HLS 16RS-1883 ORIGINAL
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 37
BY REPRESENTATIVE DUSTIN MILLER
COMMENDATIONS: Commends the Opelousas Elderly Awareness Seminar
1 A RESOLUTION
2To commend the Opelousas Elderly Awareness Seminar.
3 WHEREAS, the Opelousas Elderly Awareness Seminar educates senior citizens with
4information necessary in their daily lives; and
5 WHEREAS, in March of 2009, Gerald Greene had a vision of bringing the elderly
6to the forefront of society and began to seek ways to help improve the lives of senior
7citizens; and
8 WHEREAS, a board for the Opelousas Elderly Awareness Seminar was formed
9through the Council on Aging with approximately twenty-five elderly citizens, the police
10chief, a liaison officer with the Magnolia Peace Officers, and a secretary; and
11 WHEREAS, on August 21, 2009, the first Opelousas Elderly Awareness Seminar
12was held at the Opelousas Housing Authority; more than three hundred senior citizens
13attended; and
14 WHEREAS, many physicians, attorneys, audiologists, dentists, and other
15professionals have participated in the Opelousas Elderly Awareness Seminar to help spread
16information to senior citizens; and
17 WHEREAS, since its inception, the Opelousas Elderly Awareness Seminar has
18grown in many ways; senior citizens are provided with a wealth of information, healthy
19meals, entertainment, and door prizes at seminars; and
20 WHEREAS, in 2013, Rachael Fruge Jones joined the Opelousas Elderly Awareness
21Seminar to assist its president, Gerald Greene; and
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1 WHEREAS, in 2014, Ms. Jones became vice president of the seminar; and
2 WHEREAS, the Opelousas Elderly Awareness Seminar caters to senior citizens in
3many ways, including hosting fan drives, blanket drives, food drives, providing
4transportation and lawn services for senior citizens, and advising senior citizens on home
5safety.
6 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
7Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend the Opelousas Elderly Awareness Seminar
8and does hereby recognize and record for posterity the wonderful services it provides to
9senior citizens.
10 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
11to Gerald Greene, president of the Opelousas Elderly Awareness Seminar.
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)]
HR 37 Original 2016 Regular Session Dustin Miller
Commends the Opelousas Elderly Awareness Seminar.
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