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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 43
BY SENATOR CROWE
LEGIS POWERS/FUNCTIONS. Designates the week of April 6-12 as "Junior Auxiliary
Week" at the Louisiana Legislature.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON1
To designate the week of April 6 through 12, 2014, as "Junior Auxiliary Week" at the2
Louisiana Legislature.3
WHEREAS, the Junior Auxiliary of Slidell, Louisiana, is a chapter of the National4
Association of Junior Auxiliaries, Inc., which is a national nonprofit organization that5
encourages member chapters to render charitable services which are beneficial to the general6
public, with particular emphasis on children, and to coordinate with other organizations7
performing similar services; and8
WHEREAS, the Junior Auxiliary of Slidell, originally the Slidell Service League,9
was founded in 1965 by a group of fifteen women who were brought together by their desire10
to help the needy and underprivileged in a city that had doubled in population in the previous11
five years; and12
WHEREAS, in 1968, the Slidell Service League was incorporated into the National13
Association of Junior Auxiliaries and in 1999 became the "Junior Auxiliary of Slidell; and14
WHEREAS, through the last nearly forty years, the Junior Auxiliary of Slidell has15
served their community through a variety of projects and in 2013, provided more than 180016
hours of volunteer service and spent more than $25,000 to directly serve over eleven17
thousand residents of the Slidell area; and18 SCR NO. 43
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WHEREAS, the projects of the Junior Auxiliary of Slidell include a new project of1
sponsoring the first annual 2014 "Mad Hatter 5K and Fun Run", aimed at both fundraising2
and encouraging healthy lifestyles; a pilot project for the 2013-14 school year of3
"Backpacks4Kids" which provides food for the weekend to a group of kindergarten students4
at one of Slidell's public schools; an annual "Tour of Homes" which provides funds for other5
projects; in cooperation with Slidell Memorial Hospital, the auxiliary is sponsoring "A Day6
for Girls' Health", an outreach to teenage girls in the Slidell area; and the ongoing project7
of awarding the Pat Fritchie Memorial Scholarship to four qualified students from the Slidell8
area public high schools in the amount of one thousand dollars for each student, to defray9
the costs of education beyond high school; and10
WHEREAS, the Junior Auxiliary of Slidell also oversees the "Juniors in Service"11
program each year for students who are juniors in Slidell area high schools; and12
WHEREAS, these high school students are given the opportunity to build both13
leadership skills and a commitment to community by completing a minimum of twelve hours14
of service within the Slidell community; and15
WHEREAS, the Junior Auxiliary of Slidell has over the years sponsored "Christmas16
Under the Stars", "JA Water Day", "JA Women's Build" and "Literacy Liaison", all projects17
that provide hands-on service to citizens in the Slidell community; and18
WHEREAS, the members of the Junior Auxiliary of Slidell, through their nearly19
forty years of community service which has touched the lives of thousands of people in the20
Slidell community, are committed to being active and constructive participants in the public21
life of their city and its residents. 22
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby23
designate the week of April 6 through 12, 2014, as "Junior Auxiliary Week" at the Louisiana24
Legislature.25
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the26
Junior Auxiliary of Slidell.27 SCR NO. 43
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Mary Dozier O'Brien.
DIGEST
Crowe SCR No. 43
Designates the week of April 6-12, 2014, as "Junior Auxiliary Week" at the Louisiana
Legislation.