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2021 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 40
BY REPRESENTATIVE DUPLESSIS
A RESOLUTION
To commend Healthy Community Services and its founder and executive director, Angela
M. Chalk.
WHEREAS, Healthy Community Services was established by Angela M. Chalk in
2018; the organization is committed to educating vulnerable communities by providing
individuals with the knowledge to make informed decisions concerning resilient, sustainable
lifestyles and nutritional needs and by creating access to healthy food choices; and
WHEREAS, Healthy Community Services serves the 7th Ward in New Orleans and
other areas in Orleans, Jefferson, St. Bernard, and Plaquemines parishes; and
WHEREAS, Healthy Community Services also helps educate communities on
leading healthy lifestyles that are inclusive of safe homes, workplaces, and neighborhoods;
it also promotes the incorporation of sustainable green infrastructure alternatives into
everyday living; and
WHEREAS, Healthy Community Services partners with Water Wise Gulf South in
the Water Wise 7th Ward Initiative; today, Healthy Community Services is responsible for
forty green infrastructure interventions and stores up to 13,207 gallons of storm water per
weather event; and
WHEREAS, Angela M. Chalk is the founder and executive director of Healthy
Community Services; she has served as a key point of contact for the majority of Water Wise
Gulf South's activities in the 7th Ward; she is a lifelong resident of the 7th Ward and former
vice president of the 7th Ward Neighborhood Association; she is an instrumental figure in
the advancement of green infrastructure in her neighborhood and built a demonstration rain
garden on her property to enable her neighbors to witness green infrastructure in action; and
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WHEREAS, Healthy Community Services and its founder, Angela M. Chalk, are
most deserving of recognition for their integrity and commitment to educating underserved
areas on the importance of healthy and environmentally sustainable lifestyles and for
providing these communities with the resources to achieve these goals.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend Healthy Community Services and its
founder and executive director, Angela M. Chalk; does hereby recognize Ms. Chalk's
admirable efforts to promote green infrastructure in her community; and does hereby extend
sincere hopes that both the organization and its founder continue to enjoy success in their
mission to assist vulnerable communities in New Orleans and surrounding parishes.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Angela M. Chalk.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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