SLS 23RS-2223 ORIGINAL
2023 Regular Session
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 56
BY SENATOR BOUDREAUX
COMMENDATIONS. Commends the Louisiana Society of the Daughters of the American
Revolution for receipt of the Most Outstanding Service in Seconds State Project in the nation
by the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution.
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2 To commend the Louisiana Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution for receipt
3 of the Most Outstanding Service in Seconds State Project in the nation by the
4 National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
5 WHEREAS, founded in 1890, the National Society of the Daughters of the American
6 Revolution (NSDAR) is a nonprofit, nonpolitical volunteer women's service organization
7 dedicated to promoting historic preservation, education, patriotism, and preserving American
8 history composed of over 190,000 members in three thousand chapters across the world; and
9 WHEREAS, the Louisiana State Society of the Daughters of the American
10 Revolution (LSDAR) consists of forty-four chapters in five Louisiana districts whose
11 members are lineal descendants of men and women patriots who founded our nation; and
12 WHEREAS, when the National Society announced a new initiative in July 2022
13 called "Service in Seconds", the state committee chairman for the Service to America
14 Committee received approval from the Louisiana Veterans Administration for a statewide
15 project to collect plastic caps and lids that would be recycled into park benches and placed
16 at each of the five veterans' homes across the state; and
17 WHEREAS, two hundred pounds of plastic caps and lids were needed to make one
18 bench from recycled plastic; and
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1 WHEREAS, although the initial project anticipated placing one bench at each
2 veterans' home, the response of LSDAR members resulted in a total collection of plastic lids
3 and caps in excess of 3,400 pounds, allowing LSDAR to place three recycled benches at
4 each veterans' home; and
5 WHEREAS, during the 132nd Continental Congress of the NSDAR held in
6 June 2023, the "Caps to Benches" project of LSDAR will receive the national award for the
7 Most Outstanding Service in Seconds State Project for 2022; and
8 WHEREAS, the commitment and dedication of LSDAR members from all forty-four
9 state chapters is to be commended and recognized for their assistance in providing a place
10 for relaxation at each veterans' home.
11 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana hereby
12 commends and congratulates the Louisiana State Society of the Daughters of the American
13 Revolution upon their being awarded the Most Outstanding Service in Seconds State Project
14 in the nation for 2022 by the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
15 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
16 Cheryl Whitlow Gott, State Regent LSDAR and Margaret D. Tyler, State Committee
17 Chairman for Service to America Committee, LSDAR.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by James Benton.
DIGEST
SCR 56 Original 2023 Regular Session Boudreaux
Commends the Louisiana Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution for receipt
of the Most Outstanding Service in Seconds State Project in the nation by the National
Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
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