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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 123
BY REPRESENTATIVE LEGER
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON
To recognize Tuesday, May 6, 2014, as Kingsley House Day at the Legislature of Louisiana.
WHEREAS, it is appropriate to commend Kingsley House and to recognize May 6,
2014, as Kingsley House Day; and
WHEREAS, Kingsley House, founded in 1896, serves individuals of all ages and
offers services in thirteen parishes throughout the state; and
WHEREAS, the mission of Kingsley House is to "educate children, strengthen
families, and build communities"; and
WHEREAS, Kingsley House launched the very first kindergarten and summer school
programs in the state and has promoted education in the form of the Head Start and Early
Head Start preschool programs; and
WHEREAS, the youth services program and an after-school program provide
activities for children between the ages of five and seventeen; these programs promote
psychosocial skills building, creative arts, success, and respect for others while offering
tutoring, mentoring, and drugs and violence prevention activities; and
WHEREAS, Kingsley House Family Life Services offers various programs geared
towards counseling, therapy, reintegration into the community, and the Adult Services
Program provides assistance to senior citizens and medically fragile adults; and
WHEREAS, the Magic Johnson Foundation Community Empowerment Center, the
only facility of its kind in the state, provides the community with free access to the
technology and services that the center has to offer, thereby offering access to Internet
research, word processing, and other capacity-building activities; and
WHEREAS, Kingsley House merits special recognition for providing community
services for over one hundred seventeen years and for making a significant impact on the
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
recognize Tuesday, May 6, 2014, as Kingsley House Day at the legislature.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
to Keith Liederman, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of Kingsley House.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE