SLS 17RS-467 ORIGINAL
2017 Regular Session
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 8
BY SENATOR PEACOCK
COMMENDATIONS. Commends the Foster Grandparent Volunteer Program for its thirty-
six years of exceptional community service performed on behalf of the special needs of
youth residing in the parishes of Caddo and Bossier.
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2 To commend the Foster Grandparent Volunteer Program for its thirty-six years of
3 exceptional community service performed on behalf of the special needs of youth
4 residing in the parishes of Caddo and Bossier.
5 WHEREAS, the Foster Grandparent Volunteer Program is sponsored by the Caddo
6 Council on Aging, Inc. and is federally funded by the Corporation for National and
7 Community Service-National Senior Corps; and
8 WHEREAS, this nationwide program offers senior adults, aged fifty-five years and
9 older, an opportunity to contribute to their community as mentors, tutors, and caregivers for
10 children with special needs through a network of various organizations; and
11 WHEREAS, these volunteers provide extraordinary services that address numerous
12 social issues with positive outcomes such as, enhanced employment skills for economically
13 disadvantaged youth, improved behavioral conduct and educational results for students with
14 special needs, familial support for abused or neglected children, and emotional support for
15 children of veterans and deployed military service personnel; and
16 WHEREAS, the Foster Grandparent Volunteer Program couples the willingness of
17 senior citizens with their capacity to devote time, experience, and compassion to better
18 prepare these children for the future ahead; and
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1 WHEREAS, for nearly four decades, this program of very special volunteers
2 continues to fulfill its mission to provide much needed guidance and support to
3 disadvantaged youth and exceptional children.
4 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
5 commend the Foster Grandparent Volunteer Program for thirty-six years of exceptional
6 community service on behalf of special needs children in Caddo and Bossier parishes.
7 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby extend
8 best wishes and continued success to the coordinators and participants of the Caddo Council
9 on Aging.
10 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
11 Caddo Council on Aging, Foster Grandparent Program manager, Neva Jones.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Susan Montague.
DIGEST
SCR 8 Original 2017 Regular Session Peacock
Commends the Caddo Council on Aging for its Foster Grandparent Volunteer Program and
its 36 years of exceptional community service performed on behalf of the special needs of
youth in the parishes of Caddo and Bossier.
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