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2022 Regular Session
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 47
BY SENATOR FOIL
SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH. Commends the Junior League of Baton Rouge on the
occasion of its 90
th
anniversary and declares Monday, April, 18, 2022, as Junior League Day
at the state capitol.
1 A RESOLUTION
2 To commend the Junior League of Baton Rouge on the occasion of its ninetieth anniversary
3 and declare Monday, April 18, 2022, as Junior League Day at the state capitol.
4 WHEREAS, the Junior League of Baton Rouge is an organization of women
5 committed to promoting volunteerism, developing the potential of women, and improving
6 the community through the action and leadership of its trained volunteers; and
7 WHEREAS, the Junior League of Baton Rouge has a vision to encourage women to
8 be catalysts for lasting community change in the areas of health, education, and cultural
9 development; and
10 WHEREAS, the Junior League of Baton Rouge has an extensive history of service
11 to children and families and has been instrumental in founding and funding many of Baton
12 Rouge's institutions, including the Louisiana Arts and Science Museum, the Baton Rouge
13 Speech and Hearing Foundation, Volunteers in Public Schools, Adopt-A-School, Magnolia
14 Mound Kitchen, East Baton Rouge Parish Library Information Service, Volunteer! Baton
15 Rouge, Playmakers, Peer Helpers, and the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge; and
16 WHEREAS, the Junior League of Baton Rouge has also founded and funded the
17 Parenting Center that is currently known as Family Services of Baton Rouge and Excellence
18 in Teaching from which the Academic Distinction Fund was modeled; and
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1 WHEREAS, since its beginnings with 50 charter members in 1932, the Junior
2 League of Baton Rouge has grown to a current membership of 400 active members and 130
3 new members including homemakers, professionals, and volunteer community leaders with
4 a wide variety of skills and talents that each brings to her individual placement, along with
5 the more than 1,100 sustaining members who capitalize on their Junior League experience
6 by continuing to improve the community through service with other volunteer organizations;
7 and
8 WHEREAS, the Junior League of Baton Rouge welcomes all women who value the
9 mission of the Junior League of Baton Rouge and are committed to inclusive environments
10 of diverse individuals, organizations, and communities; and
11 WHEREAS, the Junior League of Baton Rouge is a member of the Association of
12 Junior League International, Inc., a network of more than one hundred fifty-five thousand
13 members in two hundred ninety-three communities in four countries: the United States of
14 America, Canada, Mexico, and the United Kingdom.
15 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
16 does hereby commend the Junior League of Baton Rouge on the occasion of its ninetieth
17 anniversary and declare Monday, April 18, 2022, as Junior League Day at the state capitol.
18 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
19 Tristi Charpentier, president of the board of directors of the Junior League of Baton Rouge.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Kathy Liberty.
DIGEST
SR 47 Original 2022 Regular Session Foil
Commends the Junior League of Baton Rouge on the occasion of its 90th anniversary and
declares Monday, April 18, 2022, as Junior League Day at the state capitol.
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