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2022 Regular Session
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 112
BY SENATOR FIELDS
COMMENDATIONS. Commends Kelsie Tillage on earning the Gold Medal Congressional
Award.
1 A RESOLUTION
2 To commend Kelsie Tillage on earning the national Gold Medal Congressional Award.
3 WHEREAS, the Congressional Award was established in 1979 by Congress as a
4 public-private partnership and is the only nonprofit organization affiliated with the United
5 States Congress; and
6 WHEREAS, the Gold Medal Congressional Award is the highest honor a youth
7 civilian can achieve through the United States Senate and House of Representatives which
8 recognizes initiative, service, and achievement by youth ages fourteen through twenty-four;
9 and
10 WHEREAS, since the inception of this prestigious award there have only been five
11 thousand gold medalists and only eighty-four were from Louisiana; and
12 WHEREAS, Kelsie Tillage is one of Louisiana's first high school students to receive
13 the Gold Medal Congressional Award which requires four hundred hours of voluntary public
14 service, two hundred hours of personal development, two hundred hours of physical fitness,
15 and a five-day exploration; and
16 WHEREAS, Kelsie earned the four hundred hours of voluntary public service work
17 by being involved in several volunteer ventures such as tutoring, reading, and creating book
18 logs for children, letter-writing campaigns, and providing digital content for nonprofit
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1 organizations; and
2 WHEREAS, she achieved the two hundred hours of personal development and
3 physical fitness requirements by participating in several extracurricular activities such as
4 varsity and club volleyball, youth and government, Southern University Laboratory School
5 (SULS) Student Government Association, where she served as secretary and vice president,
6 and Level 3 Photography in Futures Fund; and
7 WHEREAS, Kelsie met the five-day exploration requirement during her exploration
8 of South Africa in which she deciphered dialects of different languages; and
9 WHEREAS, as a junior at SULS in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with a 4.29-grade point
10 average, she is dually enrolled at Southern University in honors and advance placement
11 courses, is a published author, and a regional teen officer for Jack and Jill of America,
12 Incorporated; and
13 WHEREAS, Kelsie says, "Receiving this award is truly an honor, and more
14 importantly, I hope to inspire others to be more involved in their communities to elevate
15 themselves and those around them."; and
16 WHEREAS, she further states, "I hope that receiving this award allows me to
17 broaden my reach in my endeavors to create and explore."; and
18 WHEREAS, after being published in an anthology, Kelsie is inspired to create her
19 own, titled Unpopular Opinions, set to release in Summer 2022, because she says, "I
20 realized many people have vast opinions and stories that they want to share."; and
21 WHEREAS, Kelsie has promised to keep her journey updated at kelsieania.com; and
22 WHEREAS, the accomplishments obtained by Kelsie Tillage thus far indicate that
23 the future of this young woman from Louisiana will yield boundless opportunities for
24 personal and societal growth for the betterment of mankind.
25 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
26 does hereby commend Kelsie Tillage on earning the national Gold Medal Congressional
27 Award, does hereby record for posterity her accomplishments, and does hereby extend best
28 wishes for continued success and happiness in her future endeavors.
29 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
30 Kelsie Tillage.
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Ann S. Brown.
DIGEST
SR 112 Original 2022 Regular Session Fields
Commends Kelsie Tillage on being one of Louisiana's first high school students to receive
the national Gold Medal Congressional Award.
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