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