SLS 17RS-1942 ORIGINAL
2017 Regular Session
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 122
BY SENATOR LUNEAU
COMMENDATIONS. Commends the Burnaman Family Association on its many
accomplishments.
1 A RESOLUTION
2 To commend the Burnaman Family Association on its accomplishments.
3 WHEREAS, the Burnaman Family Association was organized in 2000 as a nonprofit
4 organization:
5 (1) To unite the descendants of Sarah and Phillip Burnaman I and to strengthen
6 family ties through genealogical and historical research.
7 (2) To promote the socialization and fellowship of members of the Burnaman Family
8 Association.
9 (3) To encourage recreation, enjoyment, and contact of family members through
10 communication, meetings, conferences, and reunions; and
11 WHEREAS, it was suggested and approved by the membership to begin holding an
12 auction on Friday night at the reunions which are held every two years with the proceeds
13 being used to fund a scholarship fund to be awarded to members or children of members of
14 the association; and
15 WHEREAS, the scholarship requirements include:
16 (1) A completed application form.
17 (2) A handwritten essay by the applicant explaining why he or she is applying for the
18 scholarship and what is the applicant's goal in life.
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1 (3) An essay by the applicant on "The importance of family, ancestors, traditions and
2 family values to me".
3 (4) Proof that the applicant is enrolled as a full time student of higher education,
4 vocational, technical or trade schools or other institutions of higher learning; and
5 WHEREAS, the scholarship amount was set at five hundred dollars per year with at
6 least one scholarship being awarded and more if funds permitted and, currently, four of the
7 scholarship recipients have completed college; and
8 WHEREAS, the first scholarship was awarded in 2012 to Merritt Alexandra Luneau
9 who was attending LSU in Baton Rouge and from 2012 through 2017, sixteen scholarships
10 have been awarded with fourteen recipients attending schools in Louisiana; and
11 WHEREAS, in 2017, five scholarships were awarded, with two students attending
12 Louisiana College in Pineville, one student at University of Louisiana Monroe, one at LSU,
13 and one at Central Louisiana Technical College in Alexandria; and
14 WHEREAS, the association endeavors "to promote higher learning" for young adults
15 of the association.
16 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
17 does hereby commend the Burnaman Family Association on its accomplishments.
18 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
19 Burnaman Family Association.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Jerry J. Guillot.
DIGEST
SR 122 Original 2017 Regular Session Luneau
Commends the Burnaman Family Association on its accomplishments.
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