2017 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 37
BY SENATORS HEWITT AND GATTI
A RESOLUTION
To recognize the Junior Auxiliary of Slidell and to designate April 2-8, 2017, as Junior
Auxiliary Week at the Louisiana Senate.
WHEREAS, the Junior Auxiliary of Slidell, a chapter of the seventy-six year old
National Association of Junior Auxiliaries, Inc., represents a serious endeavor on the part
of women to be active and constructive participants in the community and to assume
responsible leadership in meeting community needs; and
WHEREAS, the mission of the National Association of Junior Auxiliaries, Inc. is to
encourage member chapters to render charitable services which are beneficial to the general
public, with particular emphasis on children, and to cooperate with other organizations
performing similar services; and
WHEREAS, the Junior Auxiliary of Slidell is a nonprofit service organization made
up of women committed to serving the greater Slidell community; and
WHEREAS, those women are active leaders in the community who strive to focus
its service projects on children, families, and elderly in the area; and
WHEREAS, the Junior Auxiliary of Slidell developed nine service projects that
touch children of all ages throughout the community and impact entire families; and
WHEREAS, those projects include A Day for Girls' Health, Backpacks4Kids, Slidell
Cyber Seniors, Happy Feet, Hearts United, Juniors in Service, Know Your Child, Literacy
Liaisons, and Spelling Bee; and
WHEREAS, the members of the Junior Auxiliary of Slidell, through their fifty-one
years of community service, have touched the lives of thousands of people in the Slidell
community and are committed to being active and constructive participants in the public life
of their city and its residents.
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby recognize the Junior Auxiliary of Slidell for its commitment to serving the
greater Slidell community and does hereby designate April 2-8, 2017, as Junior Auxiliary
Week at the Louisiana Senate.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Junior Auxiliary of Slidell.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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