HLS 15RS-191 ORIGINAL
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 91
BY REPRESENTATIVE LEGER
SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates Wednesday, May 6, 2015, as Kingsley House
Day at the legislature
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2To designate Wednesday, May 6, 2015, as Kingsley House Day at the legislature.
3 WHEREAS, it is appropriate to commend Kingsley House and to designate
4Wednesday, May 6, 2015, as Kingsley House Day; and
5 WHEREAS, Kingsley House, founded in 1896, serves individuals of all ages and
6offers services throughout southeast Louisiana; and
7 WHEREAS, the mission of Kingsley House is to "educate children, strengthen
8families, and build communities"; and
9 WHEREAS, Kingsley House launched the very first kindergarten and summer school
10programs in the state and has promoted education in the form of the Head Start and Early
11Head Start preschool programs; and
12 WHEREAS, a youth services program and an after-school program provide activities
13for children between the ages of five and seventeen; these programs promote psychosocial
14skills, creative arts, success, and respect for others while offering tutoring, mentoring, and
15drug abuse and violence prevention activities; and
16 WHEREAS, Kingsley House Community Counseling Center Services offers various
17programs geared towards mental health counseling and therapy, reintegration into the
18community, and the Adult Services Program provides assistance to senior citizens and
19medically fragile adults; and
20 WHEREAS, the Magic Johnson Foundation Community Empowerment Center, the
21only facility of its kind in the state of Louisiana, provides the community with free access
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1to the technology and services that the center has to offer, thereby providing access to
2internet research, word processing, and other capacity-building activities; and
3 WHEREAS, Kingsley House merits special recognition for providing community
4services for over one hundred nineteen years and for making a significant impact on the lives
5of the thousands of children and families that it serves annually.
6 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
7designate Wednesday, May 6, 2015, as Kingsley House Day at the legislature.
8 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
9to Keith Liederman, Ph.D., chief executive officer of Kingsley House.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HCR 91 Original 2015 Regular Session Leger
Recognizes May 6, 2015, as Kingsley House Day at the legislature.
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