programs, school |
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| 32 | 32 | | 19 enrichment, camps, and workshops give youth across Indiana |
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| 34 | 34 | | 1 an opportunity to be involved with the 4-H program; |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2 Whereas, Members of Indiana 4-H cultivate life skills, |
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| 36 | 36 | | 3 including confidence, independence, resilience, and |
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| 37 | 37 | | 4 compassion, and are empowered with skills needed to lead for |
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| 38 | 38 | | 5 a lifetime; |
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| 39 | 39 | | 6 Whereas, Indiana 4-H Day at the Statehouse will take place |
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| 40 | 40 | | 7 this year on February 13 and will provide Hoosier 4-H |
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| 41 | 41 | | 8 members an opportunity to spend a day at the Statehouse |
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| 42 | 42 | | 9 serving as pages, meeting members of the General Assembly, |
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| 43 | 43 | | 10 and learning more about the legislative process; and |
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| 44 | 44 | | 11 Whereas, It is proper to honor Indiana 4-H on the occasion |
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| 45 | 45 | | 12 of 4-H Day at the Statehouse and to congratulate the |
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| 46 | 46 | | 13 organization for preparing young Hoosiers to be productive |
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| 47 | 47 | | 14 citizens and world-class leaders of tomorrow: Therefore, |
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| 48 | 48 | | 15 Be it resolved by the Senate of the |
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| 49 | 49 | | 16 General Assembly of the State of Indiana: |
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| 50 | 50 | | 17 SECTION 1. That the Indiana Senate honors Indiana 4-H |
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| 51 | 51 | | 18 and recognizes February 13, 2024, as Indiana 4-H Day at the |
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| 52 | 52 | | 19 Statehouse. |
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| 53 | 53 | | 20 SECTION 2. The Secretary of the Senate is hereby directed |
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| 54 | 54 | | 21 to transmit copies of this Resolution to all Indiana 4-H |
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| 55 | 55 | | 22 ambassadors (Travis Barnhart of Marshall County, Shelby |
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| 56 | 56 | | 23 Davis of Jennings County, Audrey Fisher of Posey County, |
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| 57 | 57 | | 24 Noah Miller of Lake County, Kylee Reeves of Montgomery |
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| 58 | 58 | | 25 County, Isabel Sayre of Benton County, and Emma Wooley of |
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| 59 | 59 | | 26 Union County), the Indiana representatives of the 102nd |
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| 60 | 60 | | 27 National 4-H Congress (Lora Commens of Posey County, |
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| 61 | 61 | | 28 Kaylyn Zeigler of Cass County, Danessa Hoffman of LaGrange |
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| 62 | 62 | | 29 County, Rosalind Kidwell of Warrick County, Roman Peterson |
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| 63 | 63 | | 30 of Fayette County, Jace Duttlinger of Spencer County, Colton |
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| 64 | 64 | | 31 Neal of Lake County, and Troy Wolters of Boone County), and |
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| 65 | 65 | | 32 the leader for the 2023 National 4-H Congress Design Team, |
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| 67 | 67 | | 1 McKinley Underhill of Hamilton County. |
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