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2021 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 52
BY REPRESENTATIVE DUPLESSIS
A RESOLUTION
To commend Volunteers of America for its contributions to Louisiana on the occasion of its
one hundred twenty-fifth anniversary.
WHEREAS, Volunteers of America has served the needs of our nation's most
vulnerable people since 1896; and
WHEREAS, Volunteers of America maintained its national headquarters in
Louisiana for over twenty years; and
WHEREAS, for one hundred twenty-five years, Volunteers of America Southeast
Louisiana has provided services that support and empower more than fifty thousand
vulnerable people, including youth, older adults, people with disabilities, people who
struggle with substance abuse disorders, and people recently released from prison; and
WHEREAS, for the past one hundred years, Volunteers of America Greater Baton
Rouge has provided services that promote self-reliance, dignity, and hope to more than
twenty thousand people, including abused and neglected children, at-risk youth and their
families, older adults, veterans, people with chronic illness or developmental disabilities, and
many more; and
WHEREAS, Volunteers of America North Louisiana, which was founded in
Shreveport, has provided life-changing services to more than six thousand three hundred
people over the last eighty-six years; and
WHEREAS, Volunteers of America is celebrating the organization's one hundred
twenty-fifth anniversary this year, and it is most deserving of recognition for its impact on
the state of Louisiana.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend Volunteers of America for its contributions
to Louisiana on the occasion of its one hundred twenty-fifth anniversary and does hereby
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extend sincere hopes that Volunteers of America continue to successfully serve our most
vulnerable residents with dedication, perseverance, and hope.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
president of Volunteers of America and the president of each of its Louisiana affiliates.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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