SLS 19RS-1679 ORIGINAL
2019 Regular Session
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 140
BY SENATOR WARD
COMMENDATIONS. Commends AMIkids Baton Rouge for 50 years of youth service and
community impact.
1 A RESOLUTION
2 To commend AMIkids Baton Rouge on its fiftieth year of guiding troubled youth into
3 positive, productive paths and enabling them to become successful citizens of the
4 state of Louisiana.
5 WHEREAS, founded in 1969 by Robert Rosoff and Judge Frank Orlando in Fort
6 Lauderdale, Florida, AMIkids has proved itself a valuable ally in the great task of nurturing
7 at-risk youth; and
8 WHEREAS, AMIkids' mission is to provide troubled youth with proactive
9 alternatives to institutional incarceration by offering them a second chance, a new direction,
10 and caring, guiding hands within a community-based setting; and
11 WHEREAS, nationally, AMIkids has served and helped transform the lives of more
12 than 136,000 kids and teens, including more than 12,000 in the state of Louisiana; young
13 people impacted by AMIkids are able to work their way back into a world of opportunity;
14 graduates have gone on to earn high school and college diplomas, start small businesses, find
15 gainful employment, enlist in the military, and serve as loving and nurturing parents; and
16 WHEREAS, the organization maintains a positive relationship with state agencies,
17 law enforcement, and the state legislature; and
18 WHEREAS, holding to its mission, AMIkids continues to assist youth in "separating
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1 a troubled past from a bright future".
2 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
3 does hereby commend AMIkids Baton Rouge on its fiftieth year of guiding troubled youth
4 into positive, productive paths and enabling them to become successful citizens of the state
5 of Louisiana and does hereby recognize this worthy organization for providing loving,
6 practical assistance and hope for the future to so many at-risk young people.
7 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to Lolita
8 Jones, executive director of AMIkids Baton Rouge.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Xavier I. Alexander.
DIGEST
SR 140 Original 2019 Regular Session Ward
Commends AMIkids Baton Rouge for 50 years of youth service and community impact.
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