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2015 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 91
BY REPRESENTATIVE LEGER
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To designate Wednesday, May 6, 2015, as Kingsley House Day at the legislature.
WHEREAS, it is appropriate to commend Kingsley House and to designate
Wednesday, May 6, 2015, as Kingsley House Day; and
WHEREAS, Kingsley House, founded in 1896, serves individuals of all ages and
offers services throughout southeast Louisiana; 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, a youth services program and an after-school program provide activities
for children between the ages of five and seventeen; these programs promote psychosocial
skills, creative arts, success, and respect for others while offering tutoring, mentoring, and
drug abuse and violence prevention activities; and
WHEREAS, Kingsley House Community Counseling Center Services offers various
programs geared towards mental health counseling and 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 of Louisiana, provides the community with free access
to the technology and services that the center has to offer, thereby providing access to
internet research, word processing, and other capacity-building activities; and
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WHEREAS, Kingsley House merits special recognition for providing community
services for over one hundred nineteen years and for making a significant impact on the lives
of the thousands of children and families that it serves annually.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
designate Wednesday, May 6, 2015, 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 REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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